Arrived at 12:30 AM, waited an hour in line to complete the paperwork. When it was finally my turn, the staff went to check the vehicle for 15 minutes. When they returned, they asked me to pay. Luckily, I asked what the charge was for, because my English isn't great and I didn't understand right away. I then remembered someone mentioning a mandatory insurance fee. It turned out to be true, but I declined. The staff wasn't happy. When I went to pick up the car, the parking spot was poorly marked and I had trouble finding any staff to help. When I finally found someone, I almost drove off in the car before noticing it was damaged—the front headlights were broken! I had booked an SUV, but was told this was the only one left. The staff was polite but had no other car options. After searching for an hour, I settled for a sedan, which had a big scratch on the back—thankfully, I noticed it, otherwise I couldn't have explained it later. In the end, we could only fit four people with luggage in the back seat. Fortunately, we were only four people, or we would've had to wait even longer. They refunded $80. We finally left at 3 AM, which really spoiled our initial mood upon arriving in the US.

First, they added many insurances without asking me and charged my card directly. After I insisted, they removed two items but left three. When I asked why the amount was different from the order, they said it was a deposit that would be refunded when the car was returned, which was not the case. Second, they tried to persuade me to upgrade the car I had booked. I reserved a Ford Fiesta, but when I arrived, they told me they only had a two-door car, smaller than a Mini Cooper, and suggested adding $10 a day for a bigger car. I refused, and in the end, they did give me a bigger car, a Nissan Sentra, saying it was a free upgrade. This is nonsense; the whole parking lot didn't even have two-door cars!

Because it’s so popular, many people make reservations, but the car condition is top-notch, extremely impressive, almost all the cars are brand new.

Initially, the staff strongly recommended a higher-level sports car and falsely claimed that the discounted price included insurance. In the end, the total cost exceeded our budget. Despite repeatedly telling them to stick to the original booking and that we didn't need luggage insurance, they pretended not to understand. As individuals with study abroad experience, we believed we could make our point clear. Eventually, they had another supervisor take over, who fully understood our request, but the final price still included some additional insurance fees, which did not match the total price I had booked. This was very confusing. I had already selected the option for third-party liability insurance at an additional daily cost of 20-30 yuan during the booking process, so the total price should have included it. Why did the final price differ? If that's the case, is there any point in pre-booking? This is completely unreasonable. If there are additional taxes or other fees, it should be displayed at the time of booking. When we arrived at the front desk at the airport, they informed us that certain insurance options were not included. This wasted a lot of time.

A management disaster!! I arrived at the car hire centre at 7.30pm to find that the Budget line was the longest and we had to wait over two hours to get my documents checked and paperwork signed. The excuse was that the airport has some plumbing problems and terminal A was closed so everyone was sent to terminal B car hire, however this did explain why other rental firms had short lines. The situation was very badly managed: • Budget should have advised the people in the line that it would take over two hours to process, other members of family could then sit down or get coffee etc. • There was no need for the entire families to be in the same line as the main drivers, this just made matters worse. • If Budget are going to blame the airport, then they should have told the people in the line. • Maybe hand out bottles of bottles of water to people, the least they could have done. • Show some regret to customers when they finally got to the counter, no reasons were given unless they were asked. Once I got my paperwork, I was told go another counter where they tried to get me the car I selected, it was just chaos, staff on the radio and phones begging and demanding cars in front of waiting customers. My family and I finally left the airport at 11pm. I understand in business that things somethings go wrong and companies are often judged on how they deal with problems but Budget really let themselves down on this one, there was no attempt to explain or improve the situation. Added to this the car was not cleaned properly and dirty inside. Never again!

Good booking process, good value compared to other sites.