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Best price car rentals in San Diego

Last updated on: Dec 25, 2024

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    • Toyota Corolla

      US$ 29/day

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    • Honda Civic

      US$ 38/day

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    • Chevrolet Cruze

      US$ 39/d

    • Volkswagen Jetta

      US$ 44/d

    • Hyundai veloster

      US$ 44/d

    • Mazda 3

      US$ 46/d

    • Ford Focus

      US$ 46/d

    • Nissan Versa

      US$ 47/d

    • Hyundai Elantra

      US$ 50/d

    • Nissan Sentra

      US$ 57/d

    • Audi A3

      US$ 59/d

    • Volvo S60

      US$ 67/d

    • Toyota Prius

      US$ 97/d

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    • Nissan Altima

      US$ 29/day

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    • Volkswagen Passat

      US$ 44/day

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    • Chrysler 300

      US$ 45/d

    • Chevrolet Malibu

      US$ 46/d

    • Toyota Camry

      US$ 46/d

    • Nissan Maxima

      US$ 48/d

    • Ford Fusion

      US$ 50/d

    • Tesla Model 3

      US$ 50/d

    • Chevrolet Impala

      US$ 51/d

    • Chrysler 200

      US$ 52/d

    • Dodge Charger

      US$ 52/d

    • Buick Regal

      US$ 52/d

    • Kia Optima

      US$ 53/d

    • Cadillac CTS

      US$ 55/d

    • Audi A4

      US$ 56/d

    • Buick Lacrosse

      US$ 61/d

    • BMW 3 Series

      US$ 70/d

    • BMW 5 Series

      US$ 73/d

    • Genesis G80

      US$ 90/d

    • Lexus ES

      US$ 96/d

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    • Ford Edge

      US$ 39/day

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    • Chevrolet Equinox

      US$ 48/day

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    • Hyundai Santa Fe

      US$ 50/d

    • Toyota 4Runner

      US$ 50/d

    • Chevrolet Traverse

      US$ 50/d

    • Kia Sorento

      US$ 51/d

    • Dodge Journey

      US$ 51/d

    • Nissan Pathfinder

      US$ 55/d

    • Jeep Cherokee

      US$ 55/d

    • Chevrolet Tahoe

      US$ 59/d

    • BMW X3

      US$ 62/d

    • Ford Explorer

      US$ 63/d

    • Audi Q5

      US$ 69/d

    • Infiniti Qx50

      US$ 69/d

    • Ford Expedition

      US$ 75/d

    • Jeep Wrangler

      US$ 79/d

    • Volkswagen Atlas

      US$ 79/d

    • Volvo XC60

      US$ 83/d

    • Cadillac XT5

      US$ 85/d

    • Nissan Armada

      US$ 86/d

    • Lexus RX

      US$ 93/d

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    • Ford Mustang Cabrio

      US$ 49/day

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    • Lincoln Towncar

      US$ 57/day

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    • Dodge Challenger Scat Pack

      US$ 57/d

    • Dodge Challenger

      US$ 59/d

    • Chevrolet Camaro Cabrio

      US$ 60/d

    • BMW 4 Series

      US$ 70/d

    • BMW 4 Series Cabrio

      US$ 73/d

    • BMW Z4 Cabrio

      US$ 110/d

    • Nissan Altima

      US$ 119/d

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18 Car Rental Brands in San Diego, California, United States

71Rental Locations

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  • GREEN MOTION
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Customer Reviews of Car Rentals

  • Neal

    San Diego

    7/10

    Good

    Had intermitent fault with 1st car. Caled Avis and returned it for an exchange which was quick with no issues.

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    Reviewed: Dec 10, 2024

  • A.Shatawy

    San Diego

    4/10

    Average

    Rude person at the counter with no reason. Disappointed:(

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    Reviewed: Aug 10, 2024

  • Suzanne Clarissa

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Good and straightforward

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    Reviewed: Jul 17, 2024

  • Rock Mac-

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Renting a car is quite easy. Just prepare the necessary documents and it takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. When signing the contract, check if there are any extra fees and inform the staff to cancel unnecessary items.

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    Reviewed: Jun 29, 2024

  • Derrick Mond

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Quite satisfied

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    Reviewed: Jun 22, 2024

  • San Diego

    3/10

    Poor

    Pickup was a disaster. There was a huge line, and only two guys working. They took forever to check out each customer, and stopped between each customer to talk over the radios. Something was obviously wrong, but there was zero communication to the huge line of waiting customers. It was almost midnight and lots of lucky customers that hadn’t prepaid left the line and went to a different rental agency. To add salt to the wound, the Avis line, right beside us was moving three or four times faster. I won’t be using Budget again.

