Drivalia Car Hire Glasgow Airport Reviews Summary

Category: Car rental agency Paisley

Address: Glasgow Airport, 35 McFarlane St, Paisley PA3 1SA, United Kingdom

Phone: +441416117100

Rating: 4.1
based on 488 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Can't fault Kenny and the team that work here."
  • "Gary picked us up, so helpful and cheery."
  • "When collecting car dealt with another member of staff who was very friendly and guided me through the information."
  • "Staff were attentive when I arrived and talked me through my options for insurance etc."
  • "The staff are amazing and very friendly and helpful."
  • "Daniel was very nice/ helpful in getting us on the road."
  • "Lovely experience, Stuart and George are so lovely."

Cons:

  • "Be warned about using Drivalia/Easirent if your flight is due to arrive in the evening."
  • "Had to pay extra because I didn't have 2500 pound on a credit card and couldn't use my wife's, so they charged an extra 300 plus a deposit because of this."
  • "We were pushed to pay for extra insurance."
  • "I feel like my friends and I were taken advantage of by the representative because we were a relatively young group."
  • "Waited for more than half an hour and called them twice to be met by an absolutely rude person who doesn't know anything about decent customer service."
  • "However I came across this manager called “George” he is the most arrogant and unprofessional manager I have ever came across."
  • "Beware of the follicly challenged angry wee Scotty dug of a man ready to bark at any given chance."

Vehicle Condition

Pros:

  • "The car was immaculate, brand new 2022 Honda CR-V that was fully detailed."
  • "Car was spotless and almost new."
  • "Our car was ready for us upon arrival, was clean, and ran well."
  • "The car actually had a bald tire & also a scrape on it."
  • "The vehicles are clean and well maintained."
  • "Car was excellent, just a Ford Fiesta, but no problems."
  • "The car was clean and drove great."

Cons:

  • "Provided a car with the air supply disconnected."
  • "The Car we got fiat 500, didn't have cruise control, the only downside."
  • "Mostly having near run out of oil worried me that other basic checks are not made before unknowing customers take the car."
  • "Rented me a car with a dent down 1 side, trims coming away from the front bumper, engine management light on the dash panel, tyre warning on the dash panel."
  • "The coverof the left wing mirror was missing."
  • "Car was squealing before driving out of lot."
  • "Car was fine, however shortly after taking started bleeping and seemingly nearly out of oil."

Shuttle Service

Pros:

  • "The shuttle service is quick and to call them is easy."
  • "Transfer to and from the airport was easy to arrange with friendly staff members to match."
  • "They have a shuttle that will pick you up - they were there in 5 minutes when I called."
  • "The drop off and check out process went seamlessly as well and we were in and out in 5 minutes then shuttled off to the airport for our flight."
  • "Daniel went above and beyond and even drove us and our bags to catch the train on our way back home."
  • "Big thanks to Kenny and Amir for dropping us off at Travelodge for our return journey."
  • "The driver was super friendly and helpful."

Cons:

  • "Place is really far from everything, we were taken to the closest train station as a favour, and were left to wait one hour for next train to Glasgow Central and no ubers or taxis."
  • "Avoid at all costs. They say there is a shuttle bus, but it will never arrive."
  • "We had to wait 40 minutes for after being told we would be collected in 10 minutes."
  • "Rental from Glasgow Airport. Pickup from airport phone number extension rejected repeatedly."
  • "The shuttle service worked well - I just called up and it arrived within 10 minutes."
  • "We were also not provided with a receipt after being charged 224 pounds when collecting the car after we had already paid 190 for the car rental which included the extra insurance."
  • "The complimentary shuttle from the airport is so quick and efficient."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Check outs was smooth, no hidden prices and fair trade."
  • "A very good price."
  • "The small automatic car that we had requested wasn’t available but we were given an upgrade to a larger, and very high spec, automatic at no extra cost."
  • "Super speedy in getting the car together, no hidden fees when returning the car."
  • "Hired a Fiat 500, great value for money."
  • "Extremely straightforward and good value."
  • "Great value for money."

Cons:

  • "When I booked the car online (direct) I informed them I would be returning the car out of office hours, nothing stated via website or by the agent about a £20 cash fee that had to be paid."
  • "The company is not based at the airport and requires extra time to collect and return the car which incurs a fee outside operating hours."
  • "You need to pay minimum £25 a day extra when you get there."
  • "Drivalia refused to accept 1500 cash deposit. Forced to provide 400 excess."
  • "The full to full petrol option we booked wasn’t available at the counter."
  • "The charges were double the car."
  • "My flight was canceled so Drivalia gave away my car and then charged me more than double because the only option was an “upgrade.”"

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