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Don't get scammed by Hotwire and Budget on car rental
I was scammed by Hotwire and Budget. I purchased 8 days of rental from Hotwire, returned the rental car within that 8 day period. Later discovered that Budget goes strictly by the times that you put into the pickup and drop-off times you put into the Hotwire rental request, not a 24 hour period for the amount of days you have paid for through Hotwire, so since I was off by a few hours in my estimated pick-up and drop-off, they charged me an additional day of use at the full rate of $50.39 (Mind you my Hotwire rate was 20$ a day) Now Budget and Hotwire customer service will do nothing for me. Oh and I purchased a mid-size and got a compact. (Hotwire did give me a credit for this at least!) This is a complete scam by Budget! DO NOT USE BUDGET!!!!!
Moral of the story, if you are going to use Hotwire (or other online travel agencies) to book a car rental, make sure that you put the return time as late as possible without incurring an additional days charge, otherwise the rental agency can take you to town if there are any changes to your drop-off time |
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wrote in message ... I was scammed by Hotwire and Budget. I purchased 8 days of rental from Hotwire, returned the rental car within that 8 day period. Later discovered that Budget goes strictly by the times that you put into the pickup and drop-off times you put into the Hotwire rental request, not a 24 hour period for the amount of days you have paid for through Hotwire, so since I was off by a few hours in my estimated pick-up and drop-off, they charged me an additional day of use at the full rate of $50.39 (Mind you my Hotwire rate was 20$ a day) Now Budget and Hotwire customer service will do nothing for me. Oh and I purchased a mid-size and got a compact. (Hotwire did give me a credit for this at least!) This is a complete scam by Budget! DO NOT USE BUDGET!!!!! Moral of the story, if you are going to use Hotwire (or other online travel agencies) to book a car rental, make sure that you put the return time as late as possible without incurring an additional days charge, otherwise the rental agency can take you to town if there are any changes to your drop-off time ***************** Why "scammed"? Didn't you confirm/verify/check the return time before you left the rental lot? Typically, you have - if an 8 day rental - 24x8 hours rental. If you picked the car up at 3:00pm, then you need to return the car no later than 3:00pm on the eighth day...not at 5:00pm, 8:00pm, or 12:00pm on the eighth day. (Some rental companies give you an hour's grace period, some don't.) Go over/beyond/pass that period of time and, yes, expect to be charged one day at the usual full (not discounted) rate. Your rental agreement spells all this out. Didn't you read it? And if you did read it, didn't you understand what you read? "Moral of the story, if you are going to use Hotwire (or other online travel agencies) to book a car rental, make sure..." before you leave the rental facility that you (1) have read and fully understand the rental agreement before you sign it, (2) verify in writing the return date and time of the rental, and (3) understand the consequences of returning the vehicle later than the specified date and time. |
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On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:03:45 -0700, SMS
wrote: I have always put the latest time possible while staying within the 24 hour window. But I always thought that it didn't really matter, that they based the return time on the pickup time. Never used Hotwire though. I've never rented through Hotwire either. I wonder now how the time is determined if the pickup is later than the time stated. For example when the plane arrives late. I always thought it started when the car was actually rented but now I'm not sure. |
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"Lawrence T. Akutagawa" wrote in message ...
