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FAQs about renting a car from Thrifty at San Diego Carlsbad-Palomar Airport

  • Does Thrifty offer shuttle or airport pick-up services from San Diego Carlsbad-Palomar Airport (CLD)?

    No (According to our data)

Reviews

Pros

" and clean"(in 2376 reviews)
"The "(in 959 reviews)
", easy pick up."(in 959 reviews)

Cons

"Thrifty's was terrible."(in 203 reviews)
" inside."(in 69 reviews)
" is horrible."(in 203 reviews)
Overall Rating5.9 FairBased on 10059 reviews
Cleanliness
6.8
Comfort
6.7
Overall
5.9
Pick-up/Drop-off
5.9
Value for money
6.0

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10.0
Excellent service!! & the staff not to mention! Very happy & grateful for such excellent service. 100% recommended, for all kinds of questions or doubts they always have the best answers. Thank you Thrifty!!!❤️Reviewed 6 May 2025
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2.0
Everything was amazing until the end. I dropped off the car. The lady told me to put my keys on the counter. So I did and I left. Between Sunday morning and Wednesday they wrote me and told me I am going to be charged for a kicked in door and the rear being spraypainted. That damage was not there Sunday morning. When you call them to contest they say that you have to wait a week to contestReviewed 1 May 2025
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10.0
Service was great. Car was dealers choice and was a Jeep Wrangler. Jeep was loud, “rattly” and not smooth, all as expected for a WranglerReviewed 30 Apr 2025
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8.0
When we booked, it wasn’t clear that it was not AT the airport ad no one at the airport knew where it was, so we tried a treacherous walk to where the GPS said it was until we finally saw that they provided a shuttle. The staff was very efficient & once we picked up the vehicle things went smoothly.Reviewed 29 Apr 2025
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2.0
The Thrifty staff at pickup were super rude, ignored us at the desk, and were very rude when asking for a deposit card and extra $200 payments tot take the rental we already paid for. They were not at all kind or helpful in explaining the process and were annoyed that we were even there. They were not all al helpful when our rental blew a flat tire and wanted to charge us $700 to toe us back to the airport. The tow would not take us to our air B&B to get our belongings which is 2 hours from the airport. They would only tow us back to the airport to miss the entire friends wedding so we can exchange the car and drive all the way back to our rental house to pick up our belongings. The car did not have a spare tire or my roadside items. 0/10 would not rent with Thrifty again.Reviewed 28 Apr 2025
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8.0
This is the third time that I have paid for a car that the rental car company classifies as an intermediate, only to be given a compact or sub-compact SUV. this time it was a Kia Soul that according to the thrifty website is a compact car, not a intermediate, but you already know that. Your counter agents are well versed in attempting to upsell the client on insurance and toll road transponders. Under NYS law neither are required and I had my own transponder with me so I accepted neither. NYS and I are fully aware of these upsell techniques.Reviewed 28 Apr 2025
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6.0
Overall experience was good, but was low on cars and and the line was longReviewed 28 Apr 2025
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8.0
Agreed to $100 and price at desk was almost doubled with no reason provided.Reviewed 27 Apr 2025
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2.0
The agent was extremely rude. There was an issue with the reservation dates which was my fault. However, the agent was very rude and impatient as we tried to get it figured out. The agent was unhelpful and acted like it was inconvenient for him to help me. I would walk before I’d rent from Thrifty again.Reviewed 25 Apr 2025
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4.0
When we went inside the car there was crumbs on the seat, a tv remote in the car door and a hotel key card. Clear signs car was not cleaned or checked before.Reviewed 24 Apr 2025
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2.0
The person at the counter was very rude with me because I didn’t want the insurance.Reviewed 24 Apr 2025
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2.0
They were closed when I went to pickup my carReviewed 23 Apr 2025
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