There were quite a lot of people during peak hours when picking up the car, but overall everything was orderly. Returning the car was very quick; they just checked the fuel charges and whether there were any damages. After signing, it was done. The expected deposit of 500 will be refunded around 7 days. I was upgraded to a larger car, but honestly, the roads in Italy, especially in the mountains and along the coast, are very narrow. A compact car feels more convenient in such situations! Recommended.

I booked an Audi A4 but was given an Audi Q2. The same thing happened during my last car rental in Rome: I booked an SUV and got an Audi A4. The trunk could only fit two 26-inch suitcases by folding down one of the rear seats, but fortunately, there was only one passenger in the back. The diesel car did save me about 15% on fuel, but its condition was terrible—the right rear door was dented, the right rear fender was detached, and there were scratches all over the vehicle. Parking it anywhere could make it look like it had been in a collision. At return, the car rental staff just did a quick check and cleared it. During the rental process, the staff was very polite. I guess this rental company will be my only choice when renting cars in Europe in the future.

Very good

Pick-up and drop-off were smooth, no aggressive insurance upselling. The car was new.

Europcar counter staff was curt and inflexible to the point of being rude. I arrived at 7:45pm for my 8:30pm pick-up. I had buffered in some time in case of flight delay and also in case there was a queue to pick up and inspect the car. Counter staff insisted that she could only start entertaining me at 8:30pm and asked me to come back 45 mins later. For Budget/Avis early pick-up for up to an hour was no issue, which seems fair because if the customer is late for pickup the rental company does not have to honour the booking so most people turn up early. In fact she had offered me an upgrade option which she could process immediately at 7:45pm without having to wait which means the 8:30pm was only a tactic to make me upgrade and not has nothing to do with their pick up policy. She also hinted on processing my booking slowly if I did not take the upgrade. The service level should be consistent whether or not I took the upgrade, this was highly unprofessional behaviour. I was also given a Fiat500L instead of a Golf when I saw that there were at least 5 Golfs when I left the premises. I felt treated like a second class citizen because I had not booked directly with europcar and they did not hide it. Will only booked with Avis/Budget in the future when using this app. Europcar clearly does not really respect EasyRentCars compared to other apps like trip.com or Rentalcars with this staff’s attitude, I sincerely hope that changes overtime when the app gains more market share. you could get the sense that the staff is only motivated to cross sell more add-ons and not deliver on what the app already covers.