CAR RENTAL REVIEWS ON AVIS AT KONA AIRPORT, KOA

Everything was really good. Picked up at terminal was easy even got help with bags. Car was ready when paperwork completed. Excellent service

Booking was easy . I had a question regarding pick up time and it was answered really fast and they were really helpful.

Fine, except we found cockroaches in the car

Great experience, without a rental car it's almost impossible to explore the island.

Easy to find and pickup was super fast. No insurance upselling at all.

Pretty good.

The staff was very professional and recommended roadside assistance without accidents, which I think is really necessary for first-time drivers abroad. The price was also reasonable and acceptable.

The counter staff tried to sell an insurance. As we told him, that we have allready the one from AXA, he was a little bit angry.

Got off the plane at Kona, waited just a bit at the rental car shuttle stop and the shared Avis/Budget bus showed up. Avis is the first stop at a nearby lot, so it was pretty easy to find. Just note: if you’re not an Avis VIP customer, you have to go in through a different entrance to get to the counter. There were almost no other customers, so I was first in line and didn’t have to wait at all, which really surprised me.

I specifically wanted a Ford Explorer (mainly because it’s 4WD across the lineup), but the Avis rep clearly didn’t want us taking that kind of car up to the observatory. He kept insisting there were no Explorers available and tried to put us in a “similar” KIA. Since it wasn’t 4WD, we refused and said we’d rather come back early the next morning to see if an Explorer showed up. After going back and forth for a while, he suddenly said he’d “go check the garage” – and magically found an Explorer. Honestly, it felt like he’d been bluffing us from the start. Anyway, we ended up getting what we wanted, so at least it all worked out in the end.

That said, the car itself was clearly on the older side and not in great condition. The third row was supposed to fold flat, but the headrest release was broken, so it would never go fully down. We had to wrestle a few 28-inch suitcases into the trunk and ended up sweating through the whole process. Over the next few days, once we drove over to Hilo, the screen suddenly started showing a “Tire Pressure Sensor Fault” warning, which gave us quite a scare on the road. Thankfully it was just the sensor – the tires themselves were fine.

Very convenient, no sales pitch.

Car was ok but expected better booking with Avis as a premium car rental company.

Easy to book and good price.

Very satisfied.