CAR RENTAL REVIEWS ON GREEN MOTION AT HEATHROW AIRPORT, LHR

We were charged an extra £200 for some rebooking fee because we arrived two hours late to pick up the car. Our friends, who were also two hours late but booked with a different company, didn't have to pay this fee. This rental company doesn't care about customers' interests, and their service is very average and impersonal. I've never encountered such problems renting cars in the USA and Spain. It's so unfair! What would have happened if we didn't pick up the car that day? This kind of unfair clause from the rental company is just uncomfortable and not good service. In the future, I'll book directly with the rental company instead!

Queued for nearly half an hour. They strongly pushed insurance on us. Since it was our first time driving in the UK, we were a bit worried, so we ended up paying more than three times the price for it... Later, we realized it was completely unnecessary, as UK drivers are very courteous. Just be careful and you really don't need the insurance.

I waited in line for almost two and a half hours, and then the process took another two hours. They asked all sorts of personal questions, like my job and home address, which I've never experienced in all my years of renting cars. The efficiency was low, and they even told me to inspect the car by myself. They said if there's an issue, come back to me. It was really frustrating.

The store is at the Holiday Inn Heathrow Airport. They switched the car I originally booked and wanted to charge an upgrade fee. This feels like a rip-off, very unpleasant experience. I will not rent from this company again.

1. The reception told me that a petrol version car could only go 200 miles on a full tank, whereas a diesel one could go 500 miles. They persuaded me to upgrade to diesel for 60 Euros. When I got to the parking lot, the staff handed me a beat-up 9-seater Volkswagen diesel. I said I had chosen a Mercedes, but they told me that was the only car available in the same class. I was scammed out of 60 Euros. The fuel cap of this car was broken, and it wouldn't close properly. Throughout my trip, many kind locals tried to warn me in various ways, including making me pull over on the highway. 2. Upon returning the car, I was told that I would be charged extra for exceeding 100 miles per day, which was not mentioned during the rental process. Luckily, I had a Chinese friend from the UK with me, and the staff waived the fee.

The store is small, with only three staff members. The place where the cars are located is far from where you handle the paperwork. The signage is not obvious, it's in the hotel's parking lot. We had to look around for a long time. Very annoying!

1. Constantly pushing insurance sales. 2. Gave the car with no fuel, only 1/6 left, but sneakily wrote 1/4 on the form. 3. When returning the car, they noticed I had no insurance and deliberately made two new scratches, forcing me to pay £388. I checked the car an hour before returning it and found no issues. During the inspection, the staff didn't inspect the car with me. There was no one to reason with when the problem occurred. 4. This company feels very unprofessional. Though the prices are cheap, they profit by upselling and tricking customers. Another customer at the car pick-up was scammed out of over £500 for scratches because they didn’t buy insurance.

The location is just a bit remote.

You took a commission, so the rental company tries to earn it back by any means.

Fairly satisfied. It was a bit cumbersome to get from the airport to the car pickup location, not very convenient.

Rude attitude

Very bad experience. Despite having prepaid the full rental fee, they rented out my reserved Mercedes to someone else because I arrived later than planned. They made me pay over 200 pounds more for a Volkswagen instead. Our group of six arrived late at night and had to continue our journey, so we had to accept it. Thankfully, with the assistance of the rental platform after returning to China, it took a month of negotiations with the UK car rental company to recover our loss.

The service was great, they were enthusiastic in helping with car inspection and pickup. Not much different from domestic service.

The location is quite far from the airport, with the shuttle bus coming only every 45 minutes. During our trip, we were rear-ended by another vehicle, but couldn't reach the rental company's helpline, so we had to go to a nearby rental office. Thankfully, a Chinese-speaking customer service rep helped us with the insurance claim. We had to fill out the claim form online, and again when returning the car. The insurance company's website was very poor, and any submission error meant starting over. We ended up filling out the form numerous times! Though the price wasn't bad, overall, I can only say it was average.

At the car rental counter, they told me the trunk of the originally booked Tiguan was small and suggested I get a CRV diesel instead as it had a larger trunk and was more fuel-efficient. They mentioned there was a brand-new car available, so I paid an extra 300 pounds to switch. However, when I went to the parking lot to pick up the car, they said there were no CRVs left and gave me a Volvo V70 that had already been driven over 20,000 km. Being away from home and short on time, I decided to go with it. Overall, it was just okay, maybe that's typical for a small company.

My rental company was Green Motion, not Carnect. The car was good, a Korean make. I originally booked a Volkswagen Golf, but they gave me the Korean car instead. This car might be more advanced than the Volkswagen Golf, making it easier to drive and more comfortable to ride in. Many roads in the UK are narrow, and its lane departure warning system was very useful for those of us not used to driving on the left. Additionally, Green Motion's pick-up and drop-off procedures were convenient, and the staff's service attitude was good.

The car model from the order was not available, and there were no similar ones either.

I booked a Passat on the website, but upon arrival, they said they didn't have that model and only had a Citroen C5 (not sure if I remember correctly) of a similar size. This should be promptly communicated by email after the order is confirmed.

The company seriously lacks an accident handling mechanism for international customers and is irresponsible! After an accident, they don't provide a replacement vehicle or a refund. I don't know what kind of unreasonable terms these are! Absolutely no sense of service.

No Chinese service, didn't get the selected car, was forced to switch cars, got tricked into buying thousands worth of insurance, not legitimate!