Budget User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience24.8% of reviews
Neutral5.9% of reviews
Negative experience69.2% of reviews

~ Based on 741 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Budget Safe?

Budget – Car Rental appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Budget is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 76,711 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

90.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 76,711 App Store ratings for Budget.

Is Budget Legit?

Budget – Car Rental appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Budget is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Horrible pay system

What decade is this app from that it only has enough memory for one single payment system???
Changing cards, while not difficult, is more of a pain than ANY OTHER APP and shows the lack of awareness by budget on refusing to improve the app to the most basic standard level.

Wretched

it took over 20 minutes to get past the counter that's with the reservations completed with the app then to pick the vehicle up I'm still waiting and it's been almost an hour this is unacceptable.

The worst Company

Dont book with them!!! They are scamming people out of your deposit and adding charges to your card without being notified.

No cars

Reservations mean nothing!!!!

High

Car is a little expensive

Cancellation fees

$50 cancellation fee for canceling a week in advance is a rip off. I need to look for another provider with better terms.

Does not work

The app doesn’t recognize any of the codes it asks for. Or that I have a current rental.

Good Will

Quick and easy to make reservation

C-card problem

Won’t take my saved credit card with Budget which is valid and works for me all the time when charging with other companies, so I have to manually enter another credit card.

Useless

Doesn’t list Guam as a location for fast break or location even though we have a budget office here. Can’t enter flight info. App was useless.

Seamless

A very smooth rental experience. Traded up with no hassle, got in, got out, got back (2 weeks later), stepped out, stepped on, and flew home. The whole thing was a breeze.

Works

It gets the job done. Always works well, no issues.

WORST COMPANY STAY AWAY

I returned the car with full tank. Still they charged me $68. Stay away from these frauds.

If no other option, please take all the receipts and photos of the car before you return. They try to scam you in every possible way they can.

Clowns managed by monkeys

The worst company. Tried to login. They said they’ll send me email and didn’t. Called and system recognized me. A clown in the other line couldn’t find reservation or my name. Or phone number the system recognized by NAME. CEO. FIRE your clowns.

Any mileage restrictions?

Made reservation, still don’t know ☹️

Crashes constantly

Ever since the most recent update, the app crashes before it even opens. Sometimes it takes 3-4 tries before it will open and let me sign in. After that it seems to work fine.

Rental

Upon arrival, there was a mixup on the rental pick up date The customer Rep was good and understanding about the date mix up that was done on line and she gave me the customer service 800 number while at the airport and they corrected it and I went back to the line , I was called back up and after a brief moment I on my way to pick up
The car. Both the agents there were very efficient , understanding and worked well to get me the rental .
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$50 cancel fee

I canceled a reservation more than 2 months in advance and still a $50 cancel fee.

Excellent Rental car

Excellent from start to finish
Everything was set up to the customer . No waiting time to pick up the rental and return

Unhappy

Price changed when trying to pay