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AtlasChoice has a rating of 1.05 stars from 41 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about AtlasChoice most frequently mention car hire, credit card, and rental company problems. AtlasChoice ranks 151st among Car Rental sites.

  • Service
    7
  • Value
    6
  • Shipping
    5
  • Returns
    5
  • Quality
    6

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  • Reported to the Atlas Choice by emails, tried to reach them by phone, no success no response.
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Top Critical Review

“Stay away, you've been warned!”

Dale G.
7/25/18

Do not trust them. They cheated me. They lied when I asked why they charged me extra fees. Stay away, you've been warned! Buyer Beware!

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Thumbnail of user daleg69
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 25th, 2018

Do not trust them. They cheated me. They lied when I asked why they charged me extra fees. Stay away, you've been warned! Buyer Beware!

Thumbnail of user davidb613
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 27th, 2016

Locator rental company tried to debit my credit card as they haven't been paid by Atlas Choice. Fortunately, they registered the cvv number incorrectly so the debit failed. Then they called me and asked for details which I refused to give. Then they threatened to repossess the car by activating the tracker. I told them I'd report it stolen. I returned the car at the airport as planned. It cannot be right that these companies can shift their bad debts on to the consumer. Will look into this.

Thumbnail of user zaima1
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 21st, 2018

I hired a car for our holiday in Montenegro from Atlaschoice.com over the net and paid them in full only to get home after the holiday and then noticed that the Partner company Green Motion from whom I picked the car up from deducted the full rental amount out of my credit card again.
I called Green Motion and asked why they deducted the rental cost from my account they advised that Atlaschoice have NOT PAID them and in GM contract I signed it gives them permission to debit your account if they don't get paid by Atlaschoice.
I tried for months to get in touch with Atlaschoice via Phone, Email, their web site all with no answer or reply. BUNCH OF $#*! HOLES

Tip for consumers:
they will talk to you until you pay then NOTHING

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Thumbnail of user michaelg230
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 4th, 2016

When I refused to accept a damaged vehicle from local partner that looked like "after accident" with scratches and rear bumper broken into two pieces, and when local partner refused to substitute, Atlaschoice responded unprofessionally and unethically, kept the money, sent irrelevant reply, and closed the case. I lost what I paid for this experience and had to pay a lot more to a reliable car rental at the airport. Do not use crooked Atlaschoie.

Thumbnail of user patriciaj64
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 1st, 2017

Had car hire back in Sept thought everything was great until yesterday when Thrifty car hire steal over £900 from my credit card as Atlas have not paid them in spite of me paying Atlas months ago. I now have to fight to get my money back which they have taken illegally as they should never have kept my card details and certainly didn't have my authorization to do so. On further investigation I find out today that Atlas Choice are in Liquidation. ON NO ACCOUNT BOOK ANYTHING WITH THEM their web site
Still takes booking knowing this.

Thumbnail of user pault115
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 8th, 2016

Recently hired through Atlas choice as they come out cheapest on comparison sites. Its a con - they get their local partners to levy a 35 euro charge for petrol even if brought back full ( 104 euros if it isn't!). Local firm told me that they are the only firm that do this and they have lots of angry clients when told this on pick up.

DO NOT USE!

Thumbnail of user martinm91
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 3rd, 2016

Booked a car through Atlaschoice with Del Paso Malaga

Car collected full / returned full

They charged 22 to put the fuel in the car fuel - NOT for the fuel, but to put the fuel in the car before we received it.

There is nowhere in any documentation from Atlaschoice that says Del Paso will charge us 22 to go to the petrol station next door to the car hire and put the fuel in the car

I filled up & they will charge the next customer 22

It's just theft

Thumbnail of user jpj5
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 25th, 2017

Do not use operator ATLAS CHOICE and NOLEGGIARE...
Summer 2016 we were in holidays in Sardinia and f I had paid ATLAS CHOICE for renting car at NOLEGGIARE office
Few months later NOLEGGIARE company inform me that ATLAS CHOICE didn't pay the invoice and according to their terms and conditions they had been forced to charge me again... So I paid twice, I think it's a fraud

Thumbnail of user gemmab3
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 16th, 2015

Don't book with this company, it was an awful service and in the end we would have saved money, time and a lot of stress just booking with one of the more expensive, well known companies. They take your money, charge you the earth for any changes and then stick you with a rubbish rental firm you would never have agreed to in the first place. Pay the extra and avoid these guys.

Thumbnail of user kseniav
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
December 23rd, 2016

Be WARNED! The company is now bankrupt, if you've booked and have yet to collect the car, call your CC immediately and make other car arrangements. The "unofortunate circumstances" are that they're now delinquent though they are still not publically admitting it. Just do a quick google search dated last month for more info.

