This is outright fraud. At Munich Airport, they said there’s no extra insurance, only a pre-authorization—it’s just a blatant scam. Do we have to record everything everywhere we go? Germany is full of discrimination!

Deceived about insurance, claimed to upgrade me, thought I was paying an extra 100 RMB as shown in the app, but actually paid 800 RMB more.

This company is not honest in their operations. Upon arrival, they stated that crossing the borders to Austria and Switzerland would incur extra fees. The original quote of 315 euros increased to 870 euros. Despite my multiple assertions that I did not need additional insurance or other services, the staff insisted that this is the normal price and that there were no other fees except for the cross-border fee. I eventually had to call the car rental customer service to negotiate and finally settled at 507 euros. This situation highlights two issues: 1. This company's cross-border fee is significantly higher than others. Previously, I rented from another company with a cross-border fee of 6 euros per day. 2. The quote is very dishonest and deceptive. Note: I have seen similar cases in the comments section for this company, please pay attention.

There are actually very few Viano models available from HERTZ. When we went to pick up the car, they didn't have any left. They said our luggage was too much and that vehicles of the same grade wouldn't suffice, suggesting we upgrade to a VITO116, and charged us an additional 400 yuan for the upgrade. In fact, we didn't see any other vehicles of the same grade as VIANO in the parking lot. The staff member (an old lady) didn't upgrade us for free but rather persuaded us to pay for the upgrade, which felt a bit dishonest.

It wasn't hard to find the HERTZ counter at Munich Airport, and there weren't many customers at that time. The staff's service was attentive. However, we were surprised to find a spending trap set by HERTZ staff in Munich: On May 20th, we prepaid over a month in advance for 12 days of rental and super insurance through Zuzuche. To be extra cautious, we also bought 13 days of coverage from Worldwide Insure that included Deluxe EXCESS (covering road assistance, tires, glass, roof, and chassis). We arrived in Munich on the morning of July 6, went to the counter to handle the formalities, and provided the rental contract, pickup voucher, driver’s ID, notarized documents, and even the Worldwide Insure email confirmation and insurance policy to the staff. The service agent did not ask if we needed additional insurance. He ultimately gave us a credit card receipt totaling €641. We were unclear about the charges but asked the staff who said it was a pre-authorization and would be refunded later. So, we signed and picked up the car. After returning to our home country, we waited for the refund. Following several emails and phone negotiations, we found out the forced charges on the receipt included: 1) Estimate of charges includes Unlimited Kilometres €134.50; 2) PERS Glass & Tyre €117.00, plus a tax of €48.75, totaling €305.35. HERTZ refunded us €50 and then ignored us. The HERTZ store at Munich Airport definitely deserves a poor rating. HERTZ staff did not ask if we needed to purchase the insurance and took advantage of us not having the time to scrutinize the receipt, causing us unnecessary loss. This is a serious act of deception.