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National Car-rentals has room for improvement based on customer feedback. Customers particularly appreciate service and professional, though some mention concerns about customer service and communication.

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If I could give zero stars

If I could give zero stars, trust me, I would this car company is probably one of the worst companies in America comes to service. They have no etiquette when it comes to business and taking care of customers they lie and try to blame customers for their deficiency, I rented the car to show up at the place just for the card not to be available in the associate. Try to blame me because I was late even though I was at the location before closed I called customer service to come to find out that she had lied to 24 hours to pick up your car not supposed to find a car and I’ll just tell you sorry you’re on a clock. That’s what this associate did then proceeded to call customer service And get an explanation why I did not have a car come to find out they did not have cars at that location for the entire day and the associate lied to me at the station they escalated my case to supposedly a regional manager to help me out and I never received a single call from any manager or any person Place companies like this eventually go out of business because they forget the customers are really what they fix their competency in terms of dealing with the public. I’ve only had one other customer service interaction that was worse than this, and that was with American Airlines where they lie to their customers to cover their ass like national car rental buyer beware looking through your history. It looks like they do not give a shit about their customers.

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I placed an online booking through our…

I placed an online booking through our corporate account on Thursday, 10th July. To my disappointment, I didn’t receive any communication until Saturday morning—only to be told that the vehicle I booked wasn’t available. This last-minute notice was frustrating enough, but what followed was completely unacceptable. The staff member who contacted me, claiming to be the manager, was extremely rude and unprofessional throughout the call. She spoke over me repeatedly, wouldn’t allow me to explain my situation, and her tone was downright abusive. As a regular customer who has rented from various Enterprise branches for years, I was shocked by this behaviour. If this is the standard of customer service from someone in a managerial position, it raises serious questions about the training and leadership at this branch. A manager should be setting the tone for professionalism—not contributing to a toxic experience. Needless to say, I will be avoiding this branch in future. I highly recommend others do the same until clear improvements are made in customer service and communication.

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Arnaque véhicule loué à Édimbourg pour…

Arnaque ,véhicule loué à Édimbourg pour 5 jours. Aucun souci pendant le séjour ni restitution (clés déposée dans une boîte aux lettres). Et , 15 jours après notre retour, on nous réclame 500£ pour une 1/2 coque de clé manquante. Clé qui nous a été remise en main propre dans cet état, 1/2 coque manquante et scotchée, mais que nous n’avions pas malheureusement pas signalé. Cela ne gênait pas le fonctionnement du véhicule et le loueur ne pouvait pas l’ignorer car la clé avait était “temporairement” réparée par ses soins avant nous l’être confiée. Désormais, ils nous signalent que le véhicule a été immobilisé pendant 5 jours à cause de cette 1/2 coque manquante et appliquent des frais de dossier et de réparation exorbitants. C’est notre bonne foi contre celle du loueur. Nous sommes loin, difficile de s’expliquer et la restitution s’est faite dans une boîte aux lettres. Nous sommes piégés par un système qui défend le loueur mais pas le locataire, avec des mises en demeure inadmissible pour une 1/2 coque de clé en plastique comme si nous étions des délinquants. Aucune possibilité de discuter sauf peut être maintenant en portant plainte pour abus avec notre assistance juridique. Donc il est indispensable de noter tout défaut même minime lors de la réception d’un véhicule. Les assurances des CB ne prennent pas en charge les dommages aux clés. Donc aucun recours possible. Encore un exemple des arnaques rencontrées avec des agences de location de véhicules.

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Beware National Roadside Assistance. Pay for the roadside when you rent

The branch employees themselves, outstanding. National's Roadside assistance is awful. The big slogan is your safety is our priority yet they made me put a donut on the rental jacking up my back and having me drive through East Saint Louis on Hwy 70 going 40 mph with the hazard lights on. No one in E St Louis cares if you have an issue. Better get out of the way. Probably the most harrowing experience of my life. One of the 5 people I spoke to in Roadside even hung up on me because I told him I was not pulling over on that hwy and calling the police.

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PK

Rented from New Orleans 9/11/2022 Kia…

Rented from New Orleans 9/11/2022 Kia (National Rental Car Representative), Ms.Kia was awesome, knowledgeable and friendly helping me choose a Elite Luxary SUV for my two months duration in New Orleans. National Rental Car 🚗 is well represented w/ Ms. Kia helping customers. Special thanks for all your professional assistance Ms. Kia & Ms. Teshe at checkout, awesome and professional support!

