• Carla

Carla

Is this your business?
Write a Review

Overview

Carla has a rating of 1.1 stars from 128 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Carla most frequently mention customer service, credit card, and rental company problems. Carla ranks 215th among Car Rental sites.

  • Service
    91
  • Value
    84
  • Shipping
    53
  • Returns
    76
  • Quality
    75
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 0%
Positive
0
Neutral
0
Negative
31
34
See all photos
How would you rate Carla?
Top Positive Review

“I got 50 usd trial”

Dakota F.
4/27/23

I used carla to rent a ca however I ended up not getting my rental due to close branch. They closed early so didn't get my car. But carla clean the mess of supplier and refunded my amount and gave me 50 usd credits for free. I get very pleasant experience so far. I will use my credits in future

Top Critical Review

“If I could put negative stars I would”

Heather C.
8/27/24

I tried to rent a car through them. I showed up at the rental company at the airport They refused my voucher. I then had to figure out a way to get my daughter and I to my mom's house. She was in hospice care. Because I didn't honor my first voucher I was supposed to pick up a second rental in 3 days. I decided to cancel it Well beyond the 48 hour notice needed. They refuse to refund my money. Since they used Affirm, They had already been paid so they had no incentive to satisfy this customer. I never received a rental from them and I am still being chased by collection agency for $800. I tried to appeal through their non-existent customer service multiple times They kept closing my case because they said it had been a month since it had been opened and it had done nothing. I reopened diligently for almost a year. I escalated. No response.

Reviews (128)

Rating

Timeframe

Other

Reviews that mention popular keywords

customer service (27) credit card (15)
Thumbnail of user straypixelz
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
June 10th, 2023

Rented a vehicle from this app. Needed a vehicle on short notice. After purchase recieved an email my car would be at an obscure airport. Purchased upgrades and waited. The vehicle never arrived, avis had no record of me. Call Carla support, which in itself was a joke. Was not given a refund, instead Carla Cash for less than the amount lost. This app is a fraud. Stay far away.

Tip for consumers:
Worst

Products used:
None

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user miguelm474
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
  • Send Message
August 19th, 2022

Do not trust this guys, it is a complete scam. They book your car as if you work in determined companies to apply a discount (in my case General Motors) and when you arrive to the dealer they don't apply that discount and you have to pay a higher rate. Additionally they don't share information as the dealer doesn't know what you have paid in Carla. They will never answer back. Complete scam, don't trust.

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user joelg428
Turkey
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
January 15th, 2023
Verified purchase

I rented with Carla last week for 3 days and no issue happened. I used Dollar in MKE. I paid my rental with rent carla and there were no unexpected fees.

PS: I chose surprise car and I got economy. It was cheap but If you are looking for a specific car, choose that.

Tip for consumers:
Choose a guarantee car. Surprise might be economy too. Also, if you are going to buy insurance, buy with them Dollar's insurance was expensive.

Products used:
An economy rental car with full prepaid option

Service
Value
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user cedricb70
Louisiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
August 23rd, 2022

Went to pay for and rent my a vehicle that I had booked through Carla... they use corporate promo codes because they asked who I worked for. I didn't get that information from rent carla and had to rebook my reservation which was double the price! Sent rent carla a message about this and of course no response so I'm out there $14 fee they charge plus 50% more on a rental! I would advise not to use this service! You are better off using the individual car rental apps and using their promo offers!

Tip for consumers:
Just use the rental car apps if you want to rent a car.

Products used:
Budget Rental

Thumbnail of user germaineb17
Louisiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
August 8th, 2022

So I rented a car a week in advance paid in full with Affirm, today I try and pick up the vehicle from hertz and at the counter they try charging me for the rental plus deposit, I said I already paid for the vehicle so I should only pay for the deposit and the guy said no it's not showing paid in our computer. I googled Carla phone number to no avail so I emailed them and called affirm which assured me that the payment was already processed. I never heard back from Carla and emailed them twice since this morning. I would stay far away from this company

Tip for consumers:
Don’t use this company

Products used:
Car rental

Service
Value
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user mariak653
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
  • Send Message
April 30th, 2021

I agreed to payment with their "rainy day" protection but when I tried to cancel the rental 10 minutes later they wouldn't give me the full refund despite the fact that it said I would be able to get the refund with the purchase of their extra rainy day fee. Their customer care is also very non-responsive and not helpful. If you have ANY possibility of canceling the rental do yourself a favor and do not book with them. They will not refund your money and will only give partial store credit that will expire in 18 months. I am very unsatisfied with their app and services.

