Dollar Rent A Car Worldwide

Advantages: Friendly staff, lots of locations, good selection of cars, accept younger drivers
Disadvantages: pricey for younger drivers, no inspection of car prior to rental...not always a bad thing...

...I became a customer of Dollar Rent A Car. THE WEBSITE and MAKING A RESERVATION This will most likely be your first point of contact with Dollar so they want to make a good impression right? Well, yes actually! The site is nicely laid out, with the "Rates and Reservations" screen displayed by default. From here you can select your pickup and if different, drop-off, point. Although I am reviewing my experience with Dollar in the United States, it ...
...I was directed toward the Dollar rental office by the main entrance (not all offices are located within the airport building, check before you leave!) a friendly and efficient clerk asked for my name and confirmed my reservation - I didn't need my printed copy but better safe than sorry!- I was then asked for my Driving Licence and credit card which I duly provided. At this point, the clerk asked if I would consider an upgrade from an Economy to ... Read review

Advantages: cheaper then alot of its competitors
Disadvantages: nothing to report

I have used Dollar Car Rental twice now and have had absolutely no problems whatsoever. The first time was back in 2000. We were heading to the States to do a road trip and I was looking for a three week rental that wasn’t going to charge the earth. On all my searches, Dollar came up consistently cheaper than the other nationwide companies. Sure there were heaps of cheaper options but I wanted to steer clear of the mum and pop type deals so only ...
...over the net using the Dollar website and while there, noted a coupon promising me an upgrade. I printed it off and tucked it in with all my travel papers. We arrived at LAX very early morning after a tedious long haul from New Zealand and found our way to the free-phone to the Dollar depot. They said to wait out front and the shuttle bus would be along soon to pick us up. We seemed to wait for quite awhile but eventually we spied the Dollar shuttle ... Read review

Advantages: Dollar offer a personal service
Disadvantages: all the extras you have to pay for...but its Universal

...Florida I have always used Dollar Car Rentals, usually opting for the Airport Pick up and Drop off...We've used them at Tampa, Orlando and Kissimee.. Everyone hates paying those extras, and that ' including free car hire' that we keep getting thrown down our necks everytime we pick up a Florida Brochure is very misleading until you've read the small and smaller print.. On average a Family of say four people will pay around £400 for a two week car ...
...be more comfortable.. Dollar make things very easy and they have always thus far helped us as much as we have ever needed a helping hand, we prefer Dollar and always hold out when offered an upgrade ( usually because we have booked the car we need) .. One of the favourite tricks in Florida is to try and get the passenger to upgrade to a slightly better car...this is often done even if they do not have the car you originally booked, because if you ... Read review

Advantages: helpful staff.
Disadvantages: dangerous

...so it was back to Dollar to request yet another car. They were always very helpful, and even gave a free upgrade to a better class of car, in view of all the problems, but my concern is that they obviously do not check the condition of the vehicles before they rent them out. The car we ended up with was practically brand new, only 300 miles on the clock, so we felt fairly confident that we were safe, but I shudder to think what may have happened, ... Read review

Advantages: Good transfers from the airport and quick service
Disadvantages: No-one checks the state of the vehicle before you take it

...We were steered towards Dollar Car Rental, (pardon the pun). We arrived at L.A. Airport and only waited a few minutes for the bus to arrive which would transport us the the pick up point. There were quite a few of us waiting but the driver was helpful to everyone with their luggage. We arrived a the Car lot and didn't have to wait long for our turn. The receptionist was very organised and helpful. It didn't take long for all the paperwork to be ...
...maps to help us to our destinations and were given what turned out to be easy to follow directions. We had upgraded the vehicle as there were four of us and we didn't fancy being cramped up in a saloon with luggage all over us. We had to find the car ourselves which I thought was a bit off, as there were so many. We checked over the vehicle for knocks and bumps as we did not relish the thought of being charged for damage we had not caused. We did ... Read review