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    Reviewed: Nov 5, 2024

  • San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Very good car

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    Reviewed: Jul 7, 2024

  • Dempsey Aled(k)

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Great, not crowded, and the service attitude is good!

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    Reviewed: Jun 20, 2024

  • Nick Dickens

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    The staff was great this time, no upselling at all.

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    Reviewed: Apr 16, 2024

  • Mavis Eveline

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Very satisfied!

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    Reviewed: Mar 29, 2024

  • J.Arias Alvarez

    San Diego

    9/10

    Excellent

    Muy buen servicio a atención de las. Personas que estaban en mostrador

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    Reviewed: Oct 19, 2024

  • Winifred Raglan

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Very good. The staff is professional. The scenery along California Highway 1 is amazing.

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    Reviewed: Jul 15, 2024

  • Jacob Jennings

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    There was an upsell on services, but the car was pretty good.

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    Reviewed: Jul 1, 2024

  • Beacher Eve

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Satisfied

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    Reviewed: May 3, 2024

  • Alberta Job

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Satisfied

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    Reviewed: May 3, 2024

  • Laura Joule

    San Diego

    4/10

    Average

    The staff was unprofessional. They added highway fees, child seat fees, and a second driver fee during pickup. However, the receipt did not include the child seat. Later, when we went to the store, they said we had canceled the highway fee. The experience was very poor. The car's front right side was damaged, and we were not informed. Luckily, we discovered it ourselves, documented it, and it was not blamed on us in the end.

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    Reviewed: Jul 6, 2024

  • Marshall Nora

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Very good, the process was convenient

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    Reviewed: Jun 26, 2024

  • G.Ramos Monte

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Very good

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    Reviewed: Jan 6, 2023

  • g.mullen

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Car was perfect.

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    Reviewed: Jan 6, 2023

  • V.Linnebjerg

    San Diego

    9.7/10

    Excellent

    The car was great, but I didnt get, what I ordered, but an SUV, which was a bit more expensive in gas. Also I had to wait for 1 1/2 hours when picking up the car due to that Hertz had leased more cars than they had.

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    Reviewed: Dec 8, 2022

  • Mavis Eveline

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    Satisfied

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    Reviewed: Jun 26, 2024

  • Crystal Constance

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Good

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    Reviewed: Feb 27, 2024

  • M.von Brandenstein

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Das Auto lief perfekt. War extrem zufrieden da ich sehr viel gefahren bin. Top Wagen für die Ferien.

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    Reviewed: Dec 4, 2022

  • JD

    San Diego

    8.7/10

    Very good

    Waited over two hours to pick up my rental. The line was long and was not moving for hours because they were understaffed.

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    Reviewed: Apr 27, 2022

  • Hide

    San Diego

    9.7/10

    Excellent

    料金も安く使い勝手が良いです。

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    Reviewed: Apr 11, 2021

  • D.Pulido Mendoza

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Muy buena atención

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    Reviewed: Apr 8, 2024

  • A.Jajati Daabul

    San Diego

    4/10

    Average

    I rent a Kia Spotage and first they wanted me to have a mustang then I asked for a Kia and brought me a Toyota with 59,000 miles . OLD and not nice . The employer was not kind .

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    Reviewed: Mar 21, 2024

  • l.malakshahi minovi

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    The car was not great... some parts didn’t work. The trunk was damaged so we had to lift the door to be able to close it after opening. The attendant was not very helpful with answering questions and helping out upon pickup

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    Reviewed: Jul 14, 2020

  • M.Arizpe

    San Diego

    9.3/10

    Excellent

    Todo muy bien! Solo que el coche estaba un poco sucio por dentro en los sujetadores de vasos muy sucios

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    Reviewed: Dec 30, 2019

  • San Diego

    8.3/10

    Very good

    I was under the impression when booking my car that there would not be any extra charges after my initial payment, as I paid for the car in full at time of booking. However, when I arrived they charged an additional amount. I am disgusted by FOX and would not use this company again.

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    Reviewed: Oct 26, 2019

  • Burton Dewar

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Very satisfied

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    Reviewed: Apr 2, 2024

  • Rod Black

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Very satisfied

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    Reviewed: Oct 28, 2021

  • Iris Gallup

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    Quite satisfied, please avoid changing cars during the rental process.

