Europcar had long lines both times, and the process was very slow. Some customers ahead were dissatisfied and interrupted the staff to make jokes. When the staff got upset, they walked away and stopped serving. The upselling was quite persistent; they kept trying to sell an EQC upgrade, and when declined, they pushed insurance instead. After refusing both, their attitude turned sour. Previously, they charged a deposit of 250, but this time they demanded 700, which might be related to rejecting the upsell.

Very disappointed in having to pay a £700 deposit

When picking up the car, the fuel gauge was not full; it was two notches below full. We immediately asked the staff about it and were told that the fuel gauge was faulty and that it would be fine if it showed the same when returning the car. We assumed the tank was actually full but the gauge was faulty. However, when we refueled before returning, we found out that the gauge was working perfectly. Felt a bit deceived.

I was upgraded to a medium-sized car because the car I'd booked needed extra cleaning. They were great about explaining the car's controls and how to return the car out of hours. No pressure to pay for extra insurance or anything like that either.

The car battery was not connected correctly, which resulted in a dead car and a lost day waiting on Europcar's repair person. Then we had a flat tyre, which resulted in another lost day because Europcar's staff/systems made a number of errors meaning we had to wait around for 6 hours before the thing was repaired. The car had not been adequately cleaned before i took possession it, and after the smell of the cleaning products had worn off, the car actually stank of cigarette smoke. A promised reimbursement for the lost days has not yet been processed to my account by Europcar either.