I was asked by mail to fill in my payment information once again after I booked my car since it hadn't go through. So the booking was not confirmed.
Then I found a better price on a rent car on an other site so I ignored this mail and let it be.
Then when I checken my account later when I got the other car I saw that money had been withdrawn from my account even though I didn't pick up the car. I contacted rental cars about this and was promissed a full refund as soon as they had confimed that the car wasn't rented out and I was promissed a confirmation about this the same day or latest the day after and that the money was going to be back in my account within 6-7 days. Now it has gone 6 days and I have sent emails every day since then but still no sign of a confirmation that the car wasn't rented out to me. I Wonder if I will ever see my money which is extremely weird since 1) i got an email that the payment was not succeeded and booking was not confirmed 2) the car was due to number one not picked up.
I miss word for the un-profesional treatment and how rental cars handle their customers. My only advice for those who consider Rental cars is to go direct to the company that rent out the cars and skip Rental cars, it Will save you tons of headache, troubble and time. Eventually even money, only time will see if this is a scam in a criminal way or if I will get the money.
Do not arrive late to pick up a car it will not be reserved and you will be paid the full booking fee for the cancelation they imposed on you!
I cannot stress more do not use this company I went on a road trip in November 2016, I hired a top end car (mustang convertible) it was ment to be a trip of a lifetime, I paid for the vehicle hire and insurance months in advance so it was paid for and out the way, I turned up in Memphis to be told I had extra insurance to pay, I already had assurance from rental cars that I was fully covered the only fee I agreed before hand was the one way charge which was expensive of $250, but when I arrived they hiked it up to $430 with extra insurance, so I argued with the girl but I was told to except it or no car, so I tried to call rental cars to sort the problem but low and behold I couldn't get hold of them ( a voice message saying not available, sorry for inconvenience) so I had no choice but to except the extra fee or We would have been stranded, no car and holiday completely ruined. After the holiday I called rental cars and they said I should not of excepted so the extra is my responsibility even though I was unable to get hold of them on the emergency number they provided. Go to a repertable hire car company direct with excellent customer feedback but do not use rental cars or the company's they supply,
The car was priced nicely and was very claen. I would use them again. I got a Volvo and I think I might buy one PD Fresno
They screwed up and cancelled my international booking the day I arrived and won't refund my Mondel!
Bad Bad Bad experience don't book with either company
We booked a car rental reservation from RentalCars.com ref # *******
We picked the car in Malpensa airport from Milan. The car was from Secilybycar.com.
Sicily by Car S.p.A. - Rental Agreement '*******'
My brother in law Sabti did the booking.
It has been malfunctioning for the duration of our trip.
The mirrors are not functioning one mirror shots the other opens, can't get them adjusted... and this is a security and safety issue.
We told this to the attendant and he said oh it will be okay later.
The battery kept dying.
We got stuck on the highway and when we called Sicily by car they told us that somebody will come and tow the car and we have to go and find the taxi with our luggage to the next airport to pick up another car which was about an hour and a half away.
When I asked the towing company if they will give us a jump they say absolutely not they will just tow the car and leave a stranded.
This service is unacceptable!
We called then Sicilybycar.com and they told us that they don't exchange cars
As a car rental company all over the world, they're supposed to come pick up your car and drop off another car for us no matter where we are.
If I was a single woman by myself stranded on the highway is that what you want to get from a car rental?
Absolutely not!
We had to buy jump cables and have strangers help us jump the car a few times.
We called the several phone numbers that we had for the office of Sicily by cars.
Sometimes they answer sometimes they don't.
It was about 10:30 a.m. we called the office at the airport in Milan Malpensa and nobody's answering the phone!
What kind of car rental is this?
Shameful.
We didn't know where and when we would be stuck.
They have RUINED OUR TRIP!
Don't book A car rental from rentalcars.com and don't rent a car from Sicilybycar.com
They try to add money any way they could. Add 100$ to the price they give u when u are booking. Compilate scam
They lied on their website about 48 hour free cancellation, they charged me full amount even when I didn't rent the car, and are IMPOSSIBLE to reach.
Don't get your car here, the company is not serious. They will try to get your money out of the pocket anyway they can. Their customer service is laughable. Better pay twice the price and hrie your car directly from a car hire company thatn to have any business with these scammers. We payed online for a car for 3 days, but our card didn't work at the car hire company for the deposit. So we didn't get the car. Later that day we rent a different car from a different company and our card worked without any problems. Not to mention, that we talked to our bank for 2 hours and they couldn't find any problem with our card. Later when we contacted customer support to get our money back, because we didn't get the car, they just forwarded our case to someone else, then to someone else. Promissed us, that someon will contact us, but that didn't happen. And after the 3rd or 4th time that we contacted them, they said, that we won't get our money back. Beacuse! No real reason. Because of "company policy". So we just gave them 120 pounds as charity and got nothing but frustrating chats with the customer service in return.
Answer: Good luck with that one, I'm in the same boat, I'm going to pass my situation on to the travel doctor at the Sunday Times.
Rentalcars.com has a rating of 1.1 stars from 1,104 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Rentalcars.com most frequently mention customer service, credit card and cancellation fee. Rentalcars.com ranks 229th among Car Rental sites.