Ecarz.co.uk Reviews 

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lily Zhao from ecarz assured me that they would do a soft-application that would not affect my credit rating. This was a lie. When that supposedly ‘soft’ application came back with a much lower offe... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling company and terrible service and impossible to contact. It was closed when we arrived in Avignon on Saturday from the Eurostar to collect our car so we were stranded. We telephoned and to... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I booked a car for my son and his friend in Tampa with my Credit card. While I was boooking the car in the Internet I mentionet two times that the driver is under 21. But at the agency (Europcar at Ta... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This booking was a joke. I was allowed to use my debit card to make the purchase and they were quick enough to take my money and only then, after my money was taken was I advised that a credit card is... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

as easy as a.b.c.

easy to book with ecars, found the best deals for me, agent was Alamo, an company was enterprize car hire. We landed at Bristol airport out of office hours but the manager was there to hand over the car, what a great chap. Everything was done for us, all we had to do was drive and enjoy... WELL DONE, we will certainly be using you again and o fcourse recommending you.

30 August 2015
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good holiday

Excellent service all the way, customer service in Dublin was first class will be back so will my family thanks joe

22 August 2015
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good service

Original car offered did not have enough seat adjustment for a small person (5ft) The team went out of their way to get something else for me. Thank you

18 August 2015
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good Car hire with a few Buts

The overall Car hire experince was good baring a few things.

Pros
1) Good Customer Service as in - treatment and interaction
2) Cheap price
3) Good car - got a Ford Galaxy Automatic
4) Picked up all 6 of us from the airport and dropped all 6 of us comfortably to the airport

Cons
1) the signing of contract and the paper formalities took ages in this digital world - took over 15-20 mins
2) The car was supplied with a 30£ fuel and I had to return the car empty - I was charged £30 for the fuel and aksed to return the car empty. That seemed a rip off as how do i ensure that I return the car empty; it should be take full return full.
I ended up filling the car to a comfortable level and gifting that fuel to them.

17 August 2015
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible experience - ruined our holiday

We booked through eCarz and got a great rate for a car. We also did some research and bought excess cover through a different company as we had read many times that this will be offered at a much higher rate on collection of the car. The car we had was with Niza at Malaga airport. The sales person was the most pushy man I have ever dealt with in my experience as a customer. He tried to scaremonger us in to buying excess insurance -told us the one we had bought would not cover as much as his - how he knew that I'll never know, as he wasn't interested in even knowing about the cover we had bought. We stuck to our guns (despite being warned persistently that if there was even the slightest scratch on the car, we would pay the standard excess shown on the board) and didn't buy the excess with Niza, although we did leave the garage filled with dread. We had paid less than £19 in the UK for our excess insurance but it would have cost over £100 to buy Niza's insurance, which, by the way, didn't actually cover every eventuality either!
As a result, we dreaded using the car all holiday - I'm glad we didn't pay Niza for their excess insurance, but with hindsight, perhaps we would have been a little more relaxed about using the car - but that's wrong! We already had our own insurance and this feeling of dread is exactly what the sales person was clearly trying to instill in us so that we would pay them - a really offensive sales technique!
Luckily, we managed to return the car in perfect condition - much to the sales woman's annoyance at Niza cars when we returned. To say she was the rudest person I have ever dealt with is actually an understatement! When she could be bothered to answer our questions (and I can tell you, she didn't bother answering many of them - she just ignored us... Despite telling us that she could speak English!), she would answer in one or two words. She refunded our €1100 back or our card, slammed the receipt down on the desk in front of us and walked off! No information from her about how we would get back to the airport with our bags... Even when we tried to ask her... She actually ignored us!
Luckily for us, the coutesy bus arrived at that point and I will say that the driver was really lovely and helpful.
I will never EVER use eCarz or Niza again - all we did when in the car (and when we were not in it!) was worry about the consequences of any damage done - whether it was our fault or not... And this was despite having bought excess insurance before hand! The people that we dealt with (when collecting and returning the car) were either exceptionally rude or exceptionally pushy! This is not the kind of customer service I would expect anywhere, at any time, but certainly not on a family holiday. Very, very disappointed. I would give no stars if I could, however I see that one star means 'bad - unacceptable experience, unreasonable and rude conduct' - and that pretty much sums it up!

16 August 2015
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Reply from Ecarz.co.uk

Hi Amanda,

Thank you for your review of Ecarz.co.uk.

We are very sorry to hear about your experience and would like to apologize for any distress this caused you and your family during your holiday.

We take customer satisfaction very seriously and are always sorry to hear when the service provided by one of the car hire suppliers we work with, does not meet the standard that we would like to represent. Our aim is to provide good value car hire and good customer support.

We would like to make the supplier, Niza aware of your comments and would therefore be grateful if you could contact our customer support team via our contact page, including details of your experience and your booking reference number so that we can take this up with them.

Please can we advise you that Ecarz.co.uk is powered by a broker working with many different suppilers, including Avis, National, Hertz and many more.

Once again, we are very sorry to hear about your experience and we hope this does not deter you from using Ecarz.co.uk to find your future car hire.

Kind regards,

Ecarz.co.uk

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing car and easy process to hire!

I easily booked through your site within a matter of minutes. I received all the necessary confirmation items I needed for collecting the car also within minutes.
The car I was given was amazing and I thoroughly enjoyed driving it!
I will certainly use this site again in the future!

15 August 2015
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Misleading and untrustworthy!

I've just reported them to trading standards and they are being investigated for misleading information and poor practice.

11 August 2015
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Reply from Ecarz.co.uk

Hi Debra,

Thank you for your review of Ecarz.co.uk.

We're very sorry to hear that you aren't happy with your experience of our company.

Please be assured that we try to be as transparent as possible by providing as much information as we can in the T&C's and information provided before booking and on customers rental vouchers after booking.

If you would like us to look in to any issues for you, please can we ask you to get in touch via our contact page:

https://www.ecarz.co.uk/contact.php

Our customer support team are happy to help.

Kind regards,

Ecarz.co.uk

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disappointed, no rental to driver under 21, but you changed my account

I booked a car for my son and his friend in Tampa with my Credit card. While I was boooking the car in the Internet I mentionet two times that the driver is under 21. But at the agency (Europcar at Tampa airport) they didn't get the car because the Agent does not rent to driver under 21 although it was confirmed in the voucher. So they Rent a car at another agency for double costs. And finaly Ecarz charged my account with the costs although we did not rent at their agency.

10 August 2015
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Reply from Ecarz.co.uk

Hi there

Thank you for your review of Ecarz.co.uk.

We're very sorry to hear that your son was unable to collect the rental car you booked and we would like to apologise for any inconvenience this caused your son and his friend.

We try to be as transparent as possible by providing as much information as we can in the T&C's provided on our website before booking. This includes the minimum driver age and license requirements. Customers are required to tick a box indicating that they have read and understood the T&C's and this is our way of ensuring customers are aware of all aspects of the rental agreement.

If you would like us to look in to this further for you, please can we ask you to get in touch with our customer support:

https://www.ecarz.co.uk/contact.php

Kind regards,

Ecarz.co.uk

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service and great value

We were delighted with every aspect of our car hire collecting from a very helpful staff member at Toulouse airport and returning to an equally pleasant person on return one week later. The hire car was comfortable, immaculately clean and ran without any faults throughout our holiday. And on top of the excellent service, the rates charged were more than reasonable. From our experience, we would strongly recommend.

10 August 2015
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