CAR RENTAL REVIEWS ON AVIS IN FLORENCE

This is my second time renting from Avis, and both times the cars provided exceeded expectations. The service was good, and most importantly, the car conditions were excellent, enabling a smooth trip.

They charged me 272 euros for tire wear within 10 minutes after I returned the car, without mentioning it earlier. They only deducted the fee after I left. Moreover, the vehicle was very small.

Overall, AVIS has relatively low efficiency. The wait time for picking up the car was long. When inquiring about how to return the key, I was instructed to use a keybox for self-service drop-off, but I was later charged a late return fee. The store's phone was unreachable. The actual car model provided was not very satisfactory, with poor handling.

The service was alright.

No upselling, received a quick pass email in advance, directly picked up the car at the store, and was informed about some precautions. Italian highways are divided into yellow, white, and blue lanes. Yellow corresponds to domestic ETC, white for cash, and blue for card payments. First, take a ticket at the entry point, then insert it into the toll machine at the exit and pay the amount displayed. It's quite convenient!

Initially, we had a pleasant chat with the lady at the counter, but when she checked the computer, she said there were no cars available and offered us a downgrade to a Polo for the four of us. We explained that we couldn't fit four people and two 28-inch suitcases, and she suggested making two trips to shuttle people and luggage. Finally, a teammate went to the parking lot, found the reserved car that hadn't been cleaned, waited for the cleaning, and then took the car. Felt that car rentals in Europe are very unreliable; reservations don't seem to help.

When picking up the car, the staff, a foreign lady, seemed disdainful and said she wouldn't accept the international driver's license translation provided by Zuzuche, insisting on a notarized document instead. Eventually, she reluctantly agreed. While the customer before me, another foreigner, received enthusiastic explanations about how to return the car and avoid restricted areas, she didn’t mention any of this to me. I rented a Mercedes A but was given a small Opel instead.

The service was excellent, and the actual vehicle provided was a Q2L. The car failed to start once, which led to parking at a toll station and receiving a 60-euro fine. Other than that, everything went smoothly, and both pickup and drop-off processes were very seamless.

The service was average.

I had to wait 2h20 to pick up my car in Florence; I never experienced this. They had many customers but it seems to be a known problem. Why then don’t they make it a better experience? They could have at least reduced slightly the overall costs as I could not pick up the car at the right time because of this issue. Additionally, they charged a large amount of money on my credit card and now 2 days later I still did not get a refund. Note though that the staff was helpful and courteous though visibly missing some personnel (and at lunch a few desks were empty, I guess for the lunch break ... but with many, many guests including me waiting for hours). One good point though was that the staff at the airport (drop off location) was very quick and efficient.

Although the language communication wasn't perfect, we still managed to rent a car.

Very good

Fabio was patient and provided excellent service.

Pretty good

The rental company staff were very polite, and the pick-up and drop-off process was relatively smooth. However, at the counter during pick-up, they tried to upsell us on personal insurance, and the final bill at drop-off included an unclear tax charge that needs further discussion.

Avis customer service provides detailed explanations, very good.

It's okay.

Pretty good.

Satisfied!

The vehicle was in very poor condition, full of scratches. Make sure to take photos as evidence. The service was also bad, especially at the pick-up location where the staff were very rude.