Carrentals.com Consumer Reviews - Page 4

Do not give these shady opportunists your money. Our whole trip was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Everyone (airlines, hotels, etc) either gave us a full refund or full credit in light of the world crisis. Everyone except this company. And mind you, I first called Thrifty (who was actually going to provide the vehicle). And Thrifty told me at first, don't worry you'll get a full refund with no penalty. But then, upon noticing I had booked through CarRentals.com, told me I must contact them. And well... even though I had made my reservation with them less than 24 hrs ago, they told me they'd be charging me a $55 cancellation fee. So gross. Lesson learned. Please pass it on.

MISSOURI -- I used CarRentals to reserve a car from HERTZ JAX. I also purchased the insurance using CarRentals. When I arrived at the pickup location I was informed I did not have insurance, and would need to purchase it, and If I wanted my spouse to drive, there was an additional cost. Since I could not find another car I was forced to agree to HERTZ's terms. This ended up doubling the original cost which I had prepaid to CarRentals. On appeal to CarRental is I never heard back. HERTZ did contact me and would not consider my problem and refused refunds. Take caution when using HERTZ as well as the insurance sold by CarRentals. The partnership between these two companies ends at the webpage... DO NOT EXPECT SUPPORT.

Absolute scam artists!! Rentalcars.com is a second party provider who just take your money, they do not care about customer satisfaction nor reveal all conditions until after you have already made payment. Be warned that they state cancellation is free, it is not free!!!
I booked a car using the app and not until I paid was it revealed that you must catch a shuttle bus after waiting half an hour, then travel 20 min to your car. When I arrived, I was expected to provide a $1000 deposit for a one day hire which would take “minimum” 28 days to be reimbursed, Carrentals.com did not advertise this at all. I missed an important meeting that day, the sole purpose of my trip.
Their ‘customer service' is delivered in the form of copy & pasted responses via email with no possibility to speak to a person to resolve complaints.
Save your money and time, don't use Rentalcars.com

CHICAGO -- Be very careful using this company! They rented my family a car from Fox that advertised, “Unlimited miles.” They collected ALL FEES in advance (several hundred dollars). When We got to the Fox rental counter they explained that due to “geographic restrictions” the car WAS NOT unlimited miles. Fox refused to give me the car that CARRENTALS.com collected money for in advance. I then contacted CARRENTALS.com and they refused to refund the hundreds of dollars they collected for services that were NEVER RENDERED! This company should be avoided—they have a blatant disregard for their customers and are stealing money from families for services that are NEVER RENDERED! One can only wonder how many thousands of dollars they take from honest families every year who never actually receive the services (car rental). A very interesting business model indeed.

I just had such a bad experience with CarRentals.com that it has to be shared. I recently booked through CarRentals.com and was told at pickup that my car would cost $161 more than promised at booking. Then at checkout I was charged a full $362 over the booked fee with the overage NOT related to fuel or insurance charges but to various other fees and charges unrelated to my use or care of the car. Customer service has been dismissive and useless, replied to me once without looking over the confirmation and receipt I sent them then ignored my emails. This company's promises are worth nothing and they're not accountable. Do not trust them! I'd have had a much cheaper rental doing it directly, and known ahead what it would cost.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA -- Terrible customer service. Reserved and then cancelled a rental within an hour online. They get their $55 cancellation fee--fair enough, that was part of the deal. But while they were quick to charge my credit card for the reservation, they do not care about refunding my money (minus their $55 cancellation fee) for the cancelled reservation. Have called multiple times, spoken to the manager several times, and each time it's the same story: it'll be 7-10 business days. First, it was some "processing error" on their end that prompted a new round of 7-10 business days...then it was that they processed their $55 cancellation fee and that prompted another 7-10 day wait. It's been almost a month and nothing. Just left a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.

Vehicle wasn't ready at the reserved time. Bait and switch - I prepaid and was charged additionally. I definitely will be disputing that charge. This place does not have 24 hour drop off for their “airport location” and was charged an additional $20 for that as well. So all in all, charges $24 more than quoted and originally paid for. And had to wait 45 minutes for the vehicle to be ready.

I cancelled it at 2:37pm and we had to take a Lyft to a different car rental place.

I called CarRental.com and refused to refund my money. The called AVR Van rentals where my reservation was at and the lady lied and said I waited 15 minutes. I have Uber receipts from getting picked up from there to take me to a different rental place.

CarRentals told me that maybe if I had waited AN HOUR OR TWO for my reservation they could maybe refund it? Are you kidding me?

ILLINOIS -- I don't even know where to begin. This company is extremely unethical and I would not advise anyone use their services. My husband and I have been going back and forth with their escalations team (yes they have a whole team for this which says enough) for 2 months on a car we were charged for but NEVER picked up or drove! Then they told our credit card company the $300 was an administrative fee! To say I'm upset and disappointed is an understatement. This won't be the last you hear from me and we will be getting our money back one way or another. This is an unacceptable way to run a business.

I rented the car on Jan 18, 2019 through Carrentals.com. Total amount of my booking USD 20.13 plus Collision coverage cost USD 18.00. I picked up the car from Mississauga Airport location (Trans Canada, E-Z Car). They were totally ignored the above car rental price and process and charged me $89.12 Canadian Dollars. This charge includes both car rental and car insurance. Today, I found that the Trans Canada car insurance company sold me their own car insurance and ignored the another car insurance booked and paid when booking from carrentals.com. So, 2 different car insurance charges (1 from Allianz Global Insurance and another from E-Z Car) on my credit card today!

I called E-Z Car first and they were hang up the phone. Then I called carrentals.com and they said the charges were right, which ones? The ones you charge me when booking or the ones I paid to E-Z Car??? Then, I called Allianz Global and asked for cancellation for the second insurance automatically paid when I made the rental on the carrentals.com. Hopefully, I will get the money back. Waiting!!!

I got fraudulent charges on my credit card immediately after making a reservation, which caused my credit card company to send me a new card. They STRANDED me in a foreign city because they were literally explicitly unwilling to update the new credit card on file. This is a major problem because you can't pick up a car without the exact same card present.

Credit cards expire and change and of course you can't present a non-existent card, so how can a company do business without the ability to update your credit card billing? Of course you can, but "Miguel" in customer service (working 11/30 around 11AM EST) was worst, most inhuman, rude customer service person I've ever had to talk to, and he refused to do so. Not to mention, they make their website impossible to call and get help, once you finally get a hold of them, they will not help and hang up on you. Stole my money, no service was provided at all.