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EconomyBookings Reviews Summary

EconomyBookings receives mixed feedback, with notable strengths in the professionalism and efficiency of some rental partners, contributing to positive customer experiences. However, a significant number of reviews highlight serious concerns regarding transparency, poor communication, and unresponsive customer service. Customers frequently report issues with booking confirmations, unclear cancellation policies, and difficulties in obtaining refunds, leading to frustration and financial loss. Overall, while there are isolated instances of satisfactory service, the overarching sentiment suggests a need for improved clarity in terms and conditions, as well as a more responsive customer support approach.

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service
831
value
793
shipping
476
returns
616
quality
683
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GB
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Great. New car. Nice clean. Very helpful and friendly staff. I will definitely recommend to any one. All in all 5star company

Date of experience: February 21, 2022
California
1 review
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I booked a rental car through Economy Bookings and paid extra for an additional driver, as well as full coverage insurance. When we got to our destination to pick up the car, we were informed full coverage was not included, nor the second driver. We had to pay an additional $338 to Thrifty on top of the $769 I already paid to Economy. Book your rental directly through the car agency, not a third party.

Date of experience: February 19, 2022
Suppport T. EconomyBookings Rep
over a year old

Hi Celene,
Thank you for your feedback. We are currently receiving a large volume of requests, so it takes longer than normal to process them. Our apologies for that. Please send us your booking number at support@bookinggroup.com and explain the situation. We'd like to look into this to see how we can help.

GB
1 review
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Super
February 19, 2022

No headache very efficient I travel a lot and this company were amazing definitely would use again the staff are also very helpful
Thank you so much
And we will definitely be in contact soon

Date of experience: February 19, 2022
Pennsylvania
1 review
3 helpful votes
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2 rental companies. One name "EconomyBooking" and the other "EconomyBookings". I will never do business with EconomyBooking. Insensitive people. My rep hanged up on me. They will not refund your money even for COVID. If you go directly with the rental company or a reputable travel site like Expedia you can get refunds,

Date of experience: February 15, 2022
Suppport T. EconomyBookings Rep
over a year old

Hi Brian,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are sorry to hear about your experience. We are currently receiving a large volume of requests, so it takes longer than normal to process them. Our apologies for that. Please send us your booking number at support@bookinggroup.com and explain the situation. We'd like to look into this to see how we can help.

Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Unreliable
February 9, 2022

Car was booked for Ft. Myers FL
Paid in full in advance.
When we arrived, Thrifty had no record of booking or payment.
Had to rent another car.
Sent all information to Customer Service and was given a case number.
It's been a month and no response.
Keep sending emails and only get auto generated response.
No way to reach a person to sort this out.
Your policy says over a month and nothing will be done.
Amount is approximately $2,300. Canadian.
Terrible service and question the honesty and integrity of this company.
A very expensive mistake to use them

Date of experience: February 9, 2022
Suppport T. EconomyBookings Rep
over a year old

Hi Joan,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are sorry to hear about your experience. We are currently receiving a large volume of requests, so it takes longer than normal to process them. Our apologies for that. Please send us your booking number at support@bookinggroup.com and explain the situation. We'd like to look into this to see how we can help.

Uruguay
1 review
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I had a great experience!
February 9, 2022

Everything great! It was my first time with this company and prices are very good in comparison with other companies I always use. The attention was excellent too! The only thing I would recommend Mariño is the deposit of USD 1000 for a car that is not worth it, all other companies I rented before, ask for USD 500 for even better cars. I think USD 1000 is way too big for the car I rented.:)

Date of experience: February 7, 2022
Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Outstanding service!
February 9, 2022

This experience was top notch! Everything that I signed up for on the internet was what I received at the counter. Thank you!

Date of experience: February 7, 2022
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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COMPLETE FRAUD. I am surprised this company is allowed to conduct business in the US with their fraudulent business practices. I fall for the low price they advertised. I made full payment on their site. When i went to the rental car agency they refused to rent the car because i didn't have a credit card. This booking site came up with all kinds of nonsense excuses for not refunding my money. They have a US help line on their site but the hours are in UK time zone. Their support is useless. Mostly tape recordings.

Date of experience: February 4, 2022
Suppport T. EconomyBookings Rep
over a year old

Hi Scott,
Thank you for your feedback. We are currently receiving a large volume of requests, so it takes longer than normal to process them. Our apologies for that. As for your request, unfortunately, in this case the amount is not refundable, because you did not have a credit card in the main driver's name, and under the car rental supplier’s terms it is mandatory for picking up the car. Should you have any questions, please contact our Customer Support Team at support@bookinggroup.com.

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great service
February 2, 2022

I had a wonderful experience and would definitely rent from here again. It's cheaper than owning a car.

Date of experience: February 2, 2022
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Content
February 1, 2022

Good company to rent a car. Very easy and friendly counter staff. But when you call customer service for any inconveniences, you MIGHT get an impatient or impolite and rude person to deal with.

Date of experience: February 1, 2022
Panama
1 review
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Absolutely a scam
January 31, 2022

I booked a car through economy booking on the 4 of January in Panama City Panama, when arriving on time with my family at the Avis desk l was told that they have no cars available and that they couldn't help me. They were renting cars to other costumers which shows that they did have cars? When I confronted them with that they told me it wasn't my business?
After almost 2 hours of arguing with them l gave up and went to rent a car from another agency where I was overcharged because of my position.
I would not recommend Avis to anyone on the planet they were rude unfriendly and were full of lies.
As for economy booking I would not recommend them to anyone in the universe I've rented many cars in my life but have never been swindled like this before I've written around 6 letters to them and spoken on the phone to them with absolutely no response or intention of giving me my money back.
Do yourselves a favour and stay away from these companies it's not worth the trouble and there are plenty of other good honest companies to work with.