If you've booked, travelled, collected and returned the car but now being charged double by local companies because Atlas isn't going to be paying them, report the charge to your CC as fraudulent, as you have no fiscal responsibility whether or not the broker paid the supplier, that's not why your credit card was given. Good luck and don't let it affect you too much, they're all a bunch of crooks but you'll get your money back anyhow.

Thumbnail of user tessav1
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 18th, 2016

Did not make a booking in Portugal due to the fact that they refuse to tell you if you buy a Platinum coverage, in which circumstances they will charge the 1000 deposit on your credit card! So it doesn't matter which coverage you choose, they always claim a min deposit of 1000! They rely on 3rd car partners who will charge damage if they see fit. And because there is no clear policy regarding damage, this is a very tricky and doubtful way of working. Took me 4 days and 5 emails, and still not 1 answer regarding which kind of damages are being charged with a Platinum (so called full) coverage. On their site they hand out `presents`, but these are not presents, I asked them but it is pure nonsense. Did not trust them at all and booked at one of their competitors.

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Thumbnail of user haryj1
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 9th, 2017

I stay in algarve every winter for several months and hire cars regularly. I used atlas choice in november, used their voucher to get the car.no problem but on returing the car to the rental co. I had to pay the rental company 195 euros to get my pedosit back because atlaschoice had not paid the rental company. Made my complaint to atlaschoiceto no avail. Since then all my findings about atlas choice have been negative.DO NOT USE THE YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY.

Thumbnail of user nevc
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 18th, 2015

Booked a car through atlas choice with travel rent.
Travel rent are difficult to find working from a cabin the car park.
Atlas choice take your money before you land
Travel rent then add 50% on top inventing some local charges, this they demand in cash making it difficult to get back through your credit card company
There is a supposed customer service route, but your complaint will not be investigated, run a search this company are infamous for this kind of robbery, (wish i had before using them)
All travellers avoid atlas choice in every city

Thumbnail of user josephs185
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 5th, 2016

This company is disgraceful! Never ever use them!

I booked a rental car in San Francisco through atlas choice for my family and I.

We landed on time and proceeded to Ace rental cars at San Francisco international airport. Ace Rental Cars was the company the third party rental car booking firm atlas choice had done our rental reservation with and who we had prepaid for the car rental.

Unfortunately upon arriving at Ace we were informed that they did not have a rental car available for us. It was impossible to contact atlas choice and ace rentals in San Francisco would not give us a refund as they said the problem was from atlas choice.

We had to book a rental with enterprise at the airport which cost us $80 per day! Not fair when the problem was atlas choice.

I have now contacted atlas choice three times and have no refund. I will never use them again and would encourage others to do the same. I will post against atlas choice and ace car rentals on as many travel websites as I can find as I am furious. I was in SF late at night with my two kids aged 8 & 6 after a long flight with the rental we had booked and paid for not available. Shame on you atlas choice and ace car rental.

Thumbnail of user davido94
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 17th, 2016

I booked my car hire for Cagliari Airport in Sardinia online with a covering question asking Atlas how they could speed up my check in when collecting the car as we have a very tight deadline. They ignored the question for a few weeks and when I chased them said they ould not help "because there would be other customers at their check in when I arrived." Thanks for that piece of illuminating information Atlas- I had no idea there would be other customers (although come to think of it I am a litle surprised anyone uses this company)!
I asked again but there was nothing they could do-their only focus was on ensuring I knew they would be billing me handsomly for cancellation; even though my uestion as raised as a condition of booking. The fee was duly deducted of course.
In the event I booked with an alternative higher quality provider and I have secured a better car, at a lower cost and with a priority check-in desk that ensures I can meet my deadlines.
Customner service? I doubt Atlas have the first idea what it means. Fortunately other more professional providers do.

Thumbnail of user antoniot17
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 15th, 2016

What BS company? They charge me 193$ for a rental car mid size! When I got at the airport I don't have any info any company name like a enterprise herts etc... I try to contact them and realize they are from London and dont answer they polhone after 4 hours 1 by 1 checking I found a company dollar"rent a car and they said they will give me a compact car Chevy spark really? If I want a me size its 145 dollars more be cause they are form London md size for them means compact to us, so I had no choice more 150 almost why I pause for the first time, so atlas choice is the bad decisions u can make to deve money don't do that or u Gina make ur vacation really bad

Thumbnail of user zacharyb26
1 review
2 helpful votes
September 29th, 2015

NEVER USE THIS SERVICE! They will just steal from you.

I needed to cancel my reservation and requested a refund and their "customer service" just copy and pasted their T&C and FLAT OUT REFUSED my refund.

