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Avis Rent a Car Online Reservations

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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 

Avis.com does not stand by their reservations quotes - Buyer Beware!

by mcclainck, Feb 20, 2012
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Avis online has completely and totally ripped me off.  STAY AWAY.  I went to http://www.avis.com/ and reserved a rental car for my vacation last summer in France.  No where on the site nor on the reservation agreement does it say that Avis ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 

Worst ever car rental experiance

by mractionhero, Jan 11, 2009 Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Worst Experiance !!!! I had booked a convertible car thru Hotwire  in Miami International Airpot location durin last (2008) Christmas vacations . When I went their to pick up a car , initially representative told me that he is not able ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 

Avis ruined my Christmas

by avishater, Jan 7, 2009 Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
I went through Travelocity to rent a car from Avis to make a trip to my familys' homes for Christmas 08.Two days before Christmas, we were told by Avis Car Rental that they were going to place a $500.00 hold on our bank account.  We asked ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 5.0
 

A+++ Service from Avis in North Kansas City, Missouri

by sillyone311, Sep 12, 2008 Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
I first started my experience at www.avis.com to pick the car. It was a simple process for me since I knew exactly what I wanted, mid-tier, etc. I had entered my information and had the quote finished in about 4 minutes. They didn't require a credit ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 

Extremely bad

by stefano_mizzi, Jul 25, 2008 Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
I booked, 3 days in advance, a van with AVIS (Udine, Italy) for the weekend. At 4:30 PM on Friday, i.e., just 2 work hours before the delivery, AVIS phoned me that the van was no longer available. They did not provide me any equivalent solution (just a ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 4.0
 

Avis Rent a Car Online Reservations: Easy as Peach Pie to Reserve a Car

by pippadaisy, Oct 12, 2007 Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
I can't tell you when the last time I actually had to rent a car was. When I was still working, I always had an administrative assistant work on the travel arrangements for me, and most of the travel I've done since getting married and having children ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 

Double Bait-and-switch; non-existent pickup location and overcharged

by bobnash, Jul 16, 2007 Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Reserved and confirmed a car for 3 days out of Chartres France. Chose AVIS because they have a "PICK-UP" location at the Chartres Gare (train station). We took train from Paris, got to the station with luggage, and NO AVIS. Called them to be told they ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 5.0
 

Using the Avis Online Reservation System for Car Rentals is Highly Recommended

by three_ster, May 16, 2007 Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
With an upcoming trip down to San Francisco, I needed to set up a rental car from the San Francisco International airport. It turned out that Avis has a lot on-site, and that was the main reason I decided to peruse getting a car through them online. ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 

Avis Guilty of Bait and Switch - Overcharging Customers in Maynard MA

by gswanbon, Jan 15, 2006 Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
I rented a car from a local Avis office in my hometown of Maynard, MA. I was quoted a rate of $32 dollars per day if the rental was 5 days or longer. I was having car repairs done so at the time I didnt know the length of time I would need the rental. I ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 5.0
 

Avis's web site is fast, clear, easy to use, even for international reservations

by jsquarejj, Jul 24, 2004 Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
I rarely need to rent a car, especially when I travel outside the USA, but due to special circumstances, I needed to pick up a car at the main train station in Rome, Italy and drop it off a week later at the Pisa Airport. At first it was difficult to ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 5.0
 

Excellent. Would recommend this great site.

by Susie-34668, May 31, 2004 Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
At the end of last year, when we booked our flight to England, Len checked out on-line stores for a hire car. The first one was a private company. They offered us a Ford Focus, or similar vehicle for around $690. After going through the whole process, ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 4.0
 

Fairly Quick, And Seemed Relatively Comprehensive

by manofstone, Apr 15, 2004 Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Overall, my experience with the web site for Avis was fairly positive. The response time was very quick. Other sites I used while pricing my car rental needs take a lot more time to calculate different options. Avis was "trying harder" than the others ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 5.0
 

Satisfaction:Get Local Agent info online and rent truck offline

by brighteyes2004, Dec 22, 2003 Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
The price of Avis is competitive. Avis customer service is good. They are efficient and help me find the best solution. If you drive long distance (above 100 miles) I think Avis is a good deal. Both Avis and Uhaul do not provide one-way truck in my ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 5.0
 

Excellent customer service, value, and ease!

by poet1967, Jul 1, 2003 Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
This is a quick and easy way to rent a quality automobile. No lines no hassle. You can see what yo ...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 2.0
 

SAVE by renting through Avis.com? I don't think so

by 2buzy, Aug 29, 2002 Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
I need to rent a car! We are planning a trip to club Med and had originally planned on using their transfer service but after talking to others, we decided to rent a car instead.

One of my main concerns of course is Price...
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 
scammers on rate.
by avistheives,May 17, 2012
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watch out for unannounced upgrades that lead to hundreds of dollars in overage charges.  i am on a corporate account and assumed they were abiding by my contract and ended up with upgrades they did not verbally tell me about.  will never use
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 
Online booking seems ok but a different story when you arrive to collect car
by timeagain,Aug 4, 2011
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Hired a car from Avis July 2011 Nottingham England. Price quoted over internet included full insurance cover but on arrival was told that the first £600 of collision damage was not covered so I had to cough up another £20+ per day.  Nice
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 2.0
 
disappointing extra charge
by jst20bc,Dec 30, 2010
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We rented through Avis online in December for a trip to Budapest, Hungary. We used the PayNow option to lock in a rate and then were very disappointed to be told when we arrived at the rental counter that there was to be an additional fee of 54 Euros to
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 
Avoid at all costs!
by artosha,Dec 3, 2009
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Avis -- avoid at all costs! I rented a car from them last week, got a quote for 320 dollars total for 5 days. When I returned the car, they gave me a bill for 600 dollars, showing lots of surprise charges, fees and mileage charges, none of which was
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Overall Rating:Store Rating: 1.0
 
Unacceptable
by bh1014,May 26, 2009
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I've been trying to get answers via email using customer service email forms on avis.com for over a month. No acknowledgement of the emails and no response.  Many people prefer to interact via email and the use of customer service emails from the
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