I waited in line for 2 hours. This was my most frustrating car rental experience, completely tricked by the London Devila car rental company. I underestimated the speed of the London Underground and the airport express, and even worse, the efficiency of the rental company. There were only 2-3 people ahead of me, but by the time it was my turn, over 2 hours had passed. A man dressed in a suit and tie, looking different from the other staff, attended to me. He told me my reservation had expired, as bookings were only held for 1 hour. I had to make a new rental at a rate of £140, and he said I had no other choice because the original booking was non-refundable and there were no other rental companies nearby. They said they only had expensive automatic cars available. As I had no evidence to prove I arrived within the 1-hour window, I couldn't reinstate my original booking. Left with no choice, I negotiated and rented a car for 2 days at £82. While discussing the issue with the platform, the woman behind me said she had also arrived late and had booked an automatic car online, but she wasn't good at driving manual cars. After completing my paperwork, I saw she had already picked up her car. This indicates that there were indeed other automatic cars available. This rental experience made the reservation meaningless—not only did I not get the car I booked, but I was forced to rent on-site at double the price, feeling like I was being taken advantage of in a bad situation.
Easy to locate and convenient transportation. Overall, the service was average. They kept pushing local British insurance, which was extremely expensive. When I presented my comprehensive domestic car insurance, their attitude immediately changed.
Very satisfied. Just be sure to check if there are any warning indicators on the vehicle's dashboard during the rental period, and address them before returning the car; otherwise, there might be additional charges later. This was not mentioned during pickup.
The car rental staff asked me to pay a deposit of £1950 with my credit card instead of using a pre-authorization when I picked up the car. After returning the car, I emailed them to request a refund of the deposit, but they claimed that the £1950 payment was just a pre-authorization. When I emailed again, asking them to check their bank payment records, they stopped replying. This is a scam car rental company.
We took a bus from the airport and were charged £13.6 for two people. We reserved a Volvo XC60, but we got a Mazda X5. Not sure if it’s in the same class, but it seemed like a rip-off to me. The car pickup process was very inefficient, especially during the short winter days in London. We spent nearly half an hour at the counter just to get the car, and it cost almost £19,000 for 22 days.
My experience with this rental company was very unpleasant. I booked two Volvo 60s, but ended up with Volkswagens. The trunks were smaller, but they insisted it was the same class of car, so I couldn't argue. The other car booked was a Ford 7-seater, but we got a 5-seater and they wouldn't refund the difference, claiming it was the same class.
Additionally, they charged us extra for two additional drivers and promised a refund in seven days, but we never received it until the rental platform proactively refunded us.
Due to some operational error, we failed to pay the parking fees, and both cars received penalties at the same place and time. The company only sent us the fine for one car a month later, but deducted a £55 management fee without explanation for the second car. After much follow-up, we received the other fine a month later.
The service attitude and efficiency were really disappointing. I will never use this rental company again, and I advise others to be cautious when choosing car rentals.
The car rental experience with this company was very disappointing. I had booked two Volvo S60s, but neither was available, and we were given Volkswagens instead, which had smaller trunks. Since they were considered similar models, there was nothing we could say. As for the other car, we reserved a 7-seater Ford but got a 5-seater Ford instead, and the company insisted it was a similar model and refused to refund the difference.
Additionally, they overcharged us for two additional driver fees, promised a refund within 7 days, but it never arrived. Eventually, the platform provided the refund for us.
Due to an operational issue, we failed to pay the parking fee, and both cars received identical parking fines at the same time and place. The rental company sent us one fine a month later but deducted a £55 management fee for the other car without specifying the fee or notifying us via email. After constant follow-ups, they finally forwarded the identical fine to us the following month.
With such poor service and inefficiency, I will never rent from this company again. Please choose your rental company carefully.
Not good, too many mileage restrictions. Even after purchasing unlimited mileage, there were still charges at the end. The car was in very poor condition, with no air conditioning, and the key remote was broken, often failing to lock the car. This was the worst car rental experience I've had abroad. They didn't provide a full tank of gas at pickup but charged for a full tank at return. Extremely poor service. Another rental company I used for this trip did not have these issues.
“Will book directly with car rental company and not QEEQ in the future”
About DRIVALIA:9.0/10
I booked the car through QEEQ
Car was great.
I extended the car rental via Drivalia platform
Credit payment was to Drivalia
But after countless emails, no invoice could be provided for me vehicle extension
“Good company, average spec vehicles. Will be using again”
About DRIVALIA:7.0/10
Although I wasn’t a fan of the manufacturing quality of the MG I had, I was grateful for the upgrade to automatic and the friendliness of Mark at the desk when I picked up and dropped off the car
About QEEQ:10.0/10
The iOS app is good. It could be improved by being able to save favourite companies so you don’t have to manually select them every time a search is done. The website is not as good as it used to be. Annoying you can’t list cars by order of price.
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