Tour of the Black Forest Area Around Freiburg

We booked three Volkswagen Golf station wagons. The customer service said there were only two available and kindly upgraded one for free, clearly explaining that there was no extra charge. However, they didn't inform us what the third car was, nor that it was downgraded. It was a small Skoda Fabia! Moreover, the VW and Skoda cars were in different locations. We had to pick up the VW cars ourselves without staff assistance; whereas for the Skoda, the staff handed the keys to my friend and accompanied them to pick up the car. I didn't even see the keys. My friend, who doesn't speak English and is a bit naive, didn't inform me about the Skoda. After seeing the cars together, I felt a bit angry. So, make sure to check what car you are given when picking up!

The overall experience was fantastic

They gave me a much smaller car.

The Europcar Munich branch, which cooperates with Shouqi Car Rental, has two arrogant employees. The female manager of the branch covers up for the malicious vehicle upgrades carried out by her subordinates. When I requested to swap back to the reserved vehicle, they deliberately downgraded the vehicle class and used the excuse of no automatic transmission to make things difficult. They have double standards for Westerners and Chinese; they explain every clause to Westerners but give the Chinese customers a German version instead of an English one, misleading them about the deposit vs. upgrade fee. When asked if there were any extra charges, they verbally said no. After being caught, they forcibly claimed that signing meant confirmation and refused to refund.

We had a lot of luggage for 4 people, booked a Mercedes E-Class Estate, but were given an Alfa SUV. The luggage didn't fit, so we had to squeeze into the back seats.