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Dont Use Expedia for Car Rental
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Rating: 1/51

CALIFORNIA -- Arrived in Edinburgh with my confirmed auto rental with advantage car rental... this was being run by Eurocar... the total confirmed auto rental rate was $184 but the car rental counter charge was $510. I spent an hour on the phone with Expedia at the airport after a long flight and no sleep but was unable to get this resolved then when I came home Expedia I lodged a formal complaint but again would not honor their confirmed reservation rate...

I feel either the car rental companies are scamming Expedia or Expedia is scamming their customers. After having used Expedia for years, I won't even check Expedia prices in the future and will deal either directly with the rental car companies or another travel agency.

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Red Spot / Enterprise Car Rentals - Are They Scamming Us?
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ADELAIDE SOUTH AUST -- Definitely don't Book through Expedia - Red Spot/Enterprise Car Rentals - they are dodgy!! I wish that we had read the reviews first. We booked through Expedia an Enterprise Car Rental (Red Spot Car Rentals) in Hobart, Australia and 9 weeks after arriving home received a Letter of Demand from Red Spot stating that we had scratched the car. We definitely did no damage to the car. We have contacted Red Spot and provided them with the following info and evidence.

On pick-up of the car there was much damage already done (many, many scratches) & the attendant went around the car with a disc saying that all of the scratches were within tolerance and that we would have no trouble with being held liable for any of the scratches. We insisted the attendant write on our copy of the Vehicle Checkout Report pre-existing damage (large scratches) around the boot area as these seemed the worse which he did and signed.

We have notified Red Spot that we don't intend to be held liable and provided them with a copy of the Checkout Report as further evidence but they are at this point lagging in getting back with acknowledgement and withdrawal of the Letter of Demand. We definitely put no scratches on the car. We only took soft carry-all bags and carried these on the back seat, not in the boot.

We will never hire a car from Enterprise/Red Spot again and never book through Expedia again. We cc'd Expedia in on this matter and all correspondence, but have heard nothing. Enterprise Car Rentals/Red Spot appear to us to be unscrupulous, endeavouring to get the car repaired through someone else's pocket or through the Insurance Company. Expedia should not use unscrupulous companies.

Resolution Update 05/02/2018:

RED SPOT ISSUE NOW RESOLVED -
Further to my post below Red Spot Car Rentals replied to our issue on 2nd May advising that they have now retracted their Letter of Demand. Red Spot advised over the phone that they intend to upgrade their processes to ensure that all pre-existing damages seen & noted by the customer will be marked on all copies of the Check-Out Report and advised accordingly to the booking desk. I advise Red Spot / Enterprise Car Rentals and All Car Hire Companies that any and all existing damaged on vehicles should already be marked by them on the Check-Out Report for the customer's confirmation and satisfaction and to provide the Customer with the opportunity to identify any further damage for the Hire Company to note on ALL copies of the Check-Out Report. This should be the responsibility of the Hire Company who take on the responsibility of being in this business and providing their Customers the Top Level of Service.

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Booked a Premium SUV via Expedia, They Booked a Standard With Budget
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Rating: 1/51

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA -- Complaint Reference Number: **. I booked a Premium SUV for 9 days via Expedia. When I got to Budget Car Rental at Oakland Airport, California. I was informed that Expedia had not booked a Premium SUV with them, they had booked a car that was two groups below a Premium SUV. When I showed them the booked voucher their response was 'If you want a Premium SUV you will have to pay an additional $236 extra.' Budget said 'Expedia do this all the time'. Got back to UK, sent email after email and so far Expedia has refused to pay. This is fraud.

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Horrible Experience!!! Do Not Use Expedia or Enterprise!!!!
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Rating: 1/51

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA -- Horrible Experience!!! DO NOT EVER use Expedia or Enterprise car rental. Both companies are a joke and do not care about their customers. I reserved a full size car and when I went to pick up Enterprise did not have a car for me. They gave me a compact piece of crap car. They sent me to the airport 30 minutes away and said they would exchange it for me.

Once I got there I was told they do not exchange cars. I got on the phone with both Expedia and Enterprise and they were both worthless and did not care about helping me. It was the most frustrating and horrible experience I have ever had with any company. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT EVER book through Expedia or use Enterprise.

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Expedia Passed The Back To Budget And Budget Back To Expedia
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Rating: 1/51

GENEVA, WASHINGTON -- I reserved a car through Expedia with Budget in Geneva Switzerland. The Expedia confirmation stated EXPLICITLY that the quoted price include ALL mandatory taxes and fees. Budget added two items a "location surcharge" and a "registration fee" which came to almost the same price as quoted for the entire rental! No amount of arguing with them helped, their attitude was "it's your problem with Expedia not with us". I have spent hours on the phone with Expedia and they are completely useless and refuse to accept that when they say on their confirmation that the price includes everything it's not their fault if the "vendor" thinks differently.

