San Francisco, Monterey, Los Angeles, Joshua Tree National Park, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas

The environment wasn't very clean with some trash around. They required me to buy a full tank of fuel and suggested returning the car empty, claiming that gas prices in Los Angeles were much higher than in San Francisco. This arrangement seemed a bit deceitful. The price for a full tank was locked at $3.xx per gallon, which was higher than the average gas price in San Francisco, which is usually around $2.77 per gallon. Additionally, it’s hard to return a car completely empty; I still had nearly half a tank. Many gas stations in Los Angeles also have prices around $2.77 per gallon. So, returning the car with an empty tank is a rip-off. The rental company should have offered an option to return the car with a full tank, but the staff didn't give any choice and just completed the paperwork. Being new to the place, I had no option but to accept it.

Perfect, you can choose from over ten 7-seater Dodge cars. I picked one with the plate number 8888 and only drove a few hundred miles.

We picked up the car at San Francisco Airport. The staff handling the pick-up kept insisting that I buy full insurance, even though I already purchased an additional insurance from ZuZuChe. The rental came with plenty of insurance, but he said it wasn't enough. He asked which cities we were visiting, and when I mentioned Las Vegas, he charged an additional fee of around $2 per day, saying that if I didn't pay it now, I would have to pay it in Las Vegas. During our trip to and from Las Vegas, we didn't encounter any such charges, and my friends in the US hadn't heard of this either. Up to now, I have no idea what the extra charge was for. Returning the car in Los Angeles was fairly smooth. We rented a minivan, and the car condition was okay. However, it wasn't very clean inside when we picked it up, and only the USB port on the main dashboard worked, making it inconvenient to charge mobile WiFi or phones in the car.

Chinese-speaking service helped us resolve many issues, highly recommend.

I followed the guidance from Zuzuche and prepared the required documents, and the procedure was completed smoothly.