Payless Car Rental

Pros: Cheap,  unnecessary markups. Quick service, but too quick   Fast talkers, double talkers.
Cons: asking you if you want a car without a CD player. It's 2009.

Do yourself the biggest favor you can on your vacation. DO NOT RENT FROM PAYLESS CAR RENTAL IN TAMPA!!!  These people are basically like a bad version of car salesmen (if you can imagine worse).  We needed a car for the weekend.  We ...

Pros: Nothing was great about them.
Cons: EVERYTHING was terrible about their products, salesmans, and service. They will take advantage of people.

My fiance and I decided to rent from the Payless Rental in San Diego, CA. We're both under 25, so it being $10 on the internet was the reason we choose this place. We made a reservation for 4 days with an intermediate car (Nissan Sentra or something ...

Pros: NOT ONE I CAN THINK OF.............STAY AWAY
Cons: IF YOU GO THERE, THEY WILL SCREW YOU TOO!

Do NOT rent from these crooks........They are the worst car rental company I have ever dealt with and I have dealt with a lot. I wish I had checked the reviews on Payless Car Rental in Orlando.  Booked my flight on line and also ...

Pros: I do not have anything positive to say about this company.
Cons: Bait and Switch, Poor Management (do they have managers???), Liars, Changed Deals, Sneaky Tactics, Cheaters

I was in Florida for my Mom's funeral.  They promised a great price and so I decided to use them instead of Enterprise (my usual company).  This was a BIG mistake.  The economy (similar to a Ford Focus) that they offered after a 2 hour ...

Pros: Courtesy by employees
Cheap prices.
Fast return service and the 2 payless shuttles back to airport.
Cons: more clerks
Pre-printed Maps of orlando:  time is consumed by clerks giving directions during checkout.

BLUF: I arrived to the airport at 2:40 PM  I was on the Payless rental bus with my bags by 3:05 PM. My compact car that i requested on line was available at the site. It took me a total of 15-20 minutes (waiting in line, processing my ...

Pros: None
Cons: Still have not received my refund.

I recently was on vacation in San Diego and had issues with this rental car company. In addition to the problems I had below there were angry customers that were walking out the door, and customers calling in with other problems with the cars not ...

Pros: ZERO
Cons: Crooks, Liars, Cheats, Criminal enterprise!

This rental company is a criminal enterprise. They are the worst I have ever encountered. The will out right lie to you. I rented a car in Vegas. Only to be told it was too small, was "upgraded" at my cost to a Camry.  Went to get the car. Had ...

Pros: NON
Cons: All

This is the worst company I have ever tried to rent a car from. NEVER rent a car from them. They have a lousy service, the counter personnel are rude, we thought we had a deal when we made the reservation, we check a car that suppose to be for 5 people ...

Pros: Prices....but for what you get I wouldn't consider it a pro.
Cons: customer service, quality of car, rental office, pretty much everything!

My wife and I rented from Oakland. Office was based out of a run down motel. We were already 3 hours behind schedule so we didn't fully take the time to review the car in full detail but it was a 2008 Camry so I wasn't too concerned at the time. We left ...

Pros: No pros I can think of.  
Cons: We ended paying more in the long run.

Worst experience ever renting a car from Payless Car Rental. The company may say that you will save $30 or $40 and that they are cheaper but they will get more money from you in the long run and drum up more drama than you would ever want when it comes ...

Pros: Made some limited attempt to address the situation
Cons: The basic premise that I was duped

Payless Car Rental Montreal – hidden geographic restrictions on ‘unlimited miles’A few months ago I booked a car on Travelocity to go from Montreal to a location 600 km away and back again.  Naturally like a fool I ...

Pros: It was a car in good working order
Cons: slow service, more expensive than advertised, small inventory

I travel a lot and cutting costs by $50 sounded fantastic for my business trip to Tampa Florida, so I used Orbitz online to make my reservation with Payless rental for a premium car.Once I landed I had to walk a half mile outside to a pick up area ...

Pros: They are good at luring you in with their price - be aware.
Cons: Too many to listl

PAYLESS IS NOT THE CHEAPEST IT JUST APPEARS LIKE THAT.  GO TO A WELL KNOWN CAR RENTAL PLACE!!!  My daughter booked a car reservation on line for 5 days and confirmation was received for $127.00.  We knew there would be an extra charge ...

Pros: Did not have to wait in long lines.
Cons: Smelly cars
Dirty cars
Extra hidden charges for using your Visa debit card

I rented this car at the San Bruno, CA location (near the San Francisco Airport). I was quoted one price when I booked and secured my rental online; however, this location charges an EXTRA  $5/day  if you pay with your Visa debit card. They ...

Pros: Shuttle was quick and fast.
Cons: Unprofessional, no managers available when needed. Ignored problems.

I had to pick my niece up in Fresno, so I found Payless Car Rental for a lot cheaper since it was around the holidays. It was $20/day compared to other rental companies such as Avis, Budget, etc. which were running $50/day or higher. I arrived at ...