Overall review of car rental experience with Easyrentcars

Satisfied

Satisfied. Picked up the car at Vancouver Airport, there were 3-4 groups ahead of us.

It was not the reserved vehicle, and there seemed to be no option to choose another. The rental company just brought a car at the scheduled time, handed over the keys, and that was it. No room for negotiation. One word: 'resigned.'

I had already bought full insurance, but the store still tried to sell insurance. The China Merchants Bank all-currency credit card from China uses chip and magnetic stripe encryption. Due to security issues, China Merchants Bank has stopped using the magnetic stripe function, opting for chip insertion for authorization instead. This caused issues as the rental store couldn't process the card, leading to inconvenience. I suggest they implement multiple methods like pre-authorization prompting chip card insertion or using Alipay QR codes for verification.

The car pickup process was relatively smooth. The staff asked us where we were headed and, upon learning we were going to Banff, suggested we upgrade the car because the mountain roads might be challenging. In reality, there weren't many mountain roads, and they were very easy to drive on—it was easy to accidentally speed. They also asked if we needed roadside assistance insurance, but we decided we could change a tire ourselves, so we didn't add it. When we picked up the car, it seemed like we got an upgrade to a Ford Focus, which was practically new (only 5000 km driven). We were so excited about the new car that we didn't thoroughly inspect it; the windshield had a small crack. Although it didn't affect driving, we were a bit worried, especially since it rained later. We contacted the rental company and QEEQ for reassurance, and they both told us not to worry and enjoy our trip. The car return was unexpectedly smooth, taking only a 30-second inspection mainly to check the fuel tank. Overall, this company was pretty good.