They wouldn't even supply me with a voucher for future bookings to make up for it!

I asked to escalate my claim and they just replied "This request has been resolved. You can see your ticket here." and linked me to their T&C copy paste email.

Absolutely atrocious. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Tip for consumers:
AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

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Thumbnail of user ashc9
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 18th, 2016

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! They will rip you off. They made mistakes with our booking, took our money and now refuse to admit they made a mistake. They are a horrible company to deal with and I advise you to go with any other company

Thumbnail of user davidt218
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 3rd, 2016

I took out a car rental and PLATINUM insurance with Atlas Choice in August for a weeks rental in Sicily. Collected the car drove for 3 hours into central Sicily and broke down. The car would not start and the diagnostics determined a dead battery. Called Atlas Choice who after an hour had arranged a garage to pick up car and solve problem. Garage towed to garage location and called to confirm replacement. Then it all went haywire, we were told the car had to go back to Palermo (3-4 hrs) and a replacement would be sent. The garage said that a battery would cost 70 + fitting, but NO they wanted the car back. Meanwhile we had cancelled an appointment as we were far too late and realised we could not even reach the hotel at this rate. I was then told that if I bought the battery I could claim back from the insurance. So this I did. Off we went and no problems for the rest of the holiday. Once I returned to UK contacted Atlas Choice to 'at least' get my battery money back let alone all the telephone calls and inconvenience caused, I don't know how may emails I have saying they are attending to it, but NOTHING, now they don't even reply to the email, just a generic 'email received'. This company really is unprofessional, devious and in my view should not trade. You cannot treat customers like this especially when I took out your most expensive (PLATINIUM) insurance plan, this insurance means NOTHING, so my advice to others is stay well away.

Thumbnail of user anyab1
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
January 5th, 2015

Absolutely terrible!
We book car with Alta's choice only last week. We supposed to pick it up from Lodz airport and leave it at the airport in Warsaw. We checked details, price was good and so we booked only to get to know we got the vaucher that Atlas choice book the car to be picked up from Lodz and drop off at the Lodz airport. If we wanted to cancel we still had to pay 70% of the fee and if we wanted the car we had to pay additionally for dropping car in the different location. Nicely done Atlas Choice!

Thumbnail of user ce2096
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 30th, 2016

ATLAS sharp suited people selling ficticious services - they keep your Money and advise you to dispute the rent-a-car debit, although we know they have kept the Money and have not paid suplier

Thumbnail of user paulop1
1 review
2 helpful votes
August 26th, 2014

I rent last weekend a car in Barcelona that show on web site full/full as fuel politicy but once arrived to car hire office they told me that I forced to pay mid tank. Atlaschoice not declare on voucher the fuel politicy so is impossible to have a proof that you are rent a car as full/full. I sent several emails to customer service but no rcvd any reply from them. Please be care before rent with them.

Thumbnail of user adamt45
1 review
2 helpful votes
November 23rd, 2015

Avoid atlas choice at all costs! Hope this is not too late! It's too late for me! I hired a car from Murcia airport and Returned the car to them over a month ago and haven't had my deposit back yet, credit card bill of over £750 has already been paid, atlas choice are doing nothing about it!
Believe all of the negative reviews on them, it's not just grumpy people, they've caused me no end of stress and are simply blaming the Spanish car hire company!
I'm at the end of my tether and don't know what else I can except try to warn people to stay away from them!
PLEASE DO NOT BOOK THRU THIS COMPANY!

Thumbnail of user peterj81
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 18th, 2015

I reserved a car through Atlaschoice in Ancona. I ended up with Autovia, a 100% Italian rental company. Car was very old and scratchy, but OK, the price was also low. When we came back Autovia had collected money from my Creditcard. More than the rental amount.We dont know why.
I contacted Atlaschoice, but they do like nothing. They have no contact with the rental company they say, though thet rent out cars by Autovia every day. Autovia responds to nothing.

Do not rent your car by Atlaschoice because they have no service in these cases, thet do business with fraud companies. And you as consumer are will be the suffering one

Thumbnail of user jilln10
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 3rd, 2015

Terrible company. You will be left stranded without a car and charged for it! Please research Atlaschoice reviews and read all the negative experiences about them before you book - I wish I had!

I booked an automatic car and prepaid with AtlasChoice. When I went to pick up my car, I was informed that my request for a manual car was not processed by Atlas Choice and there were no automatic cars available. Atlas Choice left me stranded.

After promising a refund over the telephone, Atlas Choice charged me again. I have made several attempts to contact Atlas Choice who will not process the refund.

This is a terrible example of how a company can cheat and steal from its customers. I never leave customer reviews, but I feel it's my duty to warn others NEVER to hire with Atlas Choice.

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