From Airport to Downtown Toronto

Satisfied

Did not handle car hold issues promptly, charged indiscriminately, disregarded customer interests, hard to find help on the phone, each call took over 10 minutes to get answered, encountered a lot of irresponsible people, very unlucky.

This is the fourth country I have done self-driving in abroad: Russia, New Zealand, the USA, and Canada. This time was the most frustrating, not because of spending more money due to language barriers, but because of the service attitude of the car rental company staff. In the other countries, even though I didn't understand the local language, the car rental company always made sure to clearly inform us about any additional charges. However, this lady had a very average attitude. When she saw we didn't understand English well, she didn't make an effort to communicate properly. When I asked if there were any extra charges, she didn't explain clearly and just said OK and had me sign. Only after signing and seeing an additional 200 CAD charge on my card did I realize what had happened. Communicating with her was difficult, and we initially thought it was a deposit. When returning the car, the inspector clarified with a simple explanation that we were charged over 200 CAD for insurance. Despite explicitly telling her I didn't want insurance, she still applied it. The problem isn't the money but the attitude toward service.

When I got there, the man at the counter told me they had upgraded me to a Mercedes. I was worried that my luggage wasn't going to fit but I managed to get it in...just! But there was no navigation system in the car which surprised me for a Mercedes and they forgot to tell me that the car was from the US and was in MPH. So I had to work out what speed I had to go. With no navigation I had to use my phone and at times it dropped out where I was, so that wasn't the best. Then the electronic key battery died and I had to find out, 1. how to take the battery out and then 2. where to get a battery. The staff when I returned the car were good and credited me for the purchase of the batteris. But that should have been checked before I left with the car as it happened right after I picked it up.

Yes the booking platform worked great.

Counter takes too long for line up. It wasn’t the car I picked and the guy didn’t not tell me until I went pick up the car.