Pretty good

Picked up a new car with only 1000 km, noticed the driver's seat armrest was dirty. Staff said they only record the issue but don't clean it, advised to go to the exchange location if not satisfied. Budget's approach is understandable. After a day's drive, the tire pressure warning came up. Checked at a gas station: standard pressure 2.3, but the tires were at 2.1, 2.0, 1.9, and 2.2. For a new car, how was it driven by the previous user? The staff confirmed it was full of fuel with no scratches. After three days, they still deducted 11 euros from the deposit, claiming it wasn't full. 7 euros for fuel plus 4 euros for tax. If it was confirmed full, how can they later say it wasn't? With 7 euros of fuel, this hybrid should at least run 100 km. In the end, Budget is understandable, but it's much worse compared to Budget in the USA. Everything never happened in the USA but all happened in Europe.

Although the overall car configuration is good with heated seats, steering wheel, CarPlay, and rearview camera, the mechanical dashboard feels a bit outdated... And the dashboard showed a maintenance required sign as soon as I picked up the car. This lack of maintenance resulted in poor vehicle condition, low-speed shaking, jerky power output, and slow engine response.

This was my first time renting a car overseas, and I was very satisfied with Budget! We originally rented a Mondeo, but the staff noticed we had a lot of luggage and offered to upgrade us to a Volkswagen with a larger trunk for just 7 euros more per day. This turned out to be the right decision. The car was in excellent condition; it was a diesel and had only 7800 kilometers on it, making it very fuel-efficient. We drove 1700 kilometers in total and spent 138 euros on fuel. Returning the car was also very easy and hassle-free. The staff inspected the car and immediately processed the return. The simplicity exceeded our expectations.

The car exceeded my expectations,Haven't checked the charges yet. the service in Hamburg though was arrogant, not helpful and did not function well. On my question why not someone could go with me to the car deck , the answer was just, we don't do that. So after 20 hours of traveling I had to inspect a car, then call them, then nobody came, then call them again, and then someone came and inspected it with me. WHY? why could they not send someone with me , if they knew there were scratches on that car. This is not acceptable and budget should really check wat is going on at German counters. the return was difficult because the way to car return is marked car rental not car return and Hamburg Airport is confusing in the way it is built. At the return, the guys had to do chatting in the office before they served people.