18 Car Rental Brands in San Diego, California, United States

Pretty good.

Reviewed: Oct 15, 2025

Highly satisfied.

Reviewed: Jul 27, 2025

Very satisfied.

Reviewed: Jul 22, 2025

At the car rental center

Reviewed: May 23, 2025

Very satisfied

Reviewed: Apr 14, 2025

Chose to pick up the car from a branch near my residence in San Diego. Communication was smooth, no waiting in lines, no forced upselling, and the car was ready in 10 minutes with 7000 miles on it. Returned the car at Los Angeles Airport without any issues; just followed the GPS directions to get there. Gas stations near the airport made refueling convenient. The return process was simple and completed in 3 minutes. A shuttle bus right next to the drop-off point took me directly to Terminal B.

Reviewed: Oct 4, 2025

Very satisfied.

Reviewed: Jul 23, 2025

Very satisfied

Reviewed: May 15, 2025

The process was simple and the waiting time in line was short.

Reviewed: Feb 11, 2025

Overall satisfied.

Reviewed: Oct 4, 2024

Very satisfied

Reviewed: Sep 22, 2025

Pretty good.

Reviewed: Jul 7, 2025

Fast and efficient

Reviewed: May 27, 2025

Satisfied

Reviewed: May 17, 2025

Excellent

Reviewed: Apr 26, 2025

Budget's cars are relatively inexpensive, quite good.

Reviewed: Sep 8, 2025

Highly recommend!

Reviewed: Aug 17, 2025

The service was decent, and the vehicle replacement after a flat tire was quite smooth.

Reviewed: Aug 12, 2025

Very satisfied.

Reviewed: Jun 5, 2025

The service was satisfactory, and communication was easy.

Reviewed: Apr 14, 2025

The service is average.

Reviewed: May 9, 2025

Reviewed: Jan 20, 2025

Good

Reviewed: Nov 27, 2024

Long waiting time in line.

Reviewed: Aug 8, 2024

Fast and convenient, professional service.

Reviewed: Aug 6, 2024

Reviewed: Feb 23, 2025

Very satisfied

Reviewed: Apr 2, 2024

Very satisfied

Reviewed: Oct 28, 2021

Quite satisfied, please avoid changing cars during the rental process.

Reviewed: Oct 1, 2021

Counter staff at pick up very pushy trying to get us to upgrade. Said he wasn't happy with our choice of car for safety reasons!! Only driving from SD to LA! He said it had no luggage space, no cruise control and no Bluetooth connectivity. It had all 3! Would put me off using Alamo in the future.

Reviewed: Nov 5, 2019

Overall, the service was satisfactory.

Reviewed: Oct 2, 2024

It's okay.

Reviewed: Sep 13, 2024

Fairly standard

Reviewed: Oct 8, 2019

Satisfied, the process was fast.

Reviewed: Sep 24, 2019

The person checking us in (Valerie) was courteous and professional. She offered us an upgrade which we took her up on (FC or IC?). We had the choice of a fast car, a Toyota Camry or Van. As a family we decided on the Chrysler Pacifica which was a modern van and great to drive.

Reviewed: Dec 25, 2023

I rent a Kia Spotage and first they wanted me to have a mustang then I asked for a Kia and brought me a Toyota with 59,000 miles . OLD and not nice . The employer was not kind .

Reviewed: Mar 21, 2024

The car was not great... some parts didn’t work. The trunk was damaged so we had to lift the door to be able to close it after opening. The attendant was not very helpful with answering questions and helping out upon pickup

Reviewed: Jul 14, 2020

I was under the impression when booking my car that there would not be any extra charges after my initial payment, as I paid for the car in full at time of booking. However, when I arrived they charged an additional amount. I am disgusted by FOX and would not use this company again.

Reviewed: Oct 26, 2019

Did have an additional charge when picking up the car that I was unaware of. The representative made it easy and very helpful.

Reviewed: Sep 24, 2019

I did not get away from the counter until after 12:30 am. Line was long and slow. Nice people, but the process took WAY TOO long. At the rental I booked in Sacramento later in the week, it tool FAR less time to process things and there was not ADDITIONAL insurance required. I am going to check on the insurance that your company required. I had a BMW 530i that required no additional insurance???

Reviewed: Jul 25, 2019

Car was great. Pricing was good. I puke highly recommend NU.

Reviewed: Jan 1, 2024

The staff was courteous and the car was nicely cleaned. Just a heads up Ace will make you purchase their liability insurance. Although that was the case, the rental was well worth the money spent.

Reviewed: Mar 7, 2021

Everything g was great. Staff was extremely polite and helpful. Great experience all the way around.