Date of experience: January 31, 2022
Suppport T. EconomyBookings Rep
over a year old

Hi Carlos,
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear about your experience. We are currently receiving a large volume of requests, so it takes longer than normal to process them. Our apologies for that. As for your request, your refund has been approved. It may take 3-5 business days for the refund to arrive in your bank account. Should you have any questions, please contact our Customer Support Team at support@bookinggroup.com.

Israel
1 review
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I rented car from economy booking last week at Las Vegas and pay full price including full coverage to economy booking for 400$, once i drop my car the rental car recharge me again over 700$, they said they didn't get full payment from economy booking thus i paid over 1100 usd for simple car for a week+.

Date of experience: January 31, 2022
Suppport T. EconomyBookings Rep
over a year old

Hi Israel,
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear about your experience. We are currently receiving a large volume of requests, so it takes longer than normal to process them. Our apologies for that. Please send us your booking number at support@bookinggroup.com and explain the situation. We'd like to look into this to see how we can help.

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent car
January 30, 2022

Great place to rent a car, even the guy gave me discount on rental car and helped me with my insurance too, great staff, i really appreciate their business. Must give a try.

Date of experience: January 29, 2022
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have had the worst experience of a rental car site. I had booked a reservation and finally I thought the price(290$) was very effordable and reasonable compared to all other sites. I got my vehicle details and I went to the thrift agency and the person gave me an "extra" quote of (680$). Not only fooled by the Economy bookings website price, I also got stood up with this wuote at the airport. The person just told me to cancel it, if you can't pay. I cancelled my booking and requested "Thrift" for a refund and they were happy to refund the money. And then I mailed "Economy booking" the very next day and got a reply after 11days and stating about the T&C. I didn't want to cancel, I showed up at the airport and got fooled with the additional price. And also the contact number on the website is completely out of service I guess.

Date of experience: January 24, 2022
Suppport T. EconomyBookings Rep
over a year old

Hi Tarun,
Thank you for your feedback. We are currently receiving a large volume of requests, so it takes longer than normal to process them. Our apologies for that. As for your request, unfortunately, according to T&C you agreed to when you made a booking, the refund cannot be made in this situation. Should you have any questions, please contact our Customer Support Team at support@bookinggroup.com.

Canada
1 review
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Car rip off
February 23, 2022

Did a search on Economy Bookings for a car in Kona Hawaii airport, several came up and one was what we needed. Booked it as well as CANCELLATION insurance. When I printed it out noted it was for Oahu Airport (Hawaiian name very similar). Cancelled immediately. And am now being charged $118USD for doing so. Was told the fee was $68USD but because it was in Canadian dollars it was due to "currency fluctuation" well the value of the Canadian dollar did not drop by 50% in a week. What was the cancellation insurance for? VISA has been notified. DO NOT USE ECONOMY BOOKINGS. I wish they had a ZERP rating.

Date of experience: January 24, 2022
Suppport T. EconomyBookings Rep
over a year old

Hi Karl,
Thank you for your feedback. We are currently receiving a large volume of requests, so it takes longer than normal to process them. Our apologies for that. As for your request, you have already been refunded in accordance with our cancellation policy. Should you have any questions, please contact our Customer Support Team at support@bookinggroup.com.

GB
1 review
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Found what we wanted for a good price. Was easy to book and the price was explained in full on the web site, no surprises when we picked the car up. Will always look at the web site when looking to hire a car.

Date of experience: January 24, 2022
Utah
1 review
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Can't beat the prices!
January 24, 2022

I had a rental with Thrifty through EconomyBookings. Received an upgrade to a Nissan Kicks, which was a very clean and comfortable vehicle.
Only downside was the washer bottle was completely empty!
Price was half what the major rental companies were charging for the same dates, including Thrifty!

Date of experience: January 23, 2022
Saudi Arabia
1 review
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Rent car Cairo
January 21, 2022

Very Good Rental car in Cairo Airport

Very easy to pick up

Very easy to return the car

Recommend Hertz

Date of experience: January 21, 2022
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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HAPPY CUSTOMER
January 15, 2022

GREAT BOOKING AND EASY. LOW COST AND GREAT STAFF. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO YOU WILL LOVE IT. HAPPY CUSTOMER

Date of experience: January 15, 2022
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Continue to be a let down
February 13, 2022

This company continues to disappoint. Firstly, they take very long to correspond to emails.
I was given a voucher to book a car for a previous error they made. I used to voucher to book for a car at "Bond Street Station." I didn't know there was no Avis here and found out on arrival. I phoned Economybookings to ask for them to change the booking seeing as Avis Bond Street Station did not exist despite their website allowing a booking for a car at this location. They refused to allow me to change to another car rental site. Furthermore, after informing them they refused to refund despite this clearly being their error.

Date of experience: January 14, 2022
Suppport T. EconomyBookings Rep
over a year old

Hi Francesca,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are sorry to hear about your experience. We are currently receiving a large volume of requests, so it takes longer than normal to process them. Our apologies for that. Please send us your booking number at support@bookinggroup.com and explain the situation. We'd like to look into this to see how we can help.

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Economybookings.com is car rental comparison platform which offers to you find the best car rental offer for the lowest price in more than 150 countries with more than 850 trusted car rental companies all around the world.


economybookings.com
Founded in 2008
Riga, NY, Latvia
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