How does Avis treat you

[docjames]

I thought similar to the hotel threads a short post for each hire would be useful, especially with “received” vs booked.

When: June-July 2024 (9d23h)
Total Cost: EUR634 (incl one way fee EUR50)
Pickup: AVIS Place de la Madeline, Paris
Return: AVIS Toulouse Railway station
Reserved: Citroen C5 Aircross or similar
Actual car: Citroen C4 Spacetourer (manual 7 seats), 49,000km and a lot of “French speed stripes” (aka scrapes and dings).

Was offered an auto if this car didn’t suit, but i looked at it and saw the number of dings and decided that was preferable given I’d have to navigate the Arc de Triomphe roundabout, and for travel with others meeting us in the south of France, the 7 seater proved super handy (we could all fit into it!).

I’d never buy this car in Aus but it was perfect for its environment. It was also due a service at pickup, no doubt being offloaded to AVIS Toulouse to make it the our problem…..

Pickup and drop off in both locations were easy and no issues during rental or return.

 

[docjames]

When: April 2024
Total Cost: AUD 255 (LDW only, 2d23h, unlimited kms)
Pickup: MCY
Return: MCY
Reserved: Kia Sportage or similar
Actual car: Isuzu MU-X (7 seater), approx 3000km

Didn’t really need car this size but worked out ok. Didn’t need or use the 7 seats at any stage.
Easy pickup and return without any issues.

 

[docjames]

When: November 2023
Total Cost: AUD243 (incl one way fee $50); CDW only;
Pickup: OOL
Return: BNE Dom
Reserved: Subaru Forester (or similar)
Actual car: Isuzu MU-X 23000km

Somewhat annoying as didn’t fit in hotel carpark (did just fit into thier overflow one). Also didnt need the fuel bill. Pretty rough and ready car and way overkill for two people. Had NSW Reg - i think one way rental so offloading a car they didn’t want to deal with.

In no way was this an equivalent to a Subaru Forester (however trawling through fine print, Avis has them in the same class…).

 

[Dmac59]

When: July 2024
Total Cost: AUD 465 (6 days - unlimited kms)
Pickup: CNS
Return: CNS
Reserved: Kia Sportage or similar
Actual car: Mitsubishi Outlander (7 seater)

Didn’t need a car of this size, but declined Avis offer for a ‘smaller vehicle’ as only myself and Mrs Dmac travelling.
NSW registered vehicle in FNQ.

 

[Subharpoon]

When: August 2024
Total Cost: Former Employer Negotiated Rate
Pickup: MCY
Return: MCY
Reserved: Kia Sportage or similar
Actual car: BMW X3

A good Suprise upgrade!

 

[Atleastonce]

When: August 30 to September 1
Total Cost: $1.92. (that is not a typo)
Pickup: SYD
Return: Kawana Sunshine Coast
Reserved: Kia Sportage
Actual car: Renault Koleos

I needed a one way rental from Syd to Sunshine Coast to transport some fragile and valuable items and we didn’t want to trust a courier. After looking at my regular hire companies and about a $2,500 cost for 2 days rental (of those who had availability) I tried Avis and saw they had a car available for $1.74 plus GST. ($1.92). Thinking it was an error I tried it again, same result. I tried making a booking for a different pick up location and it was over $1K. I made the booking and confirmed at pick up it was a one way move and they would rather rent it than pay the transport costs, which I thought was the case. I have heard of these but never came across one. I even tried this with my company corporate code and it came out more but not much, just over $2.00. Can’t remember the actual amount.