EconomyBookings.com
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My daughter's initial booking and rental experience was fine. *but be forewarned! Do not purchase their "full coverage" plan! If you are involved in an accident with the rental vehicle even a fender-bender, and you complete and submit their on-line incident report, you will then be in a major state of limbo in terms of receiving the coverage you paid for, or any information about the status of your claim. If you call to inquire, you will be informed that it is impossible to speak to a human being in "customer support" (seriously. I asked 3 times because I couldn't believe it). All correspondence is strictly via e-mail. Upon sending an e-mail you will receive an auto-reply stating it will be at least 10 business days and possibly up to 30 days to receive a response. Meanwhile, you will receive a letter from the actual car rental agency seeking payment from you for damages to their vehicle. My daughter hugely regrets booking her rental through "economy".

I reserved a car through economybookings.com on Sept 2, 2019. I cancelled it within a few days, and was told that I would receive a refund minus a fee, which I understood. I was told that I would receive a refund on 270.00 within 21 days. This is now November 5, 2019, and I still have not received any refund. This company is dishonest, as far as I can see. I have tried to correspond with them, and received promises, but no refund.

I hired a car in August through you while being on holiday in Portugal. The car I received was smaller than the vehicle I paid for and at no time was offered a discount. I want this investigated immediately and have many pictures showing the car I was offered and the car I was given. I have sent numerous emails to you and have only had apologies that it is taking so long. This isn't good enough. I have attached the documents showing the above with no response.

B71302429 Is the booking reference.

Dear Sir

On 14th October I had made a booking for Bengaluru to Mumbai through Make my trip portal detailed as under

13th Nov 10.50 departure from Bengaluru to Mumbai - by Air Asia 15-304 for 2 passengers namely Aylur Venkateswaran Jayaraman & Seetha Krishnan Jayaraman

Payment also made to Makemy trip

Please check and send the confirmation and ticket copy asap.

Regards,

Jayaraman

Arrived to pick up vehicle. We were told our personal sat nav was not programming our destinations well. Europcar told us they would upgrade our vehicle plus auto transmission, and sat nav at no extra charge. Also did not receive contract, he said he would put it on line. I suppose we were a bit naive thinking we were with our original booking with u. On return of the vehicle we get an invoice online for 272.15 gbp not $225.97 on original contract with economy booking. He used the same reservation no. But apparently did a new contract without telling us, we now have a bill to executive leasing for $515 what can be done by you to fix our problem with europcar. We were conned, at no time did the rep at the desk tell us he had changed our original contract. Our booking no. With u is b91257278 and at no time did we cancel this booking. I don't know yet if we have been charged by u as well, as we have just arrived home from overseas. Not a good experience to be ripped off at the desk by europcar when u go to pick up your car that has already been booked with you. I hope u can help. My name is robyn delaveris and my email is anthony. [protected]@bigpond.com
I will also be reporting europcar actions to my bank, it was a blatant deception, I am sure u will not be happy that your clients were treated this way.

Booked with economy booking to rent a car from Enterprise car rental company. Took out their comprehensive insurance but when voucher arrived didn't insure Canadian or US citizens . Spoke to customer service told me it would be ok and to pick up car . When we collected it - insurance was useless and had to pay even more in insurance costs than what the whole 15 day booking cost before we could even drive the car off the lot. Totally feel like I was ripped off and still no rwspinse from the company when I emailed to complain

WARNING...You can not cancel a car rental booking with Economy Bookings. Canceling is impossible to do via their website, or by trying to call. Ultimately what happens is you go past the 24 hour and 48 hour cancellation deadlines and get a "no show". "You can not cancel your booking if the rental has already started" and you will be charged the entire amount of the rental and also the Insurance, if purchased.
There is no where to cancel in "My bookings" as stated in their policy below. If you call any or all of the numbers provided on their website, you are automatically put on hold, no one answers, and after 15 minutes, you get cut off.

I contacted my Credit Card Company to stop payment to Economy Bookings as fraud because they made it impossible to cancel. Only then, after my Credit Card Co. was finally able to get a hold of Economy Bookings, did they respond. They blocked the refund by sending nine pages to my Credit Card Co. which included their Cancellation policy, the rental agreement and a letter stating why I should not be refunded.

Basically by clicking the "Book Now" button, the consumer is contractually held to their policies, which in my opinion are misleading.

On their website the CANCELLATION POLICY states:

Cancellations can be made in "My bookings" section and by contacting
EcomomyBookings.com

1. If you cancel 48 hours or more prior to your pick up, you will be refunded minus the cancellation fee of USD 40.00.
2. If you cancel less than 48 hours before pick-up, you will be refunded minus the cancellation fee of USD 55.00.
3. If you cancel your booking less than 24 hours before pick up, you will be refunded minus the cancellation fee of USD 150.00.
4. If your prepayment is less than USD 150.00, there won't be any additional charge, but you won`t receive any refund. No refund will be applied for unused rental days.
5. You cannot cancel your booking if your rental has already started.

We used your services to reserve a van for our vacation from LAX Ace car rental, we arrived on a Sunday, the employee told me I had to prove them that my insurance company will cover a van. They told me to call Wawanesa, they are closed on Sundays, I inquired about getting my deposit back and was denied. I didn't read anything on the reservation form about proving that i can drive a van.

Policy No. B51118949.

On arrival at the car rental desk, having gone through all the information twice as the operator lost it on completion the first time. I was then asked to pay 169.01 Euros.I questioned this as on my rental agreement it said 159.01 Euros. I was told that the out of hours price had gone up to 35 Euros. I showed him my confirmation, but he just said that Economybookings new about the increase and ask them for a refund!

