May I ask if anyone has any experiences....good or bad....with Avis at Boston ?
The reason I ask is that my missus and I are off to our to our annual roadtrip in the Autumn to New England. We depart LHR on Tuesday 10th.October. As per usual we are treating ouselves and have taken advantage of the VS UC sale that went out earlier in the year. The price this year was £1800 each which surprisingly was a fair bit cheaper than last year's sale . I think we then paid approximately £2300.
The reason I ask about Avis is that this will be our 14th consecutive rental with Hertz. Over that time since 2006 ,two wonderful ladies on the front desk....Flo and Marie....have become good friends
However, not once in all 14 rentals has Hertz ever been able to honour the car of my choice in their " Prestige " range. Even though they supposedly guarantee it and I make the booking months ahead.
So over the years I have pre-booked....and paid for....BMW's, Mercedes, Volvos and end up with Cadillacs ! A decent enough car might I add but not what I pre-booked. Last year for example i reserved a Mercedes GL450 and ended up with a bloody great Infinity 4 wheel drive.....in white
The thing is that we now walk up to the Hertz desk each year to be met by either Flo or Marie who surpise us with the car available. It has become a bit of a giggle. I have written to Hertz Head Office in the past to query why the " guaranteed "model ain't actually guaranteed !!!! I have always gone on to exonerate Flo and Marie from any griping because they are excellent employees of Hertz and lovely ladies and are merely doing their best.
This year I have pre-ordered a Range Rover Discovery and will not be surprised to find an old Cadillac waiting for me again .
Just wondered if anyone knows whether Avis are any better in supplying car of choice in their posh range ? For the last couple of years since all the rental agencies moved from Tomahawk Drive to the new base at the airport, I have noticed quite a few BMW's in the Avis part of the basement.
I would be a bit reluctant to not use Hertz again as I am a Gold card member and they have all my details online so it only takes minutes to pick up the car. Also dear Flo and Marie greet us with hugs and kisses now and I would miss that alot
Apologies for the length of this but thought I would just ask.
The reason I ask is that my missus and I are off to our to our annual roadtrip in the Autumn to New England. We depart LHR on Tuesday 10th.October. As per usual we are treating ouselves and have taken advantage of the VS UC sale that went out earlier in the year. The price this year was £1800 each which surprisingly was a fair bit cheaper than last year's sale . I think we then paid approximately £2300.
The reason I ask about Avis is that this will be our 14th consecutive rental with Hertz. Over that time since 2006 ,two wonderful ladies on the front desk....Flo and Marie....have become good friends
However, not once in all 14 rentals has Hertz ever been able to honour the car of my choice in their " Prestige " range. Even though they supposedly guarantee it and I make the booking months ahead.
So over the years I have pre-booked....and paid for....BMW's, Mercedes, Volvos and end up with Cadillacs ! A decent enough car might I add but not what I pre-booked. Last year for example i reserved a Mercedes GL450 and ended up with a bloody great Infinity 4 wheel drive.....in white
The thing is that we now walk up to the Hertz desk each year to be met by either Flo or Marie who surpise us with the car available. It has become a bit of a giggle. I have written to Hertz Head Office in the past to query why the " guaranteed "model ain't actually guaranteed !!!! I have always gone on to exonerate Flo and Marie from any griping because they are excellent employees of Hertz and lovely ladies and are merely doing their best.
This year I have pre-ordered a Range Rover Discovery and will not be surprised to find an old Cadillac waiting for me again .
Just wondered if anyone knows whether Avis are any better in supplying car of choice in their posh range ? For the last couple of years since all the rental agencies moved from Tomahawk Drive to the new base at the airport, I have noticed quite a few BMW's in the Avis part of the basement.
I would be a bit reluctant to not use Hertz again as I am a Gold card member and they have all my details online so it only takes minutes to pick up the car. Also dear Flo and Marie greet us with hugs and kisses now and I would miss that alot
Apologies for the length of this but thought I would just ask.