Budget Check In/Skip the Counter

[Norris1969]

Originally Posted by irvin38a

Yes, booked the large car via Irish AE. Like you say, there’s no rules against it so should be ok but it is slightly concerning isn’t it?! We don’t go til August so plenty of time to see how it works out for others that have done the same. When do you go?

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Mid July therefore not long before you. I’m still tempted to phone Budget and AutoEurope and try and figure out a work around. Used to be a good workaround for Alamo on here years ago where if you’d booked through a 3rd party you could open up your confirmation on one page then log in to Alamo using Bing and it would allow you to complete their skip the counter………….tried that last week for autoeurope/budget and failed miserably.

[irvin38a]

Originally Posted by Norris1969

Mid July therefore not long before you. I’m still tempted to phone Budget and AutoEurope and try and figure out a work around. Used to be a good workaround for Alamo on here years ago where if you’d booked through a 3rd party you could open up your confirmation on one page then log in to Alamo using Bing and it would allow you to complete their skip the counter………….tried that last week for autoeurope/budget and failed miserably.

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Yes, remember that trick. 🤣

[amf]

Originally Posted by Norris1969

Ideal, let us know how you get on. We are flying in to Tampa but back from Miami, doing a bit of travelling outside of the Orlando park part of the trip and those airport options were the most convenient/better prices for us.

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Picked up Ford Escape at Budget's North Miami Beach depot. Selected this branch because of good reviews. Airport branch reviews were terrible in comparison.

I and out in 15 minutes. No hard sell. Car has 47K miles on clock - by far the highest mileage car I've rented. That said, it looks OK and drives well.

Only criticism is that, whilst the car was cleaned outside and hoovered whilst we waited it was not properly sanitised. 5 minutes with the sanitiser wipes sorted that.

FIRST time with Budget and I'm reasonably happy.

[irvin38a]

Originally Posted by amf

Picked up Ford Escape at Budget's North Miami Beach depot. Selected this branch because of good reviews. Airport branch reviews were terrible in comparison.

I and out in 15 minutes. No hard sell. Car has 47K miles on clock - by far the highest mileage car I've rented. That said, it looks OK and drives well.

Only criticism is that, whilst the car was cleaned outside and hoovered whilst we waited it was not properly sanitised. 5 minutes with the sanitiser wipes sorted that.

FIRST time with Budget and I'm reasonably happy.

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Did you hire through AutoEurope Ireland?

[amf]

Originally Posted by irvin38a

Did you hire through AutoEurope Ireland?

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Nope, with Andy (Discount Florida Car Hire).

[Maindrain]

I'm booked for February, also with AutoEurope.ie for a full size four door.
Tried the on-line check in and had a problem with country of residence.
Hoping that some wizard is going to come up with a work around. I don't really enjoy the "hard sell" after a transatlantic flight.

[Softy]

Picked up a minivan from Tampa on Monday. Got a Toyota Sienna. New York plate with 17k on the clock. The whole level was filled with a car in every space. Definitely no shortage at Tampa!

[DFCH-Andy]

Originally Posted by Softy

Picked up a minivan from Tampa on Monday. Got a Toyota Sienna. New York plate with 17k on the clock. The whole level was filled with a car in every space. Definitely no shortage at Tampa!

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Which rental company was this? Only last week Budget/Avis ran out of vehicles at Tampa airport... I think they had them stored off site and they had to bring them across but not great for waiting customers

[Norris1969]

Originally Posted by Softy

Picked up a minivan from Tampa on Monday. Got a Toyota Sienna. New York plate with 17k on the clock. The whole level was filled with a car in every space. Definitely no shortage at Tampa!

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With Budget?…….did you manage to skip the counter or did you need to go to the Hire Desk (and if you did then what were the queues like and any hard sell?)?

[Softy]

Originally Posted by DFCH-Andy

Which rental company was this? Only last week Budget/Avis ran out of vehicles at Tampa airport... I think they had them stored off site and they had to bring them across but not great for waiting customers

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Budget/Avis.