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Horrendous Customer Service and No Accountability
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I called into Expedia about a car rental I had booked for my mother in law who was coming to visit us for our children's birthday. I booked online through the Expedia for TD site to take advantage of my TD rewards points. My rental was a reservation only and still required me to go to the airport and pay the car rental company which was not communicated to me until after my mother in law landed and went to the car rental agency. I contacted Expedia and was met with an extremely unhelpful agent that showed no empathy in our situation.

We then spoke to a supposed Supervisor who continued to recite the same policy over and over and was unwilling to empathize or come to middle ground. We asked for our points to be put back onto our credit card as we were unable to complete our reservation and pay the car rental company as our mother in law already provided her license and credit card for the reservation. The Expedia "Supervisor" advised they couldn't put the points back and had to escalate to TD rewards.

We then asked for his agent ID# to hold him accountable for ensuring this escalation takes place and he refused. We asked to speak with his superior and who he reports to and he advised he doesn't have a boss. This was an awful customer experience and am completely disgusted at the treatment of their customers and lack of accountability. I will never deal with Expedia again and will be sharing my poor experience and lack of resolution with anyone that will listen.

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Booked Rental Car Through Expedia
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Booked rental car through Expedia. Usually fine experience. Don't book through Fox in Las Vegas. Shame on you Expedia for misrepresenting that this carrier is at McCarran Airport. You ride the shuttle to Rent-A-Car center then stand in the heat in the dark for a “second” Fox bus to drive you across town to a 3rd location!!! Not convenient or safe for the same price as the other providers!

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Car Rental Nightmare
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QUEENS, NEW YORK -- I made a car rental reservation through Expedia, the company that was supposed to provide the car in Dominican Republic carelessly said they do not have any car. The reservation was done 2 weeks prior to the trip. As a result, I found myself lost in that country where I had to rent a car that cost me double of the prize I was supposed to pay. The company involved with Expedia in Dominican Republic is named ALAMO, do not use this company my friend.

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Car Rental Place Not Open on Sunday
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Rating: 2/51

I booked many things thru Expedia on a recent vacation where I was gone for a month. The car I wanted to rent was thru Eurocar. Expedia sent me to a location that wasn't open on Sunday in Malmo, Sweden. Had to spend extra money on a taxi to get to location and then to somewhere else to rent a car. I wouldn't trust Expedia to give correct information when doing business outside the US with a CAR rental company. Didn't have any problems with Hotels that I booked.

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I had booked a flight to Orlando from Seatac for 7 days. Due to bad weather the flight was canceled. We decided not to go. We asked Alaska Airlines for a refund and received one in two days. We also called Expedia to cancel our car rental so they called Dollar car rental and they waived the $50 cancellation fee. After we returned from our alternate vacation, I noticed my credit card bill had not received a refund for the car rental or the booking fee. I've been calling and asking for a refund (four times now). Average hold time 20 minutes. I've been told, "We're taking care of it." Fifteen days later and still nothing. I'll update what happens.

Next day (Sept. 3rd 2008) I was told I'd be contacted yesterday... no callback. I called back. I was told ** was working on it right this minute! Will call back. I'll wait... Next day (Sept. 4th 2008) ** called me back yesterday and told me the matter was resolved and I will get a full refund. (Might be one of those "The cheque is in the mail" type of things.)... I'll wait again. Next next day (Sept 6th) still no refund. I'll update next when I call or when I get my refund.

Next week (Sept 12th) still no refund. I called and asked what the hold up was. After much ado about nothing I was told that ** was not working that day, but she contacted the refund department and they said it would take 4 to 6 weeks to get back my refund. I then explained to the call center clerk that if I returned a pair of running shoes I would get credited for that instantly. I don't think they're allowed to hang up on you because I was being very long winded (remaining professional). I told her I would call back twice weekly to see how thing are progressing with the refund.

Sept 22nd still no refund (maybe I'll copy and paste updates). I was on hold for under 1 minute this time. I asked for ** the supervisor - not in today. Last time I checked he worked Monday to Friday. This was a relatively short because I'm getting tired of the same old crap.

October 16th Still no refund. I received a letter from my credit card company (CIBC Visa dividend card) requesting supporting documentation for the services not received. I gave them a call (30 seconds on hold) and explained to them that these negotiations were entirely conducted over the phone. CIBC Visa told me that they would credit my account and would let Expedia dispute the charge reversal. Hopefully this matter is finally resolved. No thanks to Expedia's much less than straight up business practices. Thank you CIBC Visa!

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