Convenient and Great Deal

The airport staff were pretty good.

We waited at the airport for the shuttle to take us to the pickup location, and the whole process of waiting and getting the car took over an hour. The car they gave me was two tiers lower than what I booked, but they charged the same. Due to the remote location of the pickup point, there were no other rental companies nearby, so it was impossible to cancel and switch to another company, not to mention wasting over an hour. It felt like a scam! Worst of all, the company's staff were extremely lazy and didn't fill the tank. I had to return the car with three-quarters of a tank. If I filled more, I lost money. If I filled less, they charged me extra. Basically, the customer loses out!

Waited at the airport for 30 minutes, and there was deceptive behavior. The fuel tank was only half full. I drove 35 miles and ended up refueling for 30 CAD. They acknowledged the tank was not full initially but refused to cover the costs!

While I didn't have any problems with my rental, there is a definite fly-by-night feeling to the whole experience. Their premises is an unrenovated former Chinese restaurant. I did not get the vehicle that I expected, and I did not see the variety of models that they claimed to offer in their lot. I was also asked about obvious wear and tear as "damage" to the vehicle, which was dropped when I offered to involve American Express.

You have a very comprehensive and convenient app to use, but you need to screen your providers.

The shuttle from the airport was a horrendous THREE HOUR experience due to mainly traffic. Once at the Routes office yet another agonizing 50 minute wait due to inconsiderate and inexperienced staff. After 35 minutes to get through the sign-in, the pre-inspection found the vehicle was NOT clean and ready, the lot jockey collided with another vehicle in their lot rushing it over to the cleaning bay. Another vehicle was brought in, NOT clean, so we had another 15 minute wait to finally get our “not to clean” vehicle ! This four hour + fiasco set us nicely into Vancouver rush hour traffic which was not in my plans considering we landed at YVR at at 12:45pm