Budget® Reviews
We got a 16' truck with a car dolly to tow my wife's car. The truck was exactly what we needed & for a great price considering we traveled over 1000mi. We actually ended up getting a flat on the trailer though, & getting roadside assistance was a little difficult. Aside from that, using Budget Truck Rental was a great decision to help us move to our new home! When & if we need to move again, we will be using Budget!
1 star is too high. It was miserable. I had an 8am pickup appointment but the location did not open until 9. I had movers on the clock waiting. I was originally told I could leave my car for a few hours only to be denied and had to move it. I was told there was no night drop. I had a noon dropoff time only to find that same location was no open until 2pm. I had to drive back a second time to drop the key and was asked why I did not leave it in the night drop. Enraging!!! Never use Budget truck rental on Anderson Rd in Rock Hill, SC
Overall, I'm happy with my budget experience. I was frustrated when the truck I reserved wasn't available on the pick-up day/time and the truck they wanted to give me was much larger and had the check engine light on. However, we were able to go to another location and get the truck I originally wanted without any additional charge. Both service men I worked with were incredibly helpful. When I needed to return my truck after business hours, I was not charged any kind of fee and was able to drop the keys at a neighboring gas station. It was a positive experience in the end.
I booked my truck and movers over a month in advance. Budget confirmed my move two days before moving day and the day before moving day, yet dropped the ball completely on the big day. I showed up right on time, and they had zero trucks for me at that location or in the area. I was just told to call customer service. My movers- who I was paying by the hour, showed up on time with no truck to load. It was a nightmare. I finally gave up on customer service trying to find a solution and began calling every other moving truck company and location, I finally found another company last min. It cost me an additional $800 I had not budgeted for. Do not choose Budget. I couldn’t have planned and confirmed with them better, yet they still couldn’t figure it out. Very disappointed.
I booked my truck and movers over a month in advance. Budget confirmed my move two days before moving day and the day before moving day, yet dropped the ball completely on the big day. I showed up right on time, and they had zero trucks for me at that location or in the area. I was just told to call customer service. My movers- who I was paying by the hour, showed up on time with no truck to load. It was a nightmare. I finally gave up on customer service trying to find a solution and began calling every other moving truck company and location, I finally found another company last min. It cost me an additional $800 I had not budgeted for. Do not choose Budget. I couldn’t have planned and confirmed with them better, yet they still couldn’t figure it out. Very disappointed.
Everything was going great until I wanted to return my truck early. The location was closed. When I called customer service to see if there was another, open location to drop it off at, I was told that there was no other location open. I found out the next day - yes...there were two. This inability to return the vehicle early caused me extensive hassle and lost $$.
The set up and pick up of the truck was excellent but there was a small miscommunication on the drop off side. The time posted was incorrect and I had to go to their other location. Their customer service number tried to help but couldn't really do much as the sites were not answering. In the end everything turned out fine.
They we're straightforward, and the truck worked well. They don't allow after-hours drop offs. I rented a tow dolly for my car and suggested that I leave my car there, take the truck, load it, then come back and get my car, and they seemed unfamiliar with this pattern. They said I had to make it back before they closed to get the dolly, which was restricting, and we ended up finishing the load with the dolly attached.
Wow, I must have gotten the lemon truck. Started out the drive-way and the check engine light comes on. LIterally drove one mile. Then had to wait for a service guy - after he found nothing wrong, he reset the light and I was good to go....4 hours late into a 13 hour planned day on the road. Got it going and quickly realized that the drivers door had been damaged and repaired using weatherstrip and packging tape...literally! Leaked cold air and it sounded like I was in a wind tunnel the entire 14 HOUR DRIVE!! That sucked!! I drove with ear plugs in just to not go out of my mind. And to top all things, the truck would not go over 70mph with a tail wind and downhilll. This was likely the single worst rental truck experience I have ever had. Budget had U-haul and Penske's rate beat by $100 but this truck was a piece of *&^%.