Budget® Reviews
I rented a 16 ft truck with a full-on dolly for my car. When I arrived at their office the truck was ready. I asked for help from a lot worker to guide my car onto the dolly and they refused. Then they said they would call another worker to help. I waited an hour and the desk person said she 'forgot to tell me' that nobody would help. I ended up spending $147 for 5 minutes of a tow truck driver's time to load my car and get out of there. The truck got surprisingly good gas mileage and I quickly got used to handling the truck and trailer. 1300 miles later, I returned the truck to courteous workers at my destination without incident. It wasn't until I drove my own car (after 5 days of driving the truck) that I realized just how badly worn the brakes on that truck were.
I had an 8:30 am reservation. despite the office hours being listed as 7:30 am-6:00 pm---no one showed up until 9:20. I rented a 12 foot box truck. One truck would not start, the other one had a flat tire. Had to take 16 foot truck. First one would not start....the 4th and final truck DID start...but worse gas mileage...larger truck. Will never rent from them again.
Had a flat tire with a broken stud and was stranded in Sturgis South Dakota on the side of the highway. When we called budget roadside assistance for help they sent out a company specializing in semi-truck repairs even though we had a moving truck + tow trailer. Not only were they not able to do a complete fix (They fixed the flat after 5 hours, but did not fix the stud) but the contractor, who budget sent to fix the stud, did not arrive for another 26 hours! Their roadside assistance, which is $140, is incoherent and a complete waste of money. I will never be going with budget again.
I requested a cargo van. Nothing larger would work where we had to go and unload. I paid for it and got email reminders I was all set. THEN, THERE WERE NO CARGO VANS AVAILABLE IN MY AREA. I had to cancel the van and go to U-HAUL THE SAME MORNING OF THE MOVE. I was on a time constraint because I was having movers meet us at the destination to do the unloading. VERY FRUSTRATING. NEVER USING BUDGET AGAIN!!!!!
Horrible. We reserved a month before our pick up date and they did not have the vehicle. They found a larger vehicle at a location 20 miles away and sent us there to get it. The lady in Pt. St. Lucie was quite rude. Reminded me of the Soup Nazi in Seinfeld. She was like "maybe I can find a solution for you, maybe I won't." And we had flown down there, rented a car from Budget, etc. Truck was in good shape and drove well -- the saving grace of our experience.
Local Budget Dealer gave me a truck with Engine Warning Light and told me nothing was wrong and ignore the warning lights based upon the maintenance shop they got the truck from. I had no choice as it was the only 26' truck on the lot. 800 miles into the trip - you guessed it - STOP ENGINE IMMEDIATELY Light/Buzzer. Roadside Assist did all they could. Took 2 maintenance actions and 3 failures in 100 miles, and they finally gave us a new truck (and load transfer crew). Lost 48 Hours, but Budget reimbursed us for 2 additional night hotel and per diem without question. I didn't appreciate the attitude of the local office. When I called to ask them a simple question (Not blame them) - the person got extremely defensive and started to read me the riot act. Even after I explained I just had a simple general question - he kept on & on. I couldn't get him to shut up and ended up hanging up on him. Budget would have gotten 5 stars - Nashua NH Local Office - 1 star due to employee attitude.
We rented a 12 foot rental truck for a move out of a college apartment online for a specific date and time. When we arrived to pick up the truck, they did not have it and offered to let us use a 26 foot truck! What?! We were never informed that they would not have the truck. We should have received at the very least, a courtesy call to let us know. We rallied and found a truck at Uhaul. Thank goodness they had a truck for us. They actually had what they said they had online.
They mistyped my email address at booking which caused some problems as I did not get a confirmation number. Took a couple more phone calls but they did resolve the issues. Had also ordered pads which were not delivered with the truck so had to rent them from U-Haul at the last minute. Truck was fine and pick-up and drop-off agents were very fast and courteous.