At the drop-off at SFO, my wife fell, and the Budget attendants where extremely caring and helpful.

My total rental cost was $771. At San Francisco Airport, the service staff gave me a bill for $1160, claiming it was for a vehicle upgrade. When I asked if it was the upgrade fee, they said it was a deposit. There were a lot of people in line, so I didn't check carefully. Later, I found out that there is no deposit for car rentals in the US.

The vehicle was in excellent condition, almost brand new. Initially, we added a GPS, but later found that our Huawei phone could navigate using the internet. When we requested to remove the GPS, the staff initially said no, but eventually upgraded our car instead. This type of sales approach is acceptable.

I booked a compact car, specified 4 doors. At the store, they said they only have 2-door ones. Had no choice but to pay an extra amount daily for a mid-size car, and I couldn't choose, only got an old model Jetta. The insurance was supposedly included at the time of booking. The clerk told me it only covers when others hit you, but not when you hit others.

When we picked up the car in San Francisco, we waited in line for half an hour, and there was no self-service option, which is not as good as Alamo. The receptionist, who seemed to be Chinese, spoke English the entire time and was very polite with a constant smile, but we felt he was a bit deceitful. Despite having already purchased full coverage insurance from the rental website, he forced us to buy an additional $50 insurance without explaining it properly. He simply mentioned that if anything happens, we could call this number for assistance, and we agreed. He then presented us with a bill that was $52 more than our reservation. We almost fell for it. When I asked for clarification, he finally backed down. We even showed him our reservation which clearly stated in English that we already had all the necessary insurance and didn't need any extra coverage.

Long wait during pickup, in spite of the fact that I was covered by recommended full insurance including road side assistance during online reservation, I was insisted to take additional road side assistance during the pick up causing an additional expense of US$44 per week.