Dollar vs. Alamo

[Iheoma]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone could give their advice/opinion on this. I've reserved a compact from both Alamo and Dollar for approx. the same price (Dollar is $5 more but I have a coupon for a free upgrade and Fastlane check-in). We have always used Alamo in the past but I'm wondering if we would do better with Dollar. I know that Dollar is on-site and Alamo is off but I guess I'm wondering about quality, speed and service. I don't think Alamo is great but I know what I'm getting. Any advice?

Thanks,
Iheoma

*Regarding the upgrade- I don't consider this a plus Dollar's favor because there is a possibility that they won't have the availability to upgrade so I don't automatically count on it.*

 

[DVC-Don]

Alamo is now onsite. But having used both onsite, dropping the car off at the end of vacation is a LOT faster and easier with Dollar. You pull up, the friendly guy looks the car over and prints your receipt right there. With Alamo, you pull up, a surly guy looks over the car and shoves a paper into your stomach. Then you take that paper over to a little office and wait in line to check out. At least that was our experience.

 

[dgaston]

We just returned a compact, rented from Alamo via Priceline ($15 per day) and once I finally drove around the airport enough to get into the rental car return lane, the only difference was that Alamo is on the 2nd floor of the garage, and Dollar is on the first. We got our ticket printed quickly (no surly guy, just checked the gas gauge) and walked to the elevator to go down to cross the street to take the elevator up to the 3rd floor for ticketing.

Hope that makes sense!