Boston to New York to Philadelphia to Buffalo to Washington

Very satisfied.

They tried to sell extra insurance. Even with all the policies printed out, we almost got tricked into paying an extra $400. When we asked them to cancel, the staff became unfriendly. The car brought to the pickup point wasn’t even ours, requiring another round of paperwork to switch cars. We booked a Ford Edge but got a poorly conditioned Dodge instead. The whole pickup process delayed us by over two hours. It’s very disheartening to think about it.

Arrived at noon, there were very few staff members, had to take a number and wait in line for 2 hours. It wasn't until around 2 or 3 PM that more staff showed up, they canceled the number system and switched to lining up.

We waited in line for over an hour before we reached the desk where we were then offered a Volkswagen beetle instead of the Ford mustang convertible we had booked months before because there was no mustang available (it does state or similar but anyone who believes a VW beetle is similar to a Ford mustang is delusional!!). We were then told if we waited 20 minutes we could have a mustang from another hire company (Avis). We waited over an hour then finally went back to the desk and we were told there is a blue mustang waiting for us. We went to collect the car and realised the paperwork was for a red mustang which we found and confirmed with Avis staff was the correct car.. as I went to drive off I realised the rear view mirror was completely hanging off.. we tried to fix it but couldnt so spent ages trying to get help from staff. Eventually someone arranged for a different mustang to be bought over from Avis, this took another 45 minutes, when this arrived it had no GPS so we had to wait a further 30 minutes for this to be rectified.. overall we were there for well over 3 hours which ruined our plans for our first day of our holiday. The car had also not been service as we had to buy engine oil and windscreen wash too plus one of the rear seat belts was stuck! Overall this was a very stressful and poor experience and we will not be booking with Budget or Avis ever again.

Like: Car came from major company but for less money and no discernible drop off fee. No brainer. I travel a lot.
Dislike: Perfect experience