Budget® Reviews
My wife became very ill in California so I had to turn around about 100 miles east of Phoenix to return to Ca. I contacted the issuing office who said to call the destination office. When I contacted them they said to call customer service. To make things worse I got into and accident. I called Roadside they told me to call customer service. I got the incomplete RUN-AROUND by budget. I did get one Customer Service Agent by the name of Dianne who made every attempt to help me out so thank you for your dedication. I was passed on to 6 different departments and given 8 different phone numbers to call with no success. I think I did report the accident, I was suppose to turn the truck in to a distributor in Waco Texas on Sunday the 14th. I called all over the company and country to get my contract extended because I was with my wife in the Hospital, told if I ever left I would not be able to return. I thought my wife's daughter was taking care of the truck issue but she told me that the issuing office required me to come in and sign a authorization of some kind for someone else to drive the truck. I was in the HOSPITAL with my very SICK wife. This location in Murrieta showed no compassion, no empathy, and just kept telling me that "they issued the trucks and that is all their job ended". I got to the Hospital on March 10th, my wife was moved from the hospital to an apartment to enter Hospices Care on March 13th. I made every attempt, with no help from anyone in Budget Truck Rental, to get the truck unloaded into a storage unit and turned in to the Murrieta location. My wife passed on March 16th. I made arrangement with Get Moved Now for a friend to drive the truck from La Jolla to a Murrieta storage unit. My friend drive it to the storage unit, gave the keys to the guys there to unload the truck. A friend that didn't think his actions through. Yet another day wasted. I finally decided to take care of the truck on my own so once again I hired a couple of guys from Get Moved Now, met them at the storage, unloaded the truck, got it filled up with gas and parked it at the Truck Rental Location: 38372 Innvovation Court, Murrieta Ca 92563 on the evening of Friday March 19th. I HAVE HAVE NOT HEARD A WORD FROM THE WORKERS AT THAT LOCATION ABOUT THE TRUCK. This whole company needs a lot of help with Customer Service and the customer being directed to a single point of contact.
Guy at the counter was very nice and friendly. Truck was only a couple of years old so that was good. Didn't come with a full tank of gas, so I overpaid to fill it back up so I wouldn't get charged. I also had to clean the windshield (found a chip) and the side mirrors in order to be able to clearly see. Overall pretty decent though and the rate was good.
The Van was clean and had no problems on the road. It was easy to drive and got acceptable MPG. I liked that there was no milage charges and that I knew exactly how much it was going to cost me upfront. My agent at pickup was even able to save me additional money by reworking the fees and insurance. I will most definitely use Budget Again.
We rented 2 trucks, a 16 and a 26 foot. The 26 foot truck had the ramp jammed into its slot. It took a crowbar to get it out. The 16 foot leaked in the rain both in the cab and in the back. The driver got wet and the cargo was damaged. Valuable books were destroyed. We spent $1800 to rent these two trucks. Budget "Customer Service" gave us $70 for our troubles and told us to file a claim for damaged cargo. Thanks a lot ... never again Budget.
when i picked up truck ,it was filthy . Being that we are dealing with Covid , you would think it would be clean . when i took back and showed the person i turn it in to. He said i should call Corporate . I did and they said they could only take 10 percent off unbelievable . I showed the person who leased it to me . He gave me a pack of wipes .So I wiped down as good as i could, if my wife hadn't left ,I would have not rented it
I booked a 26' Budget Truck on 9/27/20. Planned to fly into Oregon, pick up the truck the next morning in Salem, then drive to the storage shed and load up. I received a confirmation email about my rental on 11/18/20 with a list of best practices. Budget left me a voice message while I was on the flight to Oregon, which was the day before my pick-up date and said they have no 26' trucks available so I would have to call Budget and find another one. Unbelievable! They were absolutely no help at all. When I called the main Budget customer service number, they said they would research where to find another truck and call me back within 2 hours. Since I was on a tight schedule, a friend called Uhaul. They found a 20' truck within 2 miles from the airport and had me on the road with my rental in 30 minutes. I would never use Budget again, but the folks at Uhaul deserve a 5 star review!
Reserved truck weeks in advance. I was called morning of reservation saying there was no truck available, and to call customer service. Spoke with customer service said truck would be shipped to location for pick-up. When we arrived for our pick up time - store was closed. Door said open until 6, but was closed and dark at 5:30. Called customer service and they were unable to help. Never got a budget truck - got a u-haul instead.