London—Windsor—Basingstoke—Highclere Castle—Lacock—Bibury—The Lamb Inn in Bourton-on-the-Water—Oxfor

The staff at the rental company were somewhat indifferent. They just handed over the keys without indicating where the car was. When we arrived at the store, it seemed like they were lecturing another employee, making us wait for over 10 minutes. Very aloof attitude.

It's quite disappointing to have both fuel and electric cars in the same category. The service fee for handling traffic fines is very expensive. For a £60 parking ticket, Hertz charged a £42 service fee, which is about a 70% service rate. That's too much.

Big brand, very trustworthy.

The guy who handed over the car was very helpful, assisting me with finding the Bluetooth. However, the man with the beard who handled the paperwork had a heavy accent, which made it quite difficult to understand him, probably because he's from the suburbs of London, haha. I originally booked a Ford Galaxy but was recommended to switch to a Volvo XC70. Although the space is smaller than the Ford, it was cheaper. Overall, it's still fine, and the car was relatively new.

The queue time was very short; the car was very new, with only 700 miles on it. However, the staff recommended I upgrade the vehicle, which I declined. I feel upgrading would have been much more expensive.