Dollar Rent A Car Reviews

Bottom-Line: For the price, I would reluctantly do business with Dollar again; I am unwilling to let just one experience sour me to the entire company. 

I traveled back east a few months ago and chose Dollar Rent-a-Car to rent my car from because it fit my rather tight criteria.  However, my experience with Dollar Rent-a-Car was a mixed bag.  On one hand the car I eventually rented for two days was what I wanted: a clear, powerful, but reasonably fuel efficient car that was fun the drive.  But getting the car I wanted took some doing.

When I reserved my (full-sized) car on Expedia.com detailing...

Dollar has never been my first choice in car rental companies, but I'd be a fool not to consider them when scouting out car rentals because every now and then, they really do save me money. Not every trip. Not every market. Not every car class. But their web site is very good about highlighting their specials, and if you're able to take advantage of them, they often are really good deals.

In most of the U.S. destinations I've visted recently, it's been either Enterprise or Thrifty who usually save me the most money. Not always though. On one trip into Minneapolis, it would have ended up costing...

I've rented from Dollar Rent a Car many times, mainly because they are WAY cheaper than other rental agencies.  I suppose it is true that you get what you pay for...and you need to be on your game when dealing with the agents sometimes.

There is no rhyme or reason to the car you're going to get.  It's a crapshoot, so don't go in there with your heart set on a particular car, because you probably won't get it.

After several uneventful rentals with Dollar, I recently rented a mid-sized vehicle for a long weekend trip to Tennessee.  The reservation indicated a "Chrysler Sebring or similar". ...

If you value your time, I strongly suggest you do not use Dollar car rental, at least in San Diego.  When we showed up, they were serving people who had been waiting in line for 2 hours.  Everyone already had a reservation, and was just trying to pick up a car.  It took us 1 ½ hours to get to the counter.  When we returned our car, we talked to people in the line, and they had been waiting over an hour.  You can walk to other car rental places, and their wait time was about 10 minutes.  The others were out of cars.  Part of the delay is that people kept coming back because the trouble...

Poor and not to rely on
I am from Copenhagen Denmark, and has rented the car in the Las Vegas airport from 9 June 2009 to 24 June 2009
But when we retrieved the car, I was charged 128 dollars for road safe with the message that it was not included in the rental, it was a big lie and I then contacted U.S. dollars rent a car which will not pay that amount back, so I would recommend that rent from the major car leasing companies that I have never been cheated of.
I would add that the car was defective, could not switch off air conditioning and cruise control did not work

For a 3 weeks trip through California and Nevada in a party of 4 persons we rent a dollar car already before the start from Germany. We wanted to take over a 4WD jeep in San Franciso downtown - ok, it was not that we wnted but similar, and not ok: we had to wait in a row for more than one hour, at times only one of four ppl behind the counter. Just to mention it: this was a regular weekday ...

Soon after the start down highway 1 we realized that the was a sign highlighted: "engine". The users guide said that meant "severe (maybe general) problem" - dont go further. We called dollar service, explained...

Just when I thought I could save a couple of bucks.  It back-fired.  Worse rental car experience ever.  I should have googled reviews about them before renting.

Dollar Car Rental in San Diego on Pacific Highway.  Yep, it's the only there, right by the airport.

Waited over 2 hours in line in to get to the counter.  The agent told me that it was not typical.  Well, when I returned the car I saw a long line.

Lied to me about the price of gasoline being 30 cents more than what they offered.  But I found a gas station a few blocks away was charging less then the price they offered.

Gave...

Dollar charged me an early return fee of $15 because I brought the car back 3 hours before the due date on the contract.  There is no possible cost to Dollar that would justify the fee.  I'm sure they had the car back on the road within the hour!

The rental office at the Denver airport is also understaffed ( I waited over 30 minutes to get to a rep) and then they told me that no car of the class I had rented was available and made me wait an additional 30 minutes for one to "become available."  Dollar then gave me the keys to a car (of the same rental class as the one I reserved) that had been...