We returned the car late at night and paid the deposit in cash. They didn't return the cash deposit then and asked us to pick it up the next day. However, when we went to get it, $20.0 was missing. Due to the language barrier, we couldn't figure out why and didn't have time to ask.

Picking up the car was very convenient. I reserved a Grand Cherokee, but international rentals are based on the car model, so unfortunately, I didn’t get it. I ended up with a Ford Edge, which was a pleasant surprise as it was a seven-seater. This gave us much more room for our two kids. We had the car for nineteen days, and due to a change in our schedule, we extended it by one day, which cost around fifty dollars. The switch was incredibly fast, taking only a minute. I was very impressed with the efficiency of the car rental process in the U.S.

There were quite a lot of people in line in San Francisco, I waited for nearly half an hour. Returning the car in Vegas was very quick, but the pre-authorization held my funds for almost a month.

The staff at the service counter were very nice and explained the differences between vehicle categories in detail.

Like: I was particularly impressed at how quickly we went through the pickup process, especially given how huge the crowd was and how stressed the other customers looked. We used the self-checkout process at the SFO Alamo counter, and while the kiosk actually malfunctioned, this allowed a manager on duty to whisk us through the process in remarkably short time. We had no issues with the reservation, and we were even given a wide choice of cars to choose from in the parking deck, including even a pickup truck (despite that we'd reserved a compact car). The return process was equally smooth, efficient and utterly hassle-free.