U-Haul® Reviews
Rented 20' truck and tow dolly for a 200-mile one-way move out of state. Given location of both at the same pick-up point two days before move. Day before: tow dolly location was changed to another site an hour away. Inconvenient on an already stressful day, but I understand the difficulty in scheduling one-way trucks during peak season. Truck was in good condition, tank half full. Customer service of all U-Haul employees from phone scheduling to pick-up/drop-off was stellar throughout. Very helpful and friendly. Can't beat the price!
Be aware of the after-hours pickup system. They do not request information and pictures UNTIL you press the ready for pickup button. In my case, I was picking up my truck in a dark parking lot at 11pm. They require a picture of yourself + both sides of your ID. They also require the phone number of another person, a passport, or other documents you are very unlikely to have spontaneously on your person at the time.
The truck was okay. Uhaul is significantly more than renting a Budget truck one way, but I couldn't get the size of truck I needed with Budget. Also, I had reserved a couple dozen moving blankets, but Uhaul was only able to provide one dozen. Better than nothing I guess, but things weren't covered as well as they should have been, which at least partially contributed to a couple items being damaged.
I'm giving a below average rating of U-Haul because while the pickup location (Herndon on 606) was fine and the people were respectful and helpful, the dropoff location (Sterling on Cascades Blvd where I was told to drop the vehicle off) seemed extremely dangerous. It was in a run-down junkyard with a literal tent city behind it! Really horrible. My daughter and I did not feel safe at all and we left the area as soon as the online checkout process was completed - do not return your vehicle there if you can avoid it!
UHaul told me I only needed a 15' truck and I should have rented a 20'. As a result, I have to store stuff in my old city and rent a truck to drive 8 hours one-way to pick up the stuff and drive back another 8 hours. They also told me I didn't need the 4 dz. furniture pads that I ordered and would only give me 2 dz. and the movers ran out of furniture pads half way through the move. If you know what you want, don't let an employee at UHaul intimidate you in to something they think you need. This is ending up costing me way more than what it needed to.
I picked U-Haul because they have a large network and I've used them in the past. I had to spend an hour on the phone a couple days before pick-up to actually get everything confirmed, despite having a reservation for weeks in advance. Upon pick-up, reserved equipment was also missing from the truck, so I had to spend some extra time getting that sorted out with the front desk. Despite those annoyances, the truck was in great shape and easy to drive. Air conditioning kept up during long drives in a heat wave. Drop-off was easy. I will definitely consider U-Haul again in the future.
The reservation process was fine and the truck and vehicle transport were of fine quality. Everything else was TERRIBLE. My vehicle and transport were each 45 minutes away from my move location in OPPOSITE directions. Then they upgraded me to a gigantic 26' truck plus the trailer, which was a beast to drive. To their credit, they did give me complimentary miles to offset the craziness of picking up the equipment. But THEN I had to spend an hour trying to pick up the truck--which felt like the worst escape room ever--because the location was in BFE and their call center was bogged down from high call volumes. Luckily my movers were still able to help. Then I had to get to the other location in time to get my auto transport before they closed. All the while UHaul is /calling/ me multiple times to remind me that I have to get the trailer before noon. Yeesh. That only gave me a little over an hour to move everything. When I arrived at the second location, the trailer was stashed in the back where the massive truck couldn't get to. Thank goodness the owner was willing to come in on HIS DAY OFF to help out. Finally, the return location was backed up and I had to wait an additional 40 minutes to drop off my keys. It was a mess from beginning to end. I may have saved money but it was the worst moving experience I have ever had.
One day prior to picking up the rental, Uhaul called to say that there were no auto transports available at my location. I had to drive 100 miles round trip a day prior to pick up the transport, then the next day (My original pick up day) the original site had two transports returned. I wouldn't have to have wasted three hours and $50+ in gas if they had a system to let sites know what was coming in.