CAR RENTAL REVIEWS ON BUDGET AT JOHN F. KENNEDY INTL AIRPORT, JFK

The service is excellent, the car is in great condition, and there were no issues along the way.

It was very convenient to pick up and drop off the car at different locations, and the service was excellent.

I hope the process can be faster.

Extremely slow, long queues with fewer and fewer staff. Spent an hour waiting in line. Very bad experience

Normal speed

Foreign rental companies are decent, but QEEQ is horrible. There's no actual QEEQ, it's just a second-hand broker. It took me a long time to find out it was budget.

Picking up the car was very convenient, and the car was in great condition.

The service was terrible. We arrived at the New York airport store on time to pick up the car, but they didn't reserve the car as per the booking terms. We had to wait for other people to return their cars. When questioned why they didn't honor the contract, they blamed the third party, which is QEEQ, and said we just had to wait. They couldn't even tell us how long we would need to wait, or offered us the option not to rent. We waited at the New York airport store for over 4 hours before getting a car. The kids were so tired they fell asleep on the floor. The car they gave us was not the model we had reserved. After much arguing, we finally got the right model. No one assisted us with inspecting the car or taking it. It was a terrible car rental experience. We will never rent from Budget again.

Very good. Although I rented the car late and didn't manage to get a Hertz car, the Budget car was also very nice, almost new. The paperwork was processed quickly, very satisfied!

Arriving at JFK Airport in New York around 3 AM, there weren't too many people renting cars, about six or seven. I waited in line for about half an hour, completed the formalities by around 4 AM, and then had to wait more than twenty minutes to get the car, wasting my precious two hours.

They charged us an additional 60 dollars on arrival.

Both the pickup and return processes were smooth. I didn't even need to use the driver's license translation I had prepared. Picked up the car at JFK.

My previous experience renting from Budget was fine; there weren’t many people in line, and the overall situation was relatively good. This time, the line was much longer, almost reaching the door, and we waited for nearly an hour. They initially gave us the designated car, but we couldn’t find it after searching for a long time. When we asked an employee at the pickup location, he said the car wasn’t available even though it was clearly the one reported to the counter via the radio. For some reason, that car had been taken. We had to go back to the counter to talk. After waiting for the counter staff to finish assisting other customers, they offered us a replacement car. However, when we started it, a yellow light on the dashboard indicated an issue. We found the same employee again, and he said the light was faulty and told us to go back to the counter to get another car. On our third trip inside, the line was still extending to the door, and then we found out there were no more cars available of the size we booked since many people had reserved full-size cars. We waited and waited, but no one from the rental company offered us an upgrade. Eventually, they said they had a Chevrolet Malibu available, but it needed to be washed first. We waited for another hour before finally getting the car, spending a total of two hours, the longest I’ve ever spent renting a car. Because of this experience, I might not rent from them again. Additionally, I discovered another problem: the EZPass in the car didn’t work when passing through toll roads, so we had to pay cash, worrying about fines and whether Budget would charge additional service fees. Later, when we returned the car, the counter staff assured us there would be no fines or service fees, but I’m still unsure what will happen.

Overall, the process is efficient, and the vehicle was a new one with 9000 kilometers. However, make sure to read the contract carefully as picking up the car half an hour early almost resulted in extra fees. Fortunately, it was corrected in time.