The car rental company in Cancun didn't overly push selling insurance, but they required a $6000 deposit. Even though my credit card limit was sufficient, the authorization was repeatedly declined. I wanted to cancel the reservation and negotiate with another company on the spot, but as soon as I stepped outside, they called me back and the deposit suddenly dropped to $800!

Everyone, make sure to watch them closely when they process the payment and check if it's a deposit or if they're secretly adding insurance. Overall, very poor service. I won't rent from Europcar again. The store forces you to buy a full tank of fuel, or you’ll get a car with no fuel. Their attitude is like they don't care whether you rent from them or not.

It was raining when picking up the car, and customers got drenched while staff showed no concern.

When we picked up the car, we encountered a staff member who tried to push insurance on us. Fortunately, we had done our research and found another staff member to assist us.

Initially wanted to charge a "safety deposit" of 12,000 USD on our American Express Platinum card. No kidding. Then want to charge us $140 extra for LIA coverage. Lists displayed publicly were showing a different price (lol). Agent told us listings were outdated just to have us pay more. We found the listings were perfectly valid, so he made up another excuse (lol). After showing detailed coverage included with the card and losing almost one hour, agent "mysteriously" discovered an insurance package for half the price (he entered manually a 60% discount... which means he knew exactly what he was doing). Borderline scammy. Drop off went super well with a nice lady but pickup left a bitter taste.

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