wrote in message ... I was scammed by Hotwire and Budget. I purchased 8 days of rental from Hotwire, returned the rental car within that 8 day period. Later discovered that Budget goes strictly by the times that you put into the pickup and drop-off times you put into the Hotwire rental request, not a 24 hour period for the amount of days you have paid for through Hotwire, so since I was off by a few hours in my estimated pick-up and drop-off, they charged me an additional day of use at the full rate of $50.39 (Mind you my Hotwire rate was 20$ a day) Now Budget and Hotwire customer service will do nothing for me. Oh and I purchased a mid-size and got a compact. (Hotwire did give me a credit for this at least!) This is a complete scam by Budget! DO NOT USE BUDGET!!!!! Moral of the story, if you are going to use Hotwire (or other online travel agencies) to book a car rental, make sure that you put the return time as late as possible without incurring an additional days charge, otherwise the rental agency can take you to town if there are any changes to your drop-off time ***************** Why "scammed"? Didn't you confirm/verify/check the return time before you left the rental lot? Typically, you have - if an 8 day rental - 24x8 hours rental. If you picked the car up at 3:00pm, then you need to return the car no later than 3:00pm on the eighth day...not at 5:00pm, 8:00pm, or 12:00pm on the eighth day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But he didn't do that. He picked the car up at 3pm and told them he would be dropping back at 1pm but turned up at 2.59pm. (that's an example, we don't know the exact numbers) So is it fair to charge for the extra time? tim |
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Don't get scammed by Hotwire and Budget on car rental
"tim....." wrote in message ... "Lawrence T. Akutagawa" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... I was scammed by Hotwire and Budget. I purchased 8 days of rental from Hotwire, returned the rental car within that 8 day period. Later discovered that Budget goes strictly by the times that you put into the pickup and drop-off times you put into the Hotwire rental request, not a 24 hour period for the amount of days you have paid for through Hotwire, so since I was off by a few hours in my estimated pick-up and drop-off, they charged me an additional day of use at the full rate of $50.39 (Mind you my Hotwire rate was 20$ a day) Now Budget and Hotwire customer service will do nothing for me. Oh and I purchased a mid-size and got a compact. (Hotwire did give me a credit for this at least!) This is a complete scam by Budget! DO NOT USE BUDGET!!!!! Moral of the story, if you are going to use Hotwire (or other online travel agencies) to book a car rental, make sure that you put the return time as late as possible without incurring an additional days charge, otherwise the rental agency can take you to town if there are any changes to your drop-off time ***************** Why "scammed"? Didn't you confirm/verify/check the return time before you left the rental lot? Typically, you have - if an 8 day rental - 24x8 hours rental. If you picked the car up at 3:00pm, then you need to return the car no later than 3:00pm on the eighth day...not at 5:00pm, 8:00pm, or 12:00pm on the eighth day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But he didn't do that. He picked the car up at 3pm and told them he would be dropping back at 1pm but turned up at 2.59pm. (that's an example, we don't know the exact numbers) So is it fair to charge for the extra time? ************* The issue is not what he told them, but what the signed rental agreement indicated as the return time - as indicated by my full posting before you did your judicious editing. Of course, all he says is "Later discovered that Budget goes strictly by the times that you put into the pickup and drop-off times you put into the Hotwire rental request, not a 24 hour period for the amount of days you have paid for through Hotwire, so since I was off by a few hours in my estimated pick-up and drop-off, they charged me an additional day of use at the full rate of $50.39" Item - how is it that he "Later discovered"? Didn't he read and understand the rental agreement such that he knew the return deadline even before he did sign it? Item - how is it he "put into the pickup and drop-off times" that he "put into the Hotwire rental request" as the return deadline rather than the return deadline indicated in the rental agreement that he signed at the counter? The former is a request; the latter is the contract. Doesn't he understand the difference? Item - exactly what is this "a 24 hour period for the amount of days you have paid" that he talks about? The contracted return deadline is specified on the rental agreement before he signs it. That - and only that - is the return deadline....not anything else he concocts, no matter how reasonable he deems it to be. Didn't he read the rental agreement before he signed it? If he did read it, didn't he understand what he read? Item - what does "since I was off by a few hours in my estimated pick-up and drop-off" mean? Why in the world is he stuck on HIS "estimated pick-up and drop-off" instead of the return deadline indicated on the rental agreement that he signed? What is the color of the sky in his world such that he utterly ignores the rental agreement? Item - note well that in all this, he has yet to tell us two simple things: First, the return deadline - date and time - indicated on the rental agreement that he signed. Second, the exact date and time that he did return the car. |
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Don't get scammed by Hotwire and Budget on car rental
On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:02:44 -0700, "Lawrence T. Akutagawa"
wrote: First, the return deadline - date and time - indicated on the rental agreement that he signed. Second, the exact date and time that he did return the car. I've noticed that. I would have expected a followup post. If he picked the car up at 3 and said he would return it at noon but didn't return it until 2:30, he is correct. If he returned it at 6, he doesn't. |
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