Budget® Reviews
Price was fantastic, truck was perfect. Highly recommend calling ahead to confirm date, time and details of pickup. Location we used advertised that they were open at 8:30am and they did not open until 9am. They also did not have the moving blankets we requested. I would use them again yet I would call to confirm all the details
Didn't have my truck after I drove 30 minutes to go pick it up. Said they tried to call me but didn't have my phone number (this was a lie - my phone number was clearly printed on the order, which I showed a screenshot of). Offered me a 26' truck that leaked, then said that probably wasn't a good idea. Ended up having to go an hour out of my way to get a Uhaul, which I should have done in the first place.
Truck was fine and the rate was good. Customer service picking up the vehicle was horrendous. Arranged to pick the truck up at 8 and when we arrived they were unaware that we had a reservation and didn't have any vehicles on site. It took 90 minutes to get us an alternate vehicle. Dropping off the truck was fine.
I booked a 16' truck 2 months prior to my move. 12 hours before my scheduled pick-up time, the manager informed me my truck had broken down, but not to worry as he would call the Inventory Manager and have another truck driven to my location. I call the day of to ask if the truck is ready for pick-up, all he says is "Call customer service." I called Customer Service. And was given "warnings" for crying, asking about a replacement truck, and after no help was given or remorse told with no uncertainty "Have a nice day." I have never felt less valued as a customer, less sane as someone being told Budget has done no wrong and isn't held accountable for the absolute nightmare of finding a truck the day before the 1st of the month!
The gentleman that helped us was friendly and courteous, and the truck was clean and in good shape. We had actually chosen a smaller truck but there wasn't any available at our pick up time and so we were up graded to the next size up at no additional charge. As it turns out the larger truck was the right size. I don't remember why we had chosen Budget but I'm glad we did.
I reserved a truck, they had it ready to go. It ran fine and got the job done. They didn't tack on 15 side charges and fees for this and that baloney like you haul, I just paid the agreed price. Never once felt like I might be getting screwed, it was refreshing to do business like it was 1975 again. The office was at least that old for sure.
The truck had some minor issues--sun visor missing on the driver's side, and the passenger side windshield wipers not attached but merely pinned against the windshield by the wiper arm on that side (good thing it was a dry day or the windshield would have been gouged by the wiper arm if I had turned it on without noticing the situation.
Our Budget truck rental went well. It was well-maintained and simple to use. Their customer service was great - I ended up changing my mind about the size of truck I wanted to rent after we had completed the paperwork and they did a work-around so we could switch things up. I would definitely use them again.
I will never use Budget again. I arrived and the truck was ready, but I had to pick up the car trailer from a city an hour away. As I drove the truck home, I found myself covered in ants from an infestation that had not been taken care of. The truck worked fine for the drive from CA-SC, but I wanted to report an issue with the gas tank fill indicator and with the odometer, which inexplicably reset itself several times throughout the trip. But when I dropped off the truck and trailer, the man was so rude and refused to help me - and charged me $52 for cab cleaning AND wouldn't give me a new receipt for the new total. I spent 4 days on the phone with Budget corporate while beginning my new job just trying to straighten out all the issues, bills, and receipts.
I rented a 16 foot truck from the Sodo Budget Truck Rental. I had read some pretty bad reviews, but I found that all truck rental companies have bad reviews. Moving is stressful. And if things don't go according to your plan, you can get frustrated pretty quickly. But I had nothing but good experience from this location. The truck was in decent shape. They said it had new tires on it. It had 135k miles on it, so at least it wasn't on it's last leg. I would say the major pitfall of the whole thing was the power of the truck. I literally could no go over 45 mph up any hill. When the speed limit is 75 and semi trucks are passing you, the truck is weak. There didn't seem to be a spedometer limit, like where it doesn't let you go over 65 or anything. The engine sounded a little raspy the higher I go to 70 so I tried to stay below 70. But, otherwise, it was what I needed to get across the country. Oh, the truck would "pop" when the pressure would change. I thought all my stuff was crashing down, but when it was happening over and over, I realized it was the pressure change was causing the metal to pop in and out. Oh, and I tried to go without their insurance coverage because I have full coverage insurance. We called and Progressive only covers rental cars. The difference was if you can reach into the back seat, they'll cover it. If you have to get out of the vehicle to reach your items, they won't cover it...it's called something else. So if you're just getting like a van, they'll cover it, but if it's a truck, they won't. The truck was $650, the insurance coverage was $475, so with tax it was $1185.
The drop of spot in Conyers ga was really unprofessional I had a little misunderstanding about were to drop of the truck instead of the employee just verbally telling me were to park he insisted on pointing at the glass and vebaly telling on me what he wanted me to park then as I finally understand what he want he gose back in to the store and must of said something to the guys who came out and the first thing he said to me was so you had a little Situation with coworkers so at that point I was very mad then we go to the truck and tell him I had rented 12 pad for the move and he then turned to me and said do have a broam and dust pand they I lost it I was very agresive to him and I got out of control wich I know it was wrong of me but I will never use them again
The truck has seen better days. We received the truck below "E" and had to find the nearest diesel gas station for a 26' truck, which wasn't as easy as you would think. Was the truck as nice as a competitor truck? No, it had tape all in the side covering or holding broken parts and feared the engine was pieced together the same way. Did the truck serve its purpose? yes it did. The truck got our items moved from point A to point B without any issues and we did save $500 by using budget opposed to a competitor. Was it worth using Budget? You decide.
They messed up my order by re-entering it into their system. Charged me for extra day because they changed it to 1 day from 2 that I had booked. Budget charges for after-hours drop off too - watch out for that. Just a bad experience. I paid more for after hours and could have used another Budget dealer and not paid the extra $10. When I called the customer service 800#, their answer was, "What do you want me to do about it?".