Tip for consumers:
Please do not use it.

Products used:
another car rental company

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user jamiec1005
Tennessee
1 review
6 helpful votes
  • Send Message
May 9th, 2022
Verified purchase

When I arrived to pick up my rental car there was no record of the reservation. I emailed customer service and this was days ago but still have no answer. I was charged $50 for not showing up to get the car but there was no car to get! I showed up and ended up paying a fortune for a car last minute because I needed a car! Highly don't recommend. I consider it a scam.

Products used:
None

Service
Value
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user brookstasha1021
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
June 9th, 2023

They will rip you off and tell you to put your card information in and you will not be charged until you get the rental. I did not get the rental and the stole $111.02 out my bank account. Do not trust them.

Thumbnail of user kadiru1
Brazil
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
July 18th, 2023

I booked a car to be picked-up from the city center from Carla. They reserved me a car in the airport. When I wanted to cancel the reservation, they charged me for the full fee. I am not booking from Carla again

Products used:
Car rental

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user kaank11
Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
April 9th, 2023

I booked a car through rentcarla.com and had no issues. My rental was for 5 days and I paid $11.23 prepayment. My rental was super cheap than original amount. Thank you for securing the booking. Good experience, suggested.

Thumbnail of user danas365
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
  • Send Message
August 27th, 2020

I gave it at least one star because the app was easy to use. However when you type in the information what you get can be misleading. I wanted to rent a car at Cleveland Hopkins airport. They showed me a four day rental for a Toyota Corolla for $139. That sounded great and I went for it. There was a small reservation fee of around $25. When I finally got more of the information about the rental, I discovered that they were sending me to rent a wreck not even close to the airport. So not knowing what I would get, With this type of thing I canceled my reservation. So even though it was a small loss, I can imagine if you have a few thousand people do this like I did it would add up for them

Thumbnail of user irmaa60
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
August 3rd, 2022

They are the worst and only use email as communication which can be frustrating when trying to solve a problem. Joel was the one emailing me and he would not give me a number to call because I wanted a refund. The car rental company was willing to give me a refund on their part but Joel with Carla said I would not get a refund nor credit. So do not use this crappy app they will not give you a refund and will not communicate properly. I hope they run out of business because they are such a scam. You are better of renting straight from a rental company.

Tip for consumers:
Do not use Carla !

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user jodil185
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
December 28th, 2022

Ended up paying $213 for a rental that was not available to me. Carla reserved and gave a confirmation # but 2 hours later rental lot called and stated that my reservation could not be fulfilled due to shortage of cars. They were having to cancel at least 8 other rentals that were reserved. I provided cancelation emails from local lot along with contact numbers for manager at local rental lot. 2 months later this still was not resolved. I was offered Carla cash as a credit but never received credit. When I followed up on the credit "carla cash" they told me they could not meet my expectations and wished me a happy holiday. Terrible business! Stay away from Carla Cars. Book Direct no matter how much more it cost. As another customer stated...not worth 1 Star. Chalk it up as a lesson learned! Book Direct - No 3rd Party!

Tip for consumers:
Save Time and Money - Avoid this company - Book Direct

Products used:
Received Nothing - Which I paid for

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user tadot2
Slovenia
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
July 27th, 2023

No customer service, no answer via email or phobe, they did not even send a reservation confirmation with details, so it was impossible to show what I have paid for via their website. Really ruined my holidays, I paid 3x as much as they advertised. Sucked so bad words cannot describe. Never again!

Products used:
rent a car

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user suhanib
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
February 19th, 2023
Verified purchase

I wasn't able to pick up car due to a system issue. First, contacting them was really hard because they don't have a phone number (only email). I contacted them via email and they denied my refund. When I asked why, I wasn't given a proper reason. Just don't use them.

Tip for consumers:
Just don't use them

Products used:
None.

