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Last updated on: Apr 26, 2024

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    • Toyota Corolla

      US$ 48/day

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    • Ford Focus

      US$ 51/day

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    • Mazda 3

      US$ 61/d

    • Nissan Versa

      US$ 83/d

    • Nissan Versa Note

      US$ 88/d

    • Hyundai Accent

      US$ 92/d

    • MINI Cooper

      US$ 93/d

    • Buick Regal

      US$ 95/d

    • Mercedes Benz A Class

      US$ 107/d

    • Nissan Sentra

      US$ 125/d

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    • Toyota Camry

      US$ 51/day

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    • Hyundai Elantra

      US$ 56/day

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    • Chrysler 200

      US$ 58/d

    • Ford Fusion

      US$ 63/d

    • Buick Regal

      US$ 70/d

    • Nissan Sentra

      US$ 84/d

    • Chevrolet Cruze

      US$ 88/d

    • Kia Optima

      US$ 88/d

    • Kia Forte

      US$ 94/d

    • Nissan Altima

      US$ 95/d

    • Chevrolet Impala

      US$ 95/d

    • Volvo S60

      US$ 112/d

    • Toyota Prius Hybrid

      US$ 115/d

    • Ford Fusion Hybrid

      US$ 117/d

    • Ford Mondeo

      US$ 130/d

    • Chevrolet Camaro SS

      US$ 141/d

    • Audi Q3

      US$ 142/d

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    • Mazda CX-5

      US$ 59/day

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    • Chevrolet Equinox

      US$ 60/day

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    • Ford Edge

      US$ 66/d

    • Ford Escape

      US$ 70/d

    • Jeep Compass

      US$ 92/d

    • Kia Sorento

      US$ 99/d

    • Hyundai Santa Fe

      US$ 101/d

    • Toyota RAV4

      US$ 102/d

    • Volkswagen Tiguan

      US$ 103/d

    • BMW X1

      US$ 110/d

    • Nissan Pathfinder

      US$ 114/d

    • Hyundai Tucson

      US$ 120/d

    • Chevrolet Trailblazer

      US$ 121/d

    • Jeep Grand Cherokee

      US$ 121/d

    • Toyota 4Runner

      US$ 121/d

    • Kia Sportage

      US$ 123/d

    • Jeep Cherokee

      US$ 130/d

    • Chevrolet Traverse

      US$ 142/d

    • Cadillac XT5

      US$ 142/d

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    • Lincoln MKS

      US$ 91/day

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    • Infiniti Q50

      US$ 107/day

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    • Buick Lacrosse

      US$ 112/d

    • Lincoln Towncar

      US$ 119/d

    • Lincoln Continental

      US$ 119/d

    • Mercedes-Benz E Class

      US$ 119/d

    • BMW 5 Series

      US$ 119/d

    • Cadillac XTS

      US$ 119/d

    • Lincoln MKZ

      US$ 123/d

    • Cadillac CTS

      US$ 129/d

    • Jaguar XF

      US$ 135/d

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

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  • GREEN MOTION
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  • MEX
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Customer Reviews of Car Rentals

  • Brenda Garza Alonso

    San Diego

    8.7/10

    Very good

    They wouldn’t accept my credit card because it doesn’t have my name engraved on it, this is a security measure of banks in my country even though I did show the app where the card do has my name they would accept it, I ended up paying a fee as high as the rental for underage driving (24 years old) because only 1 person in our group had a credit card with their name engraved and she was underage (24 yo) When returning the car the staff on the counter (a different person from the one at the pick up) told us it was indeed possible to accept a credit card with out the name engraved on it, it was only necessary to show the app where the name was visible in the card and the driver license. I spent $200 dollars additional to my rental ($350) just because the staff chose to not accept my credit card and my bank app with my made, I’m not underage (26 yo).

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    Reviewed: Apr 16, 2024

  • R.Poissant

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Good car selection

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    Reviewed: Mar 7, 2021

  • San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    The car service is good and the return process is really easy. Although they would try to sell an extra tank of fuel at pickup, which I would advise against as it is cheaper outside and also they exaggerate the tank capacity of the car to overcharge.

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    Reviewed: Jan 8, 2020

  • M.Cohen

    San Diego

    9.3/10

    Excellent

    Two front tires were not good. Dollar should never have rented the car out with tires in such poor shape.

