Great Budget experience at MCO!

[TinkBoo&ElliesMum]

A week before leaving we found out that Budget had canceled the wrong reservation for us (we had two, one with an upgrade coupon and one without - they canceled the one with the upgrade coupon attached and changing the other would have increased our rate by almost $300!!) so I made three phone calls and spent an hour and a half on the phone, they promised to refund the cost of an upgrade on our rental after the rental was over. I was a tad concerned about all of this, but the rate was too good to let go of so we kept the reservation.

We arrived at the Fastbreak line around 6pm on Wednesday Oct. 20th, I talked to the guy and told him what had happened, he said not to worry about it and upgraded us for free to a premium car! So my DH got his dream Buick LeSabre to drive for two weeks! We spent about 2 minutes at the counter and off to the car we went! That was it! It took us much longer to get all the car seats installed and the bags in the trunk!

We fit two huge suitcases in the trunk, a huge stroller bag with a jogging stroller, and on the way home we added two large duffle bags to the mix, everything fit - yay!!

The car was clean, ran well, and that XM radio was pretty darn cool too!

I would highly recommend Budget after this one, they were awesome!

 

[inkkognito]

Glad to hear you had a great experience
We have used them several times and got a great upgrade once too. We had rented an economy car, and the desk agent said we could have a Ford Escape if we didn't mind taking one that hadn't been cleaned out yet. No problem!! The only thing we noticed was some sand on the floors...I think the previous renters had used it to visit the beach. I sure didn't mind that because going from economy to SUV was well worth it.
Barb

 

[mcefalo]

HI,

Using Dollar rental from MCO in April - have always used Avis in the past but got a great rate. Can you tell me where the vehicles are located in reference to the rental desks? For AVIS is was just across the street - not too far from the rental desks.

Thank you for the info

 

[inkkognito]

Dollar will be the same...all of the onsite cars are located in the same area (parking garage across the street).
Barb

 

[Taratink]

Is Budget actually in the airport like Dollar? I refuse to take a shuttle or any of that stuff with two young kids. Its hard enough on the airplane.
Tara

 

[TinkBoo&ElliesMum]

Originally posted by Taratink
Is Budget actually in the airport like Dollar? I refuse to take a shuttle or any of that stuff with two young kids. Its hard enough on the airplane.
Tara

Yep, it's right across the way with all the other companies!

 

[Taratink]

Thank you Jessica!