Reviewed: Mar 15, 2020

Agent at counter asked me if a Mitsubishi Galant was ok? I said "yes that's fine". At the end of the transaction I went to go look for car at the spot and it ended up being a Ford Fiesta instead. Not what she stated, so I was disappointed about that. And the fact that the car was not washed. SMH

Reviewed: Dec 14, 2020

The hidden fees were horrible at payless car rental. I will NEVER rent from them again. 2 week rental for $244 was the reason I went with them, then they put an extra $250 holding fee then they booked me for mileage when my mileage was supposed to be all included. No one told me that I couldn't travel to Sanfran. The lady at the desk specifically asked me where I was going and I told her San francisco and she didn't mention it to me at all! So I was charged an extra $150. At that rate of $650. I would have been better off going with budget or enterprise or anything other than payless... you definately do not pay less at payless car rentals.

Reviewed: Aug 29, 2019

The service was great, but there were so many hidden fees and they tried to charger me 35 cents per mile. I would rather just pay more and go through another vendor.

Reviewed: Jul 10, 2019

Car was 2017 with many miles. Price was notthe same as my confirmation. For that price I could have rented a newer car.

Reviewed: Jul 2, 2019

The car did not even come close to my expectation. Never before have I rented a car that was a bare bones as this. When I reserved the car I expected to get a basic car. But this was way below basic (no power anything, windows doors) and then they tried to upsell/upgrade me at the counter for even just a basic car. if I would have know that was what I should expect I would have rented from another company and gotten a better car for the same price.

Reviewed: Mar 22, 2019

We were directly enrolled into the emerald system and so received extra perks.

Reviewed: Feb 28, 2020

Like: the support of the customer service agent (via email) and the desk representatives (despite arriving at 11:30 pm)
Dislike: n/a

Reviewed: May 4, 2018

Car was in great shape and was feature loaded. Enjoyed the drive

Reviewed: Feb 19, 2020

Brand new car!

Reviewed: May 11, 2017

Jesus was great to work with. The van we rented was a great value.

Reviewed: Dec 31, 2019

After having to wait for 2 buses to get to the off site rental office, we had to wait another 45 minutes at the rental car counter to get the car. Service at counter was EXTREMELY slow & unfriendly. We booked a 2 door economy car. When we finally got waited on, the only car available to us was a full size VAN (which was VERY difficult to get around in in Mission Beach)!! When we said we didn’t want a van, the only consolation MEX offered us was to cancel the rental. Dont know the point of making a reservation with this company when they don’t honor the reservation. Not worth the discount price. DONT USE THIS RENTAL COMPANY.

Reviewed: Oct 22, 2019

Inside of front and back windows were smeared and foggy.

Reviewed: Sep 19, 2019

The MEX folks were very nice and helpful. The only drawback from renting from them was that the rental location requires 2 shuttles to get to; airport to airport shuttle drop off to rental location, so there's a fair bit of waiting involved.

Reviewed: Jul 27, 2019

My booking is for a Toyota Camry but i was told that all their Camry are out so they gave me a Hundai Accent. I told them i don't want a Hundai but they said they don't have anything else. I don't have any other choice but to take the Hundai. I was expecting for them to give me an adjustment on the price i paid. I hope my point and would expect a credit from you. Thank you for your consideration!

Reviewed: Jul 2, 2019

The vehicle was under par VS what we expected. Deceiving!!!

Reviewed: Jun 30, 2019

Advantage charged my credit card and stated our gas tank was not full at drop off. We specifically found a gas station that was open at 4:45 am to fill up our gas tank. This fraudulent charge is very concerning about company practices.

Reviewed: Aug 7, 2019

No staff present at night. Had to come back next morning to pick car. Front staff rude next morning. Will book with tried and tested companies like hertz or avis next time.

Reviewed: Apr 10, 2019

Like: Service
Dislike: At the beginning they told me that I have to pay another 200$for insurance liability. I was very upset since you told that I am not going to pay anything at the counter. Then they told me that I don't need to pay that. That was a relief.The other point is that they asked me if I like to pay 10$/day for tolls so I payed for 8 days and I used it twice. It would be better if they explained how much does it cost each time because I saw on the highway that I was able to pay it on line

Reviewed: Aug 21, 2018

Like: Everything about picking up the car except the fact there was only one rep (the other left) even though there was a line.
Dislike: One guy in front of us was having problems and the only rep should haave moved him to the side because there was a line of other customers with reservations.

Reviewed: Jul 31, 2018

The cup holders in the car were very dirty, sticky and disgusting

Reviewed: Feb 9, 2019

Like: Check in and pick up were quick and easy. No problems whatsoever.

Reviewed: Sep 7, 2018

Like: Thank you for a pleasant and quick rental process. The San Diego green motion staff was very helpful and friendly. I will be returning to the green motion facility soon and in the meantime, I will pass on my positive experience to those I know who will be renting in San Diego. Thanks again! Please pass on the positive feedback to those who helped me out from the counter, to handing me my keys.

Reviewed: Aug 14, 2018

Not many people, but the staff was quite pushy with upsells.

Reviewed: Apr 30, 2018