Avis

Pros: They usually have cars available
Cons: They are rude and don't accept bank cards

Now, my husband and I rent cars A LOT. He uses a lot of rentals for work, we have used them numerously to travel and whenever we have had to have our family vehicle serviced. My husband rents sometimes as much as once a week! We have tried many of the...

Pros: Low Price, Nice cars, Quick service.
Cons: None

I've rented cars from a number of agencies on my frequent trips to Florida. I have found that the best and quickest service is usually found at one of two agencies. Avis is one of them. (National is the other). Because Avis' rates beat Nationals' more...

Pros: Efficient and friendly help
Cons: Airport surcharges

When traveling for business or pleasure, arriving in an unfamiliar destination and picking up a rental car can be a painful experience. Avis has done what they can to make the experience quick and easy.

Time and again, their phone...

Pros: Prompt return, honest employees
Cons: reservation quote and coupon use inaccurate, airport agent having a bad day????

Over Thanksgiving we rented an Avis vehicle at the Tulsa, OK, airport. I reserved a mid-size vehicle in advance and used my company discount. When placing my reservation I was quoted me a fantastic price on a mid-size car that was 50% plus lower than...

Pros: selection, car quality, Avis Preferred service
Cons: billing errors

Renting a car is almost never an enjoyable experience. However, with Avis, its about as good as you can get. They're slogan "We Try Harder" is probably true, but when you consider they're competition, trying harder means just trying a little...

Pros: Special Discount Rates
Cons: Must Reserve Online

Here's a little known hint that may come in handy. You can find rates for the cars you like at companies like Avis, but you'll get a substantial break by using this handy little site -- BreezeNet.

Breezenet (http://www.bnm.com) bills itself...

Pros: not sure of any
Cons: don't take check cards, only rent to 25yr +

I've never rented from Avis before. I really didn't get past the front counter. I was visiting Dallas for business a few months ago, and had a car wreck. Went I went to get a car, I first tried Avis, since my organization gets a discount through...

Pros: none, I'll never use avis again
Cons: extremely untrustworthy... also unforgiving... the customer is always right doesn't apply here

Ok, where do I start? Avis will try to get every cent out of you they can, so pay attention. Unfortunately, I was too trusting and didn't pay close enough attention. When we picked up our car, they said the category of car I had made my reservation for ...

Pros: None
Cons: Fraudulent charges
Non-reachable customer service
Malfunctioning car

Terrible experience with Avis Rental Cars (June 2009) * We arrived on June 12, 2009 at 7:30 am at the Starnberg, Germany, Avis branch to pick up the car we reserved online for a 7:30 am pick-up time.  To our dismay, the car was not ...

Pros: Friendly service, excellent communication before and after the rental, upfront about charges
Cons: Not many, cramped pound at Dublin, limited range of cars in Ireland

Hi folks, well as promised in my H ertz review a month or two back, I have finally got around to writing one of my recent Avis experience. And well, I am pleased to report that it went a lot better. So here goes. ...

Pros: great customer service
Cons: -

My husband is in the military and tends to travel a lot. We are currently stationed on shore duty in a small town in Maryland. The nearest airport is two hours away and I refuse to make that trip with three kids just to say good-bye for a few weeks.
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Pros: Used to be alright, but not anymore.
Cons: Unjustifiable and unauthorized charges; no concern for customers; and makes airport security look efficient.

I have never written a review like this in my life, but I thought that people should know my disasterous experience with an overly-aggressive Avis. Prior to this experience, I regularly used Avis for business and personal travel. After this most recent ...

Pros: Excellent Service, great discount and Avis is paying the ticket!
Cons: All the paper work on the car was expired!

We recently needed to rent a car to drive to Canada (about 350 miles from home) to pick up some rat ...

Pros: Very fast and friendly
Cons: Internet prices for Avis are usually higher than others.

I was recently on vacation in Orlando, Florida. The resort we were staying at had a rental car company on site which I thought was very convenient. It was one that I had never heard of and I was a little nervous about their set-up. It was a small ...

Pros: None
Cons: Yes, they apparently are cons.

I rented an Avis car at the Fairbanks airport in March of 2007. Since the temperature was -20, I only did a quick walk-around of the car as I checked for damage. Within a month after my rental, I received a notice from Avis indicating that I was being ...