Italy

Good service, no queues

The car rental company's service was quite good. The Rome rental location was easy to find, but the drop-off point at Milan Airport was poorly marked, it can only be described as a trap!

For the second part of our trip, we rented a car. With the experience from the first part, everything went very smoothly. We rented the same model as before but found it too big, so we asked the rental company for a smaller one. Returning the car was very convenient; we drove to the parking lot, and the staff just checked the fuel gauge to complete the return. It was very quick.

We had a reservation for 10 AM and arrived around 10 AM. There were two groups ahead of us being served. When it was our turn, we were informed that they had no A6 Avant available at this location. After waiting for an hour and a half, we were given a Ford S-MAX instead. The group before us, who were also Chinese tourists, received a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a BMW 5 series.

I like the Fiat 500 because of gas mileage, ease of handling and parking. In Hertz’ purchase of their new fleet, there is no Bluetooth available in the cars and no option for a sunroof. It’s disappointing that the company has opted for the cheaper line of these automobiles. With modern use of navigation systems on smart phones, Bluetooth should really be available as a standard feature.

Usually easy to book but when searching only for a city location, it usually turns up the airport locations which makes the search rather tedious.