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    Reviewed: Oct 1, 2021

  • M.Gardner

    San Diego

    8.7/10

    Very good

    Counter staff at pick up very pushy trying to get us to upgrade. Said he wasn't happy with our choice of car for safety reasons!! Only driving from SD to LA! He said it had no luggage space, no cruise control and no Bluetooth connectivity. It had all 3! Would put me off using Alamo in the future.

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    Reviewed: Nov 5, 2019

  • San Diego

    9.7/10

    Excellent

    The after care from Alamo after pickup was excellent. They proactively contacted me to ascertain if I had any questions and provided quick responses to a couple of enquiries I made.

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    Reviewed: Oct 23, 2019

  • N.Kumar

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Car was great. Pricing was good. I puke highly recommend NU.

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    Reviewed: Jan 1, 2024

  • vM

    San Diego

    9/10

    Excellent

    The person checking us in (Valerie) was courteous and professional. She offered us an upgrade which we took her up on (FC or IC?). We had the choice of a fast car, a Toyota Camry or Van. As a family we decided on the Chrysler Pacifica which was a modern van and great to drive.

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    Reviewed: Dec 25, 2023

  • Jeffrey Carnegie

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    Fairly standard

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    Reviewed: Oct 8, 2019

  • Gustave Hughes

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Satisfied, the process was fast.

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    Reviewed: Sep 24, 2019

  • Irene London

    San Diego

    2/10

    Poor

    The reserved car model was not available, was forced to upgrade, and the credit card was overcharged by more than $200.

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    Reviewed: May 15, 2019

  • Dinah Faulkner

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    The pickup efficiency is pretty good, but they usually try to sell you a full insurance package.

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    Reviewed: Aug 8, 2018

  • T.Gray

    San Diego

    9.3/10

    Excellent

    The staff was courteous and the car was nicely cleaned. Just a heads up Ace will make you purchase their liability insurance. Although that was the case, the rental was well worth the money spent.

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    Reviewed: Mar 7, 2021

  • M.Roland

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Everything g was great. Staff was extremely polite and helpful. Great experience all the way around.

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    Reviewed: Mar 15, 2020

  • MD

    San Diego

    6.3/10

    Average

    Agent at counter asked me if a Mitsubishi Galant was ok? I said "yes that's fine". At the end of the transaction I went to go look for car at the spot and it ended up being a Ford Fiesta instead. Not what she stated, so I was disappointed about that. And the fact that the car was not washed. SMH

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    Reviewed: Dec 14, 2020

  • JLR

    San Diego

    9.3/10

    Excellent

    The hidden fees were horrible at payless car rental. I will NEVER rent from them again. 2 week rental for $244 was the reason I went with them, then they put an extra $250 holding fee then they booked me for mileage when my mileage was supposed to be all included. No one told me that I couldn't travel to Sanfran. The lady at the desk specifically asked me where I was going and I told her San francisco and she didn't mention it to me at all! So I was charged an extra $150. At that rate of $650. I would have been better off going with budget or enterprise or anything other than payless... you definately do not pay less at payless car rentals.

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    Reviewed: Aug 29, 2019

  • San Diego

    5.7/10

    Average

    The service was great, but there were so many hidden fees and they tried to charger me 35 cents per mile. I would rather just pay more and go through another vendor.

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    Reviewed: Jul 10, 2019

  • D.Retana Hernandez

    San Diego

    6.3/10

    Average

    Car was 2017 with many miles. Price was notthe same as my confirmation. For that price I could have rented a newer car.

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    Reviewed: Jul 2, 2019

  • M.Conover

    San Diego

    5.3/10

    Average

    The car did not even come close to my expectation. Never before have I rented a car that was a bare bones as this. When I reserved the car I expected to get a basic car. But this was way below basic (no power anything, windows doors) and then they tried to upsell/upgrade me at the counter for even just a basic car. if I would have know that was what I should expect I would have rented from another company and gotten a better car for the same price.

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    Reviewed: Mar 22, 2019

  • San Diego

    4/10

    Average

    I don't know why but they charged me extra $120

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    Reviewed: Mar 31, 2020

  • San Diego

    9.3/10

    Excellent

    We were directly enrolled into the emerald system and so received extra perks.

