Boston to Londonderry and back

Very satisfied

When picking up the car, the male staff at Budget counter informed me that they no longer had the Ford Explorer I reserved. They only had a Chevrolet Suburban, a large SUV, available with an upgrade fee of $125 per day. Considering there were six of us with six pieces of luggage, we had no choice but to agree to the upgrade. Renting it for two days including tax came to $599.47, almost $270 more than the originally confirmed amount on Zuzuche.com! I thought the Ford Explorer I initially booked would have been sufficient for us and our luggage, but Budget's failure to keep the model we reserved resulted in significant extra costs. I will not be using Budget again. Compared to a friend's experience at another rental company where they got a free upgrade under similar circumstances and were even given an additional day's rental due to the larger vehicle's higher fuel consumption, Budget's service was disappointing. Additionally, the process to pick up the car at Budget was slow, and there were no staff to accompany me to the vehicle. They just handed me the keys, and I had to find the car in the lot myself. When I had questions there, no staff were present to assist. The entire pickup process took almost 45 minutes.

As a whole the experience wasn't bad, especially as the car was concerned, but the customer service for me was a total disaster. First, I was charged a second time for a 100% prepaid booking. I had to show them this on return, so they started doing something to correct it - and I'm still not sure whether they did it so that I didn't pay anything additionally. Second, nobody warned me that the moment I get out of the rental location, I will get into a city tunnel that is actually a toll zone. And the toll charges by Budget are anything but budget - it's a complete rip-off. I was charges over $22 for one single toll charge (and my friends living there told me they are paying somewhere between $1 and $2 for the same thing. Other than that - no problems, great car, well, nobody cares about marks and scratches in the USA, they don't even bother marking them on the protocol or checking for them on return, but I am already getting used to this.

The electronic toll charges in Boston was not known to me and I have to call budget hotline to understand. It will be better it is stated in the contract or email

The price protector is good but I have yet to see the refunds(I have rebooked at a lower price) coming back to my credit card. So I hope the price difference will credit back without me emailing or calling.

Like: Vehicle
Dislike: they charge me USD 10/gallon for fuel.