Budget® Reviews
Truck cab trashy and dirty. No technical help hooking car trailer. No help loading car on trailer. No instruction manual to do it yourself. Had to return home, go online and print instructions myself. No parking available for truck return. Car carrier placed in Mall parking spot unable to be attached to truck. Rep was not helpful, competent or even polite. You are on your own. Truck arrived three days early and I was never notified. Truck was returned 2 hours late and was charged a full day extra rental. The list goes on and on.. Wrong drop off location provided on contract, extra fuel used to move truck to "correct" location charged as fill up fee..etc etc ..BAD COMPANY!!! Never use them again.
The truck and car carrier I reserved weeks in advance were not there when I went to pick them up. It wasn't until the next day I was able to get my truck. I had to change the entire moving/packing schedule. Also the car carrier was very old and difficult to operate. One tire winch came loose twice during the 3 day trip! Poorly maintained carrier, or just too old.
The woman who set up our rental was very good at getting through the contract, explaining every detail in common English. She also showed me how everything works on the truck. We wanted to add a fourth driver to allow everyone to switch off driving the truck and car, but the online system only allowed three. The truck functioned very well. It would help to know the driving range of a tank of gas. We forgot to watch the gauge and almost ran out but found a station in time after the warning light came on.
Booked a 24' Budget rental truck two weeks in advance of our move. Called the agent three days before the pickup date, he advised everything was set to go. Arrived at the pickup location at the appointed time, NO TRUCK! Don't know why? The agent called around and found a truck 90 miles away, but we would have to drive there to pick it up, they would not deliver it! We cancelled on the spot, went with Penske, who had a truck available, thank God. We had crews set up on both ends of our move and any delay would have cost us extra money because of Budget. Tried calling Budget's 800 number to complain, but only got a peon who works weekends, no supervisor, so no help there. Emailed them, explaining the situation and asking for the difference in cost, because we had to rent on the spot with Penske, no discount. Never received a reply from Budget...will never use or recommend them to anyone. Too important of situation to leave to a second rate company!
I made the reservation for 12 ft truck, pads, and dolly online via budget.com and then the provider didn't have any trucks at all. I had flown into Baton Rouge from Tampa and didn't have time to drive around looking for a truck as the loaders were scheduled for several hours after pickup. I ended up finding another Budget nearby who had a 16 ft truck, but not the pads or dolly, and who did not honor the original agreement so had to spend an add'l $150. I bought pads spending another $100. The truck itself was good, and the move went smoothly. Until several days after arrival in TPA when I noticed a $50 "no show" fee from Budget. I did get that back within two business days, but I will definitely check other options next time before taking them on again
I ordered a 12 foot truck from the website, they gave me a 10 foot truck. When I asked about it at the time of pickup, the woman at the desk said " You get what you ordered" even though they had circled the 10 foot truck on the check out sheet. She then crossed out the 10, and circled the 12 foot truck option on the sheet. SO I was led tp believe that was what I had. I drove my truck away, packed it up, and then didn't have enough room for some of my things. When I finally realized I should measure my truck. I did in fact recieve a 10 foot truck. I called after returning it, and they said they were not required to give me what I had reserved. So my advise would be to not use them if you expect them to be honest. They were cheap, so I got what I paid for. Bad customer service, and lies. But cheaper than everyone else.
The truck that we reserved well ahead of time was NOT available when I came to pick it up. The previous renter had not returned it. After spending about 30 minutes trying to get a replacement truck at a nearby Budget rental location, we had to take a smaller truck on their lot. And, due to corporate policies, they didn't give us any money off. This local office apparently couldn't do anything for us other than giving us some free pads.
Two times I have rented from Budget and both times I have reserved the truck on line only to find out that they did not have a truck available for the day I chose. The first time they did not inform me until 16 hours before the move was to begin (had moving people scheduled and paid for). They company did make it right in the end but I cannot express the frustration you experience when you think you have everything ready and the most important item of the move suddenly becomes unavailable and you have to scramble to get a truck.
I hooked a dolly to transport my car from Colorado to San Diego and if I drove over 40mph the dolly would fishtale. The truck didn't have a charger connection for my phone and I had to go to my car in order to charge my phone. It was a challenging drive that took longer then it should have, and I will never use them again.