Had a very smooth and pleasant self-drive trip in Europe. Both pickup and return were on the 8th floor of Charles de Gaulle Terminal 1. The signs are very clear.

The Hertz service in Avignon was extremely poor. A middle-aged Caucasian woman was very discriminatory towards Chinese customers, spoke in a very impatient and rude manner. Since we purchased full insurance, they gave us a car with scratched paint and refused to replace it when we asked. They kept pushing us to upgrade by paying extra, and the car provided was much smaller than the Renault model we originally booked. Overall, highly not recommended.

The Hertz staff told us it was just a credit card pre-authorization, but in reality, they charged us the full insurance fee without our understanding of French. Moreover, no matter how we tried to explain later, they refused to refund it.

The service was very attentive and they solved problems patiently.

On returning the car at 9 am, there was only one lady at the check in counter inside the office. She was also the one that had to go out to check the vehicle conditions, the fuel used etc and can process 1 customer every 15 minutes or so. There were 6 people on line and you can estimate how long it took her. I almost missed my flight because of this!