Catania Car Hire

Cons: The car had so many damages on it

Cons: The sales pitch that goes on even after booking for extra insurance meant a simple pick up lasted almost an hour. The impression that I would have to cover the first 800 Euro's, even though I had requested extra insurance, the statement that I would still be charged for paperwork, and that I should invest in extra insurances. They also did not offer any flexibility in the drop off time.

Cons: We had to wait 2 hours from when we arrived at the Europecar to finally get the car. The car they first wanted to give us had extremely wet seats like someone left eh roof opened while it rained for a long time. They said it would take 30 mins to change to another car as they needed to wash it, fill it with fuel. We got the car and it was night time so we couldn't really see. But the next morning we realised the car was very dirty, not washed at all. I took some photos and sent them an email. Never got a reply. We also had a problem with the roof and tried to call them once and was on hold for 30 mins and no-one answered.

Cons: Lower cost options for the WiFi accessory would be nice, however a convenient option for sure.

Cons: You show me a picture with sedan (with small letters you write smart four for) but I got an Yaris.

Cons: The chaos of Catania airport. There were a gazillion people there. The price was substantially more than I had expected to pay and the car was much larger as well (a real van!) which made driving in some areas a bit stressful.

Cons: It was difficult to find the Budget collection area as there are many companies on top of each other.

Cons: Waited in line about 3 hour, and then, budget manager, simply deceived me, twice, hidding taxes, fees and surchages and misled me on payment saying that this twice big amount is not a rental cost, but only an insurance deposit for the duration of the car rental.

Cons: Having rented many cars in the US, this was by far the slowest and overly complicated experience. It took over an hour and a half from arriving at the desk to finally receive car. They would only let the person who's name is on the reservation be the primary driver and pay for the car. Once I explained I made the reservation for my father who was standing with me with a valid driver's license and I would not be driving, they finally added him as a secondary driver for a $250 euro fee (which we got down to $125 and just accepted because we just wanted to get out of there). She kept taking the time to upsell us and not tell us the price impact until asked. Overall, it was just an extremely painful and slow process to just receive a car I had reserved weeks prior. I will not be returning or recommending Budget for future car rental needs in Catania.

Cons: very long wait in catania, well over an hour

Cons: No one answered the phone at Hertz in Catania for two days (these were weekdays). Another set of friends had the same experience. Our third couple waited over 3 hours for their car in Catania. I rented from Avis instead. Never again Hertz.

Cons: Picking up the car was awful. ACE is apparently just a "portal" for other local car rentals, something that is not made clear up front. There was absolutely no information about ACE at Catania airport, no signs, no nothing. We had to ask other rental companies about ACE, who then directed us towards GOLDCAR, which is apparantly whom ACE subcontracts with. Then finding GOLDCAR was another adventure. No signs until you actually trip over the place about 500m from the airport. Then the fun begins. I had booked this car over KAYAK, and paid with my credit card and bought insurance, assuming this was with ACE. Apparently not. It was through Alliance, who had send me the contract. Which GOLDCAR insisted they did not accept. I had to pay once again for both, the car and the insurance, as well as a 150Eu "deposit" to insure a fuel fillup. Well, the gas gauge was faulty. When I picked it up, it showed slightly less than a full tank. When I returned it after filling it to the brim, it still showed slightly less than a full tank. Returning the car was yet another adventure. There are barely any signs, and when you do find it after wandering in the wilderness for half an hour, it took yet another twenty minutes to find the GOLDCAR attendent to receive it. Once this was done it was fairly smooth. But, given the faulty tank, he said that he would hold on to the 150Eu deposit until GOLDCAR could confirm that that tank was indeed full. So I have no idea how much this car rental will end up costing me. But certainly many multiples above what I thought I was going to pay for it. Which, if so, would be an absolute scam. I am not likely to rent cars through Kayak again - and certainly not through ACE - although I always purchase my air tickets through Kayak - they are great at this.

Cons: Know signage for Ace. It's actually Gold rental car with a rye up for Ace. Wasted 2 hrs to search for Ace/gold. Even gold employee did not know about Ace tie up. Sleezey counterperson tried very hard sell for insurance $40 day vs $30 for rental. They try to make profit off damages. Car was same class but not same car. Not Opel, Citroen was terrible..

Cons: The car rental company was actually under a different name, so we spent over an hour looking for a company that didn't exist. After being on hold long distance, we located the company by a different name. Then the company wouldn't rent to us as we didn't have an international drivers license. Incredibly poor!

Cons: We had to wait almost 2 hours for the car The car was extremely dirty, full of dust and hairs We reserved for €420 we ended paying €650 without insurance, just local taxes..... they told us, we even have the car full of diesel if we didn't would be €159 more We reserved a Mercedes we were given a ford. Not luxury at all.