Advantage Rental Cars Review

$106 a week for a car from Advantage Rent a Car in Cancun sounds like a great deal?

You will not think so when at the end of the week you walk out of their office with a bill for $420.

How does a $106 a week "deal" turns into $420?

Easy.

First they'll "shuttle" you in an unmarked car to their dingy and isolated office in the middle of no-where, where you'll be notified that the advertised deal does not include the "mandatory" third party liability insurance of $14 a day (the highest on any rental company).

Then, when you have no choice and no where else to go,  they'll inform you of the 30% in taxes and fees including an "airport fee" (event though their office is no-where near any airport and they don't even have a real official airport shuttle).

Next, they will convert the total into Mexican pesos using an exchange rate close to 20% higher than the official legal rate.

And when you return the car at the end of your vacation and think the pillage and plunder is over .. beware!...... They will suddenly "discover" a year old scratch on the bottom of the car's front bumper for which they will blame no one but you!!!

And don't complain, as I mistakenly did, because the friendly "manager" will raise the amount of "damages" from 600 pesos to 1000....and even add taxes on top of that!!!!

Stay away from this company unless you enjoy being openly ripped off .