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user robertl5015
Utah
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
December 6th, 2023
Verified purchase

I rented and they said you only need a debit card. They took $1000 out of my account. When I got to the counter they said I needed a credit card and I never received the car. So am still fighting for my money. HORRIBLE COMPANY

Tip for consumers:
Don't use them

Products used:
Car Rental

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user joshuah771
Georgia
1 review
2 helpful votes
  • Send Message
April 26th, 2022

Due to ineffective and what feels like scammy policies (they never mentioned a $500 additional deposit before the rental) and now they are saying it will take up to 10days to refund me for a rental that was for my brothers' wedding. They are screwing me twice and the customer service people are truly underpaid and unhelpful - they string out emails attempting to be polite but really just covering for their scammy company. I honestly just want my money back and I sent the follow up email a few days later so essential it is going to take 2 full weeks to get my moeny back?

Tip for consumers:
Use flexcar

Products used:
Rentals

Service
Value
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user johannk18
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
July 18th, 2023

I booked my reservation through the Carla App.
The App. Charged immediately an portion of the total rental amount to reserve my rental car in the amount of $29.55.
At the arrival the rental car agent ask me for my Government Employment ID. I told him I do not work for any Government. The agent explained that - to validate the discount code used by the CARLA APP. I need an Goverment ID.
At the same time the Carla App. Send me an message asking if I got my rental. I text back that the rental company can't rent me a car under the reservation code which was used to reserve the vehicle. In addition to the whole disaster, the Carla App. Charge my Credit Card additional charge in the amount of $23.94.
- No Car just unauthorized charges-
Never again I got ripp off in the amount of 29.55+23.94 = 53.49

Service
Thumbnail of user lisas4887
Wisconsin
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
January 6th, 2023

My son used a debit card to hold a vehicle. When he realized that he has an issue with his credit card and was unable to use it, he contacted the Carla customer service about the issue. They refused to issue him a refund.

Service
Value
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user sb937
Italy
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
June 5th, 2022
Verified purchase

This app is fraud. Paid everything, went to pick up the car at the Bolzano airport, no rental car company exist at the airport. Asked refund, but they said refund is not possible. Do not use this app. Money was taken. Really embarrassed

Tip for consumers:
This app is fraud. Paid everything, went to pick up the car at the airport, no rental car company exist at the airport. Asked refund, but they said refund is not possible. Do not use this app.

Products used:
Car rental

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user matthewb1353
Maryland
1 review
2 helpful votes
  • Send Message
November 17th, 2021

Rented with them in the DR. They refused to give us the car and wanted more money. After much debating on a car we paid in full for ($346), they still refused us a car and wanted $61 more a day and $700 to actually get the car. So we never got the rental and now they're refusing the deposit.

Thumbnail of user tracyt779
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
May 21st, 2023

No customer service what so ever.
I needed to cancel my reservation
I emailed customer service multiple times with no response. I emailed customer service for a refund when my reservation was never cancelled
Once again no response.
Very frustrating.

Service
Value
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user sammkook83
Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
August 10th, 2023
Verified purchase

Simple words! They are The worest. I advice you all. DO NOT USE THEIR SERVICE! Or Burn ur cash. My Name is Samuel Gelaw. They know this name damn well. I just gave my case to a lawyer. I don't want anyone to have my experience.

Tip for consumers:
Just want to help others.

Products used:
Car

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user yaren1
Turkey
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
April 17th, 2023

I reserved and paid my rental through Carla. My rental was with Dollar car rental and I had a very good experience. I paid the deposit with my debit card and paid the rental price with affirm. I will pay my rental in 4 mothns. Good experience. I didn't contact with customer support. I get my confirmation fast.

Products used:
dollar car rental medium size car.

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality
Thumbnail of user tammyb1324
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
March 8th, 2023

I booked a car through these idiots. They charged me 89. Upfront with the promise of a refund in the event of cancelation. I had to cancel due to the fact that the rental company would not accept the deposit from a cloud bank. Thrifty car rental also told me you should NEVER be charged a fee to book a car. I could go to their website and book the damn car for free. So I guess I'll be contacting the BBB and the Federal Trade Commision about carla.com. It's a complete scam

Tip for consumers:
That this site is a scam

Products used:
None

Service
Value
Shipping
Returns
Quality

Sitejabber for Business

Gain trust and grow your business with customer reviews.

How do I know I can trust these reviews about Carla?

  • Sitejabber’s mission is to increase online transparency for buyers and businesses
  • Sitejabber has helped over 200M buyers make better purchasing decisions online
  • Suspicious reviews are flagged by our algorithms, moderators, and community members
Have a question about Carla?

Is this your business?

Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and manage your listing.

Claim Your Business