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Undisclosed fees and unexpected charges during a Baltimore car rental with Dollar Rent-A-Car, including an undisclosed extra driver fee.

Dollar’s ‘additional driver’ fee that won’t go away

January 22, 2024January 6, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Bayard Allmond is told his rental car won’t come with an extra driver fee for his wife, but when he gets his bill, he finds the surcharge, anyway. Is there any way to get his car rental company to make good on its promise?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Three months after Joan rented a Ford Fusion rental car in Orlando last summer, a surprise bill from Thrifty Car Rental landed in her mailbox.

Cashless toll roads, another hazard for car renters

January 22, 2024December 3, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

Think of it as an invisible road hazard.

Categories The Navigator
Richard Hartman rented a car from Alamo in Montreal this summer. It's a decision he regrets, they called collection agency.

No damage to rental car, but they called a collection agency anyway

January 22, 2024November 10, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

Richard Hartman rented a car from Alamo in Montreal this summer. It’s a decision he regrets.

Categories Commentary
When John father died unexpectedly the day before he was scheduled to pick up a rental car he'd booked through Priceline.

My father died — please refund my rental car

January 22, 2024October 13, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

Sometimes, even death isn’t a good enough reason for a refund.

Categories Commentary
Ridiculous or not? Going out of your way to avoid planes. We’re a nation of drivers, no doubt about it. Don’t believe me?

Ridiculous or not? Going out of your way to avoid planes

January 22, 2024September 7, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

We’re a nation of drivers, no doubt about it.

Categories Commentary
It's been a while since we've had a chipped-windshield story. She recently rented a Toyota Corolla through Payless Car Rental

A chipped windshield — and a surprise bill

January 20, 2024August 1, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

It’s been a while since we’ve had a chipped-windshield story. This one comes to us by way of Kenneth Ross, whose wife recently rented a Toyota Corolla through Payless Car Rental in Toronto via Expedia.

Categories Commentary
I was about to move Don and Carri Schoeller's car rental case into the "solved" file when I got a following email from them.

What would you do? Billed for car rental damage, and then re-billed

January 20, 2024March 10, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

I was about to move Don and Carri Schoeller’s car rental case into the “solved” file when I got the following email from them:

Categories Commentary
The allegation that car rental companies have turned the damage claims process into a profit center is so common.

Are car rental employees rewarded for finding dings and dents on your vehicle?

January 25, 2024September 2, 2010 by Christopher Elliott

The allegation that car rental companies have turned the damage claims process into a profit center is so common, I could probably write an entire blog on it.

Categories Commentary
Sorry, wrong address: Enterprise turns down Expedia customer at the counter. instances in which a company might refuse you a car.

Sorry, wrong address: Enterprise car rental turns down Expedia customer at the counter

November 24, 2024November 16, 2009 by Christopher Elliott

Regular readers of this site are familiar with car rental companies’ no-rent lists. But did you know that there are other instances in which a company might refuse you a car — even if you have a completely legitimate reservation?

Categories Commentary
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