Rented a small SUV for week-long beach trip. Quote from Enterprise was too high, so we called Hertz. Husb reserved vehicle for entire week for $150 less than competitor. Thrilled! At pick-up on Friday afternoon, husb told pre-paying for gas would be super convenient and only cost $1.80/gal (less than typical price around us). NOT told that the $28 fill-up would have a $20 tax/fee charge attached. Husb asked at pick-up EXACTLY WHEN car had to be returned. Told closed Sat@ 12 noon and closed Sunday. "Just bring it back anytime Monday by 5 pm" was what he was told. Husb returned following Monday at 4:40 pm. At return, told there was a charge for an extra day. Agent told my husb, "We aren't in the business of renting cars for FREE, sir!" Bill went from estimate of $350 to final bill of $498! Husb paid the extra day but then called customer service when he got home. Wouldn't budge! Filled official appeal via email to be refunded the extra $150 but still haven't heard back. In the meantime, we determined that the original phone agent) booked our car for 3 days, not the full week we requested. Have over $1000 of pending charges outstanding on our credit card. To top all of this off, received a NASTY letter from Hertz in the mail yesterday indicating that legal action was going to be undertaken if we didn't return the vehicle immediately (a week AFTER we returned it!) Called Hertz... told the local office didn't close out the transaction marking our vehicle as "returned" until 3 days after we returned it... thus the pending charges and nasty letter! Side note: phone "customer service reps" on phone were AWFUL! Everyone we talked to sounded like we were inconveniencing them w/ our call! Sadly, were it not for all the bait & switch with our money, would have been a great experience. Really liked the vehicle (Dodge Journey), though it was a bit dirty inside when we got it!
Dear customer, we are sincerely sorry for the inconvenience caused, your refund had been issued, please check it, thanks.