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JM

Avoid Glasgow National Rental Amateurs

Rented a car at Glasgow airport weeks in advance only to get there an no cars available at the agreed pick up time - Made to wait 2 hours only to be offered a manual car which wasnt what we selected nor would fit our family and our cases etc. We ended up going to the desk next door EuropCar who sorted us a car in 10mins with a far better service and customer experience. Now I have a fight on my hands to get back my £95 'no show fee' which is a joke considering there was no car to collect.

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AG

Had a tire with cut sidewall

Had a tire with cut sidewall. They had AA come out. They took car repaired tire then proceeded to charge me £152 for the tire, £91 for the AA call out and the real insult a £50 Ad fee. I would walk or ride a bus before I rent from National aka Enterprise again.

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AS

Charged for a damage that was there when I picked up the car

I picked up a car at Geneva airport, found a small damage, before I drove away. Told the staff and took a picture, also before I drove away. 5 days after I returned the car the wrote me an e-mail saying they would charge my card for this damage. It is impossible to reach them by phone (waited 2 hours) and they have not answered my e-mails.

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S

Unfair pre-existing damage policy, paid £400 more than expected.

I expected to pay a £493.01 balance on arrival. I had a voucher telling me that THW, Tax, CDW, Premium location, TPL were all included. Nice ticks highlighting all the benefits of taking the quote. Only I hadn't read the small print. I ended up paying £1106.09 (£200 to be refunded on return of the vehicle). My choice was to either risk a £1000 fee per fault for pre-existing damage - yes pre-exisitng (I have checked with National Exeter since my return) or to pay for extortionate extra insurance. Extremely unfair. You are then charged an extra 20% for 'Premium Location Fee' and an extra 20% for 'VAT' so I ended up paying £400 for 14 days insurance, which is what it cost me to insure my own car for a year.

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NS

We had a great experience

We had a great experience - The car was ready for us to pick first thing in the morning and Grace help me with the keys and the paperwork. Return the car was quick and simple once we worked out the London one way system.

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SR

Terrible service

Terrible service - picked up car at heathrow which then broke down on motorway same day - left me on the shoulder for 3 hours - I ended up getting an Uber.

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M

Agence de Cannes

Nous avons loué une voiture à Cannes pour la rendre à Toulon. Nous avons payé un tarif qui tenait compte de cette situation. Le matin on nous appelle pour nous dire que nous ne pourrons avoir notre voiture qu à 11h30 au lieu de 10h ( pratique pour être à l heure a un déjeuner quand on a de la route ) A Cannes la jeune femme au comptoir charmante nous dit que son collègue va nous donner la voiture ! Nous faisons l état et subitement il nous dit que puisqu on la rend à Toulon on doit payer 29€95 on lui dit que non cela a été prévu et non c est non il nous redemande notre carte de crédit pour être sur d être payé on lui montre notre confirmation il la regarde à peine ! Il faut qu on paye si on veut notre voiture et nous perdons encore du temps précieux … Nous la rendons à Toulon ou la jeune femme est charmante et nous lui signalons le problème! Elle s empresse alors de nous dire que c était compris dans notre tarif et que cela est toujours compris à la base! Il suffisait qu il regarde un peu mieux notre contrat ! Nous lui faisons part de l agressivité de cet agent de Cannes qui ferait mieux d aller faire un autre boulot ! Elle nous a annulé la transaction

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MA

Fejl i Nationals computersystem gav os en ekstra regning

Vi skulle leje en bil i påsken og fik et tilbud fra National car rental. I deres tilbud var der, som de eneste ubegrænset kilometertal og da vi skulle køre en del, valgte vi dem. Da min kone skal hente bilen, fortæller selskabet at der er sket en fejl i systemet, og at det ikke er muligt at få ubegrænset km tiltrods for, at vi har booket tilbuddet i god tro og udfyldt alt korrekt. vi får et nedslag i de ekstra kilometer på 0,50 øre, men ender stadig med en ekstra regning på flere hundrede kr for en systemfejl hos National. Vi har haft flere samtaler med selskabet, hvor de basalt set siger, at det er da ærgerligt for os, men ikke rigtigt deres problem. En virkelig dårlig start på påskeferien og første gang jeg har oplevet et biludlejningsselskab være så uforstående i deres håndtering af en sag.

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SP

My first time purchasing a car

My first time purchasing a car, Paul was very informative with the sales and finance side of things would recommend

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