Our group of 8 rented two cars in Venice. During the booking process, we selected the option for cross-border travel to Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The customer service at the rental platform informed us that this rental company allowed cross-border travel and also sent us an email reminding us of this. At pick-up, we explicitly informed the staff of the countries we needed to cross and inquired about any additional fees. The staff did not charge any extra fees and handed the cars over to us. However, when we tried to enter Bosnia and Herzegovina from Montenegro, we were denied entry due to missing vehicle documents required by the rental company. We attempted entry at two different border crossings but faced the same result, which severely disrupted our travel plans. If we had abandoned our plans for Bosnia and Herzegovina, we would have lost the cost of three nights of hotels there and incurred additional costs for three more nights in Croatia. As a result, we were forced to spend an entire day driving back to Dubrovnik, Croatia, to rent two new cars for €400 and then re-enter Bosnia and Herzegovina. This disrupted our originally planned road trip, adding over 10 hours of extra driving. After contacting the platform to address this issue with the rental company, the platform actively helped with communication, but the rental company's efficiency was extremely poor. We were very disappointed with their service. If you plan to travel across borders to non-EU countries, I strongly recommend avoiding this rental company!
Overall experience was good. No complicated procedures. To pick up the car, you only need a passport, credit card, and a driving license. Successfully picked up the car with a UK driver's license that I've had for just over a year, without an IDP. A 500 EUR credit card pre-authorization was returned the day after returning the car. The staff inspected the car carefully when returning it, so make sure to take a video around the car before renting to avoid any disputes. Got a Golf, which was a bit small but suitable for four people. The car only had a type-C port, so remember to bring an adapter.
I clarified prior to booking the car to make sure that I can drive the car into Bosnia and I even clarified again when I picked up the car. Everyone said there won't be any issues, but I was not able to enter Bosnia when I came to the boarder. It's in the law that a original green card is needed to enter Bosnia. Alamo just gave me a copy and said it will be good enough. I had to leave the car and get a taxi to Bosnia and rent another car. I do want a refund on the car.
“Car was perfect, counter staff ignorant and pushy - total satisfaction 6/10. Will use again.”
About Alamo:6.3/10
Counter staff were horrendous. We had planned on adding a driver and potentially taking out extra insurance. The counter staff scoffed at us when she found out we ordered a panda. "good luck" was the response when she saw the buggy and intimated it would never fit. She also used the words "up sell" constantly without giving any insight into what we were getting in the up sell, just that we had to have it in order to get xxx. I work in tech sales and I would never ever tell a client "oh in order to get xxx you need to buy an upsell" invest in a consultative sales team. If the staff had of said something like "we can't offer xxx on the base package unfortunately, but we can upgrade you for £xx and you will be able to get what you want plus all these other benefits" the experience would have been far better.
About QEEQ:8.0/10
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