Budget® Reviews
I was supposed to take the truck back on Saturday after a 24 hour rental, but the office was closed. I was told to hold on to the truck until Monday, and I said I did not want to be charged for the extra days. They assured me that I would not be charged extra. I brought the truck back Monday at 8am as instructed (had to take time off of work) and then I was charged $207 for 3 days. The rental site could not make an adjustment so I had to call the main office. I was given an adjustment which took 7-10 business days to reflect on my account.
They were waiting for my arrival and had everything ready to go. I rented a truck size a bit too large for my goods, but better too big than too small. (I'm not a visual person when it comes to estimations.) Budget was about 2/3 the cost of renting from U-Haul and their trucks are really nice. I'd certainly use them again.
The Sexton Auto Sales location for Budget was an awful experience. The staff were whining about how they had 6 people in to rent Budget trucks, even though this is their job. The office was small, grimy, with a dog sleeping on the couch (I like dogs, but some people may be allergic and it is simply not professional). There were ashtrays on all the desks filled with butts, and the staff in general were rude, with rough language and behavior. They also forgot to include the furniture pads and dolly I paid for.
Reserved a 26 ft truck for three days. Was told previous renters did not bring back on time. I agreed to take 16 ft truck the first day and exchange it for the correct truck next day. Waited all next day for truck only to find out they sent it to Tulsa and did even bother to call and tell me despite me having called twice that day. Did get me a 24 ft truck several hours and some lots of talking. Was told reservation did not matter. Steering was horrible and had a huge leak of diesel straight on muffler.
I wish I could leave them a zero because I certainly would. This is the worst company I have ever dealt with. The truck had no AC, a broken roll up door and we were resposible for driving it to be fixed burning up a quarter of a tank of gas. Customer service is totally incompetent and rude. They have no concern for thier customers at all. Please dont use this company.
I have moved a Lot in the last 10 years and always use Budget Truck rental. But this time around, the 16' truck I rented was in serious need of repair, had broken glass from the previous people who use it all over the dashboard and seats, and the alignment was totally off. Going up a mountainside in a truck is unnerving, but particularly so in the truck I happened to have rented from Durham Budget Truck off of Guess rd in NC.
I used a 16-ft Budget truck to move my goods 2,200 miles without a problem. I also used trailer to haul my Jetta. Trailer arrived at rental agency approximately 6 hours late and I had a flat tire on right front tire within 100 mies. Upon calling Budget dispatcher, I was told that repair person would call. Unfortunately, the call came from an out of state location more than 200 miles away and I was expecting local call. Not wanting to tie up my phone, I ignored out of state call. Not receiving local call, I tried to get alternative service without success. Fortunately, after 2 hours, I finally answered phone call from out of state person. He promptly put me in touch with local repair person who replaced the tire in 20 minutes without cost. Budget dispatcher needs to be very clear that call may come from remote location.
The list of complaints is long, but after receiving an email confirming my order there were no packing blankets in the truck, and none available at my rental location. Those blankets were part of my online order. I ended up spending more than $200.00 buying pads for my move. Also, I ordered and auto transport. They tried to give me the auto dolly. When I insisted on the transport I was told one was available 40 miles away and if I wanted it I would have to go and get it. There was no sense of urgency, or concern from anyone there. This experience added tremendous stress to an already stressful day. Think twice before choosing Budget!
No issues... nothing exceptional with vehicle... I could have used a better walk-around session on the features/functionality of the truck. Also, at pick up, I was pushed pretty hard to buy the supplemental insurance policy they offer. At the time, I felt pushed into buying the additional coverage for another 120 dollars. Ironically, upon checking with my agent this AM, it turns out that I did need the supplemental coverage- so the rental agent was totally correct and potentially saved me from some major liability. Do yourself a big favor and check with your insurance provider before you rent to validate coverages and save yourself some pain when you arrive to pick up your vehicle.
The quote for for $50 however they failed to mention the $40 additional insurance coverage. Apparently, they tried to call the day before, but didn't leave a message, to advise me that I should check with my insurance company to see if I had the required coverage. I would not use them again. If I had been advised up front to check for coverage, I would not have felt like it was a deliberate plan to increase costs.
Had no problems picking up the size truck 24', we requested. However, bed of truck was not clean and movers had to sweep it out, but still left dirt all over furniture cushions. Returned truck on time but were overcharged as arriving late and drop off fee. Had to go back and have charges reversed. Make sure you review your charges!
This company was not accurate to what their website listed...the website said after hours drop off was available and the office was open until 5, however when I got there the day of my move no after hours drop off was available and the office closed at 1. We had to keep the truck overnight and ended up getting an expensive parking ticket which the company blamed on us. I would not recommend this service (at least not the Vista location)
Not too happy. This is the 2nd move I had where I was called the night before or the same morning (!) to advise me that my CONFIRMED truck was no longer available. Even though they try to assist you in other ways (different size truck, refer to another location), it adds a ton of stress to your already stressful move.