When I rented the car previously, I was told I could pick it up directly with the order, but at pickup, I was informed that I had to pay over a hundred euros as a pickup fee!
We picked up the car in Madrid and traveled through Portugal (Porto, Lisbon, Faro) and Spain (Seville, Malaga, Granada). The diesel car broke down due to a lack of urea (Doesn't the rental company check this?). This required us to communicate with AVIS over the phone, but their customer service was poor, and communication was difficult. After several tries, the vehicle was finally towed away. AVIS did not provide a replacement car, so we had to go to the airport rental company ourselves to find an alternative vehicle. Unfortunately, the car model changed from a 7-seater Mercedes to a 5-seater Peugeot. The entire experience was stressful and left us feeling helpless.
The service attitude was cold and impatient. When I mentioned that I didn't want to buy insurance, they tried to trick me into hidden charges and pushed me to buy their fuel service which cost over 70 euros. It's a rip-off.
The staff kept trying to upsell their own insurance and fuel packages multiple times after we refused. It was a bit annoying. The English level of the staff in Spain was not very good, making the overall car rental experience less pleasant than in the US and Australia.
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