When handling the car pickup procedures, they added some extra costs. Due to communication issues, it took a lot of time and was hard to understand the additional charges. The experience wasn't great. It would be better to have Chinese service during pickup and a more detailed explanation of the car's operation.
The service was particularly bad. They first asked how many suitcases you had and then said they wouldn't fit. They kept pushing you to upgrade and buy insurance. The waiting time was too long. Never choose this rental company in Portugal again.
Picked up the car at Lisbon airport; the queue was quite long. It seemed many people rented from this company, probably because it's the cheapest. However, they provided bottled water while waiting, and the staff was very friendly. Note that Europcar charges extra for additional drivers, which was a first for me. Keep this in mind.
Basic services were good, but the automatic highway toll system rented with the car was incompatible, causing alarms each time we passed a toll gate. On our first attempt to exchange it, we were told it was fine with no issues, so they refused to replace it. Contacting the rental platform didn't help either. We had to follow their advice and try again. The next day, the same alarm occurred on the highway. Finally, after hours of negotiation with local friends helping at the rental office, we got a new system. Everything was fine thereafter, but we were unsure how much we'd be fined for the previous alarms. The rental platform didn't provide effective help in this matter. If we do get fined, I hope the rental platform would handle it properly and positively.
I booked a BMW X2 but not available and offered a Volvo XC40 which was acceptable. Counter staff was very helpful and efficient but pick up counter was average. Overall the whole process was smooth.
“Easy RentCars cares about their service, Europcar does not.”
About Europcar:5.7/10
Avoid like the plauge. They consistently take at least 2 hours to check in, they have no problem telling you "they just had 10 flights land, all behind schedule so there's a sudden rush, it's not usually this bad." They are lying though their teeth, which seems to be a motif for the company. Do not trust anything they say. Get all paperwork duplicated in your native language and above all, do not trust them to be honest. Inspect every tiny detail and take photos of even the smallest cosmetic mar.
They look for small ways to rip you off. The bumper with had a broken restraining clip so it wiggles if you pull on it but had no visible damage and needs to be pulled decently hard to see any flex. This tells me that the car was previously damaged, they cleaned it up but did not repair it. Now that they have hard to notice damage, and know where to look, I expect they tell every driver that it is new damage and keep milking it.
Although the wait time was about 20 minutes, the staff offered us a bottle of mineral water and actively coordinated to open more service windows, so we were satisfied.
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