Car Rental at Fort Lauderdale Airport

Pros: Nothing, the service was poor, their was hidden fees, inconvenient to reach and the line was super long. The hidden fees and the is what caused me to not move forward with a rental.

Cons: Everything - The hidden requirements of having liability insurance was extremely inconvenient and uncalled for. The representative tried to trick me into getting their insurance which doubled the price of the estimated cost. I will never go back to this car rental unit ever.

Beware: Economy Rent a Car not the same as Economy Car Rentals

Pros: Got the car we reserved online - not a substitute and no upselling.

Cons: Don’t do it. This was more of a fly-by-night operation than the “real” Economy car rental place. Need to bring your insurance coverage declaration page. Not just proof of insurance. Beware of many extra fees not disclosed on website and requirement to sign an agreement if you don’t take their insurance that all extra costs including downtime for vehicle repairs will be charged to your personal credit card. Pickup and return is offsite from airport, so you will need a gps. There is a shuttle and bus transfer to/from airport.

Hidden costs

Cons: I’ve never had so much trouble renting a car. I get there and walk in give them my name. He asks for the card I used to book the rental, sees it’s a debit card and tells me I have to pay an extra $10 a day because that’s a liability. I don’t use credit cards, and never had this with enterprise. Then in order to use my own insurance, normally my insurance card is just fine, not here, they want the declaration page. Talk about making you go through hoops. After an unsuccessful attempt of me trying to find that online, a manager comes over and says it’s fine to use my insurance card. Now let’s get to the fees: If you go through a toll and don’t have a sun pass it’s up to $100 fee. But if you pay just another $10/day you’re covered. They pretty much almost threaten you with this, that if you don’t get it you’re screwed. Worried about anything happening and your insurance may not cover? Just another $5/day we got you covered. Again, I understand it’s a business and you want to sell more but they’re overly hard pressed on it. There as a couple other things I didn’t even pay attention to because o was so fed up at this point, I just wanted to get out of there. I’ll stick with enterprise anytime I need a rental, and I’d advise you to do so too.