Hertz ran out of cars. Why is Booking.com keeping $65 for my rental?
What should you do if your car rental company runs out of cars? Can your online booking site just keep your money? Here’s the unfortunate truth.
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Help! My Hertz car rental is infested with ants — and now they’re charging me extra
There’s a rule in the Travel Bible that your rental car must be insect-free. But the folks at the Hertz location in Palo Alto, Calif., forgot to study their scripture on the day Miguel Lopez came to town. And they handed him the keys to a car infested by ants.
Strangest car rental case ever: Hertz banned my father. Why can’t I rent a car?
Eric Siegel has a strange problem: Hertz has banned him from renting because of something he didn’t do. His father did it.
Oh no! Thrifty charged me an extra $250 for a car rental upgrade. Can I get a refund?
When Leah Page picks up her rental car from Thrifty, it charges her a $250 upgrade fee. Can it do that without her permission? And how can she get a refund?
Dollar didn’t have my rental car — but it still charged me $82!
Dollar doesn’t have the rental car Beth Bonness reserved in Atlanta, but that’s not stopping it from charging her $82. Can it do that? And how does she get a refund?
Help! Hertz hit me with an $850 repair bill six months after I returned my rental car
Hertz hits Joseph Meisinger with an $850 bill six months after he returns his rental car. Wait, six months? Yes, six months. Does he still have to pay?
Banned by Hertz because of a 10-year-old toll charge
Hertz confiscated Marcus Hall’s loyalty points and banned him for life — all because of a 10-year-old toll charge he didn’t know about. Here’s how to avoid getting banned by Hertz.
Hertz charged me an extra $72. Can I get a refund?
Nancy Caruso’s AAA travel agent quotes her a $386 rate for a rental car. So why does Hertz charge her an extra $72? And why won’t AAA refund the extra money she had to pay?