Europcar - Naples Capodichino Airport Information, Car Rental Instructions & Policies

I was completely disgusted and annoyed at the service that I received from Europcar at Naples Airport and the staff are ruining the reputation of both Europcar and Easyrentcars.com! I pre-booked and paid for a Fiat 500L or similar in full, weeks before I actually arrived in Naples. My request for such a car was specific as there were two adults, one 11 year old, a baby, one car seat, two large suitcases, one small suitcase, one holdall plus four small bags. When i turned up I was told there was no Fiat 500L available and I wasn't offered something comparable OR better to compensate for this. Instead I was told I could have an Alfa Romeo Giulia for & Euros extra a day and when I declined, I was offered a Peugeot 208 that had so many bangs, dents, scrapes and scratches on EVERY panel, that it was only suitable for a scrapyard! It was also far too small and filthy! I was not even offered a discount on the price, compared to a Fiat 500L, even though the receptionist was only too willing to get an extra 7 Euros a day out of me for the Alfa Romeo. Any other reasonable firm would have considered renting me a better vehicle for the same price but not at Europcar Naples Airport. However, once I complained they decided that their 'scam' wouldn't work and after a 30 minute wait...a freshly prepared Fiat 500L turned up and I was able to get on with my holiday. The Fiat 500L was in good condition and clean although it had a scuffed front nearside alloy. (I also discovered later on that during servicing of the engine, some one had left an engine panel off, over the oil cap and it was dangling dangerously close to the radiator fan). Other than that the car was great. Unfortunately when I returned the car with a full tank of petrol as required I discovered today, that Europcar have added £46.12 to my credit card which i can only presume is for diesel and I have already been in contact with the Fraud Dept for my credit card! Apparently this is a commonplace scam of theirs!

We had to wait two hours for our car at Naples Airport: the ticket system is inefficient, the rental desk too small and understaffed. After the theft of our rental car (1 week into our stay in Italy), we were unable to contact Europcar by phone. They put you on hold for hours, then put the phone down on you or tell you to ring a different number. And they won’t call you back! Absolutely shocking!! We eventually got a new car but it took three days and two long journeys by public transport to get it sorted. Don’t use Europcar!

There is a big line for the shuttle service, and even longer line for Europecar counter. It’s not the amount of people, it’s the fact that they try to sell you extra insurance and work very very slow. They gave us a fiat500, except from the nice exterior, the car is very uncomfortable, and can’t withhold the mountain roads

The car provided was of a different standard. Instead of BMW 1 series only one model was offered, i.e. Fiat Tipo.

Europcar was informed by Easyrentcars that I will be late to pick up the reserved car. Despite that, I was informed that the car I reserved was gone and I had to pay extra for another car.

Long waiting time

Terrible experience, but why the extra charges??? My deposit had an unexplained extra charge of over 1000 yuan!!! The car was inspected at drop-off with no issues! The fuel tank was also full!!!

The process was quite fast

The waiting time was acceptable. I mistakenly booked the wrong date, a month late. Ended up renting a new A5 convertible at the last minute for 500 euros a day.

Pick-up and drop-off are fairly convenient, but the biggest problem is that the car you get is never the one shown in the order. I booked a Mercedes C, but Europcar gave me a DS7, claiming it's in the same class. In what way are they in the same class? The model or the price? In a certain sense, this feels like fraud!

The counter staff has poor English skills and can't communicate clearly. There is no one to assist in finding the car in the parking lot, which is a significant difference compared to other rental companies.

I hope there will be no fines, and if there are any, please help handle them.

Very satisfied

EUROPCAR is a good car rental company. The car had a few minor scratches when I picked it up. To avoid any issues when returning the car, I took photos of the scratched areas during pickup. The return process was smooth, and they didn’t inspect the car in detail. The deposit was also refunded promptly.

The vehicle had issues, and the rental company and return location showed no intention to provide service or assistance. They even suggested taking a taxi or train instead. There was no roadside assistance, nor any effort to solve the problem. The return location refused to wait an extra 10 minutes and demanded additional fees for parking resulting from self-service vehicle drop-off.

The staff were professional and efficient, making the pick-up and drop-off process very smooth, with no excessive sales pitches.

The car I picked up didn’t have a full tank of gas. It was late, and I didn’t feel like arguing with them. Everything else was fine!

The service attitude was terrible. During the car pickup process, the female staff member was extremely rude to us. She was very polite when dealing with a white customer, but when it came to us, she was clearly impatient. After completing the procedures, we found that the airport pickup location was very far from the store. We walked there and discovered that the key was wrong—there wasn’t a single car in the parking lot we could use. We had to walk back to exchange the key. We explained the situation politely and asked her to replace the key, but she became very impatient, adamantly insisting that she hadn’t given us the wrong key. She claimed we went to the wrong parking lot and even told us to check the contract, sarcastically suggesting we couldn’t understand English (when it’s actually her English that was terrible, coupled with a heavy accent). After some back-and-forth, she made a call to her colleague to verify and realized she had indeed given us the wrong key. Without saying a word, she quietly exchanged it and continued to insist she hadn’t made a mistake. She went as far as to say we were too incompetent to find the car and that she was giving us a more easily identifiable one to accommodate our intelligence level. Additionally, we rented an Alfa Romeo electric car but were given a Peugeot 2008 instead. The car was supposed to have a range of 300km when fully charged, but it was grossly exaggerated—the actual range was only 150–180km. Traveling from Rome to Pisa (330km) required two fast charges. We’ve rented cars abroad many times, and this was by far the worst experience. Stupid Italy.