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    Reviewed: Feb 28, 2020

  • R.Nedyalkova

    San Diego

    9.4/10

    Excellent

    Like: the support of the customer service agent (via email) and the desk representatives (despite arriving at 11:30 pm)
    Dislike: n/a

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    Reviewed: May 4, 2018

  • shoaib945

    San Diego

    9.3/10

    Excellent

    Car was in great shape and was feature loaded. Enjoyed the drive

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    Reviewed: Feb 19, 2020

  • Herbert Ted

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Brand new car!

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    Reviewed: May 11, 2017

  • j.taylor

    San Diego

    9.7/10

    Excellent

    Jesus was great to work with. The van we rented was a great value.

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    Reviewed: Dec 31, 2019

  • R.Root

    San Diego

    4.7/10

    Average

    After having to wait for 2 buses to get to the off site rental office, we had to wait another 45 minutes at the rental car counter to get the car. Service at counter was EXTREMELY slow & unfriendly. We booked a 2 door economy car. When we finally got waited on, the only car available to us was a full size VAN (which was VERY difficult to get around in in Mission Beach)!! When we said we didn’t want a van, the only consolation MEX offered us was to cancel the rental. Dont know the point of making a reservation with this company when they don’t honor the reservation. Not worth the discount price. DONT USE THIS RENTAL COMPANY.

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    Reviewed: Oct 22, 2019

  • C.Dayton

    San Diego

    9.3/10

    Excellent

    Inside of front and back windows were smeared and foggy.

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    Reviewed: Sep 19, 2019

  • SGS

    San Diego

    8.7/10

    Very good

    並んでいた。対応人数が少ないのでは? 人は多く乗れるが、荷物を積める工夫が車両に必要。

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    Reviewed: Aug 18, 2019

  • Rob

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    The MEX folks were very nice and helpful. The only drawback from renting from them was that the rental location requires 2 shuttles to get to; airport to airport shuttle drop off to rental location, so there's a fair bit of waiting involved.

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    Reviewed: Jul 27, 2019

  • V.Legarda

    San Diego

    7.7/10

    Good

    My booking is for a Toyota Camry but i was told that all their Camry are out so they gave me a Hundai Accent. I told them i don't want a Hundai but they said they don't have anything else. I don't have any other choice but to take the Hundai. I was expecting for them to give me an adjustment on the price i paid. I hope my point and would expect a credit from you. Thank you for your consideration!

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    Reviewed: Jul 2, 2019

  • A. Clair

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    Advantage charged my credit card and stated our gas tank was not full at drop off. We specifically found a gas station that was open at 4:45 am to fill up our gas tank. This fraudulent charge is very concerning about company practices.

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    Reviewed: Aug 7, 2019

  • San Diego

    6.7/10

    Average

    No staff present at night. Had to come back next morning to pick car. Front staff rude next morning. Will book with tried and tested companies like hertz or avis next time.

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    Reviewed: Apr 10, 2019

  • San Diego

    6.7/10

    Average

    The cup holders in the car were very dirty, sticky and disgusting

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    Reviewed: Feb 9, 2019

  • F.Al Cheikh Ali

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Like: Service
    Dislike: At the beginning they told me that I have to pay another 200$for insurance liability. I was very upset since you told that I am not going to pay anything at the counter. Then they told me that I don't need to pay that. That was a relief.The other point is that they asked me if I like to pay 10$/day for tolls so I payed for 8 days and I used it twice. It would be better if they explained how much does it cost each time because I saw on the highway that I was able to pay it on line

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    Reviewed: Aug 21, 2018

  • S.Greenbaum

    San Diego

    9.8/10

    Excellent

    Like: Everything about picking up the car except the fact there was only one rep (the other left) even though there was a line.
    Dislike: One guy in front of us was having problems and the only rep should haave moved him to the side because there was a line of other customers with reservations.

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    Reviewed: Jul 31, 2018

  • Bree

    San Diego

    9.2/10

    Excellent

    Like: Check in and pick up were quick and easy. No problems whatsoever.

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    Reviewed: Sep 7, 2018

  • B.Kesselring

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Like: Thank you for a pleasant and quick rental process. The San Diego green motion staff was very helpful and friendly. I will be returning to the green motion facility soon and in the meantime, I will pass on my positive experience to those I know who will be renting in San Diego. Thanks again! Please pass on the positive feedback to those who helped me out from the counter, to handing me my keys.

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    Reviewed: Aug 14, 2018

  • Abigail Harrod

    San Diego

    8/10

    Very good

    Not many people, but the staff was quite pushy with upsells.

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    Reviewed: Apr 30, 2018

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