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    Reviewed: Sep 8, 2019

  • C.Schlepp

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    The comment when booking on line to “similar” is so deceiving. We had 13 individuals so truly needed it.

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    Reviewed: Aug 5, 2019

  • 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

  • J.Hamilton

    San Diego

    7.7/10

    Good

    Easy and very helpful staff

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    Reviewed: Mar 31, 2024

  • D.Walsh

    San Diego

    9.7/10

    Excellent

    Counter staff in San Diego were unable to help with permit for driving in Canada. This was later resolved at Eugene Airport branch within 10 minutes after customer support from QEEQ

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    Reviewed: Sep 14, 2023

  • E.CARLON FAVILA

    San Diego

    9/10

    Excellent

    No me respetaron el precio por el cual pague de inicio. En QEEQ, me querían cobrar 1500 usd de más por seguros que no quería yo

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    Reviewed: Jan 5, 2023

  • B.Lennon

    San Diego

    9.7/10

    Excellent

    Lovely car - was very happy to be driving a hybrid - a Ford Fusion. Handled really well and very comfortable. Counter staff were very helpful. It was busy so I had a bit of a wait but not too bad - I was out of there in 15 minutes.

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    Reviewed: Sep 5, 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

  • P.Tunks

    San Diego

    8.4/10

    Very good

    Like: The guy at pick up was friendly, even though he tried to sell me extra stuff. The car was a brand new Camry, great car in fantastic condition.
    Dislike: The drop-off people (LAX) were very unfriendly, almost to the point of being rude.

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    Reviewed: Feb 19, 2018

  • T.SADIQ

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    I was waiting to receive bigger car

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    Reviewed: Dec 3, 2023

  • M.Maltagliati

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Tutto perfetto

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    Reviewed: Aug 24, 2023

  • Rob Wallace

    San Diego

    6.7/10

    Average

    I purchased my own additional insurance cover and explained this to the person at the counter, however they still added $185 worth of insurance I didn't need or ask for. After some time on the phone to customer services on our return home I manged to get them to credit my account.

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    Reviewed: Jul 21, 2022

  • San Diego

    8.3/10

    Very good

    Budget added on additional charges that were not explained and far exceeded those suggested by QEEQ. I had no idea they were coming as the process was not explained to me it was simply deducted at the end and did not resemble any charge suggested by QEEQ. Budget seems to have no way for me to rectify this short of phoning and sitting on the phone for hours, they have no email contact details. I am thoroughly dissuaded from renting from them again.

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    Reviewed: Apr 20, 2022

  • A.OCHOA

    San Diego

    9.3/10

    Excellent

    No era el auto rentado, aun así pudimos salir adelante. Pero se recomienda que cuando uno renta uno, aunque pongan un auto (marca) o similares, se asemejen más.

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    Reviewed: Feb 6, 2020

  • 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

  • J.Konwisarz

    San Diego

    9.7/10

    Excellent

    Perfect service made by Hertz, perfect car for my purpose.

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    Reviewed: Nov 17, 2022

  • San Diego

    8.3/10

    Very good

    The count staff, i didn't get his name but he was very professional and delivered excellent service.

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    Reviewed: Oct 29, 2022

  • 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

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    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

  • San Diego

    7.7/10

    Good

    Avoid them! Way to pushy trying to get you to purchase add-on's and she even tried to get me to take a bigger car. There was only me, so why on earth she thought I'd need a bigger one was beyond me.

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    Reviewed: Aug 12, 2019

  • San Diego

    7.7/10

    Good

    great staff

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    Reviewed: Jul 30, 2019

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • W.Alansari

    San Diego

    10/10

    Excellent

    Excellent company

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    Reviewed: Sep 10, 2019

  • JJ

    San Diego

    9.3/10

    Excellent

    Counter staff added extra options to my booking without my approval. Good thing I picked up on the extra charges and told him to remove it. While it's to Alamo's interest to get customers to buy more options/extras, it's ethically wrong to sneakily add the options to the reservation without consent.

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    Reviewed: Jun 28, 2019

  • J.Enevoldsen

    San Diego

    9/10

    Excellent

    All good, but we left a par of kids headset in the Ford we rented in Indianapolis airport and have been in contact via email and phone but the headset has not yet been found.

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    Reviewed: Jun 27, 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

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