Coastal Road Trip in California: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Monterey, Carmel, Big Sur, Santa Barbar

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The service attitude was quite average. During the process, the staff kept talking on their mobile phones and were constantly trying to upsell me to upgrade the car model. Although the rental company claimed to provide a car similar to the Grand Cherokee, that was not possible in the US. Upgrading to a Grand Cherokee required an additional cost, and I ended up with a Hyundai Santa Fe. If I wanted a Grand Cherokee, it would have cost an extra $30/day. A friend of mine, who followed the same route but arrived at a different time, was quoted $50/day for the upgrade. I arrived at the rental location at around noon in Los Angeles, and there were very few car options available. Most of the available cars were small SUVs with over 20,000 miles on them. The Santa Fe could hold four 26-inch suitcases. Overall, the car rental experience was very average and not very satisfactory.

The pickup location was in Los Angeles, where there was a long line of people. The staff at the location were not very friendly and lacked patience. However, they did not push hard on insurance sales. The drop-off location was in San Francisco, which operates 24 hours. The staff there was a young African American girl, who was quite inefficient and made serious operational errors. Fortunately, after some communication, we got a refund. Overall, the impression of the San Francisco store was not very good, as their mistakes caused unnecessary trouble for the customers.

The service was great! Plenty of cars! However, I did not get the Grand Cherokee I reserved. Clearly, it was available but they didn't give it to me! This is really unacceptable.