I was then shown the car which was fine. During the week I had to fill up and as I was under the impression it was full to full, and filled up the tank. I thought I had run out of petrol quite quickly so looked for the documents I had been given. On this it stated that the car was given to me half full, but this had never been pointed out to me. On returning the car to SurPrice it was 7/8 full, much more than half, but again I had no look trying to get any Euros back for the extra petrol that I had inadvertently put in the car because I was under the impression it was dull to full as the initial rental agreement had suggested.

I have uploaded 3 photographs. One showing the additional money that I had to pay when collecting the car and 2 showing the additional petrol I had put in the car thinking it was full to full initially.

Please let me know what you are able to do on my behalf.

Thanks,

Paul Smith

I booked with this company a car service and the car company didn't accept my card. I canceled my reservation. I tried calling the company for more than 6 times so they could begin the process for refunding the money and I didn't have luck with the situation. I wrote to all the emails regarding this issue within less than 12 hours and I have not received any response. I would like to make a formal complaint about this and I want my money back.
Thank you,
Auda I. Pérez Vázquez

The advertised price is $19.06 per day, with taxes & fees added total for a week listed as $263.46
When I got to the very end the total charged to my credit card is $311.74.
I did not request anything additional. I have sent several emails and messages requesting a refund. Nothing!
When I picked up the car & brought it to attention of man he said he could see where I was overcharged and assured me I would receive a refund.
Nothing!
The car was returned yesterday, a receipt was emailed to me still showing incorrect amount.
If you do not respond to this, and do not refund the overcharges I will have no choice but to launch a dispute through my credit card company.
Everything else was finewith the rental, the car, and the return. It's really a shame this is taking so much time & effort on my part to get a response and resolution.

I have been trying to call and email this company for weeks. No one is responding. I needed to speak about changing my car but the only option left was to cancel with a debit on my credit card.
I will never book with them again. There is absolutely no customer service.
My car rental is for july 30th with dollar rentals made through economybookings.com.
I have called three different numbers and I have emailed several times.

Hello,

I book a rental car a few weeks ago for San Jose, CA. The pick up date was June 20th and the return date was 23rd. I did not get a booking confirmation number the the $221 was taken out of my account. I have tried to call repeatedly but no one ever picks up. I need my booking number and to know where I go to get the car at the San Jose Airport.

J ai deja faite une demande et je n ai rien recu,
j ai eu une charge de $35. 47 US sur ma carte Visa pour louer une voiture
du 27 fevrier au 30 mars 2019 quand j ai donne les papiers correspondant
a la voiture et le credit la dame ma repondu que cela ne la regardait pas
alors j aimerais bien etre rembourse pour cette charge svp
et aussi j aimerais bien avoir un suivi pour ma demande
Denise Charlebois
Ma reservation est... B41534223
Invoice date 13 10 2018
Invoice Nr. BG-B41534223

On Saturday (05/18/2019) I attempted to reserve a rental car for an upcoming family vacation on economybookings.com. My visa credit card was declined so on Sunday (05/19/2019) I made other arrangements. Much to my surprise on Monday (05/20/2019) I receive an email from economybookings.com confirming my reservation. I seriously question the ethics of a company that will keep trying to complete a transaction two days after the initial attempt. Economybookings.com has agreed to refund (which I still have not received) $355 of the $394 charge, however I have an issue with being charged any amount two days after the initial failed attempt. Just to be clear, no I did not attempt a transaction on the economybookings.com website after Saturday (05/18/2019). Can anyone please help me to recover the full amount of $394.

Thank You
LeMonte Southern

Economybookings.com
616 Corporate Way
Ste 2-3973
New York, Valley Cottage, NY 10989
Email: reservations@bookinggroup.com

Hello, Myself Anvesh Reddy. I booked a car on 4th may 2019 and pickup is at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport. My booking number is B79180948. I went to car rental company(Dollar) to pickup the car and they mentioned there were no car available for friday bookings. They charged from my card the amount for $66.10. I was trying to reach them by phone and email but nothing worked. They haven't given me any car.
I want my money back.

I used economy bookings to book a car rental. All was fine until the end where we were charged for damages. Having taken out full insurance with them we were told we can claim the money back.

I can not get hold of them on either phone or email. Poor communication and service provided by them. I have had one response from them a the start to reply with proof and documents.
I replied to them with all relevant documents e.g invoice; booking; statements but no reply since.

More images/ documents can be provided if needed .
Booking ref: B11296355

Richard Thomas
[protected]
R.[protected]@hotmail.co.uk

My invoice for a rental car at SFO airport is BG-B86982340. I paid a deposit for $59.61 for the use of a rental car for 5 days. When we arrived at the airport we followed the instructions to contact the company to pick us up at the location specified. We called 3 times over 30 minutes. Each time we were told by a computer voice that no one was at the location to answer the phone and that we should try again LATER! We were unable to get our car and were forced to rent from someone else. We want an immediate refund. If we do not get a refund quickly we will contest the charge through our credit card company. Gary Ammarell
This occured on 5/2/2019 [protected]@comcast.net

Stay away!

Rented auto and when I wanted to change the pick up hour for an earlier time and also change the return time accordingly therefore the same rental time. An additional fee was quoted. After agreeing with this fee in writing, I never received a confirmation from them even after 6 email messages requesting it. Also, customer service number is not available at any time. Customer service agent do not listen to you at all. Bad dudes... Stay away.