Recommended pick car wisely

The Queenstown branch is small with inefficient customer service, and there were long queues. We were attended by a young male staff member who was very unfriendly and had a cold demeanor throughout. When we had questions after picking up the car, we had to wait too long, causing our children to be exposed to the sun. When we urged him, he started pointing fingers at us while speaking. The online claims about Apex's poor attitude towards Chinese customers seem to be true. However, all the local people we met during our New Zealand road trip were very friendly.

I paid for a GPS for the trip as I didnt want to pay to use the internet on my phone due to being overseas but Apex does not offer any GPS. I also waited for an hour in the pick up zone outside, called 10-15 times and got nothing. I ended up walking in the rain to find the place.

one of the car tires was not safe to drive and i suffered a side-wall blow out. Luckily, i was able to change the (small) spare and get to a service facility. Apex didn't give the best advice by phone, but when I returned with a receipt of service and the original tire, they quickly and professionally credited me for the charge I incurred.

This car was fairly old and probably should be taken out of service. It has over 150,000 km in it and does not have some of the now basic options of most cars like cruise control, usb plug and backup camera. The car did the job, but felt a bit clunky so I was sometimes scared it would break down on me.

Like: Friendly staff and convenient location
Dislike: The car wasn't ready at the time I booked it from. It was probably an hour late in total.