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Budget at Dublin Airport

Arrivals Hall Terminal 1 & 2 Dublin Airport Dublin Co. Dublin K67 E4P2
00353 1 844 5150
Pick-up instructions
Customers arriving into Terminal 1 should turn right when exiting the baggage reclaim area where you will see the Budget car rental desk directly in front of you. Customers arriving into Terminal 2 should leave the baggage reclaim area and continue straight across the arrivals hall. The Budget desk is located on the left as you enter the multi-storey car park. Customers are brought to the car rental centre by shuttle bus to collect their car. The distance is about 2 kms.
Drop-off instructions
Please clarify Drop-off instructions with Car Provider upon Pick-up.
Business hours
Mon:05:00-00:00
Tue:05:00-00:00
Wed:05:00-00:00
Thu:05:00-00:00
Fri:05:00-00:00
Sat:05:00-00:00
Sun:05:00-00:00
Holidays (Office closed)
December 25
Key box
No

Customer Ratings and Latest Reviews

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Because we want to make sure each review listed here is left by a real customer, we don’t have the option to post a review here. Instead, we ask each and every customer to leave a review after they return their rental car. This way, you know that all reviews are authentic.

Spain
Nissan Qashqai
12/8/24

Cons: Avoid at all costs

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
11/24/24

Cons: The right front tire on our car should be replaced for safety. Although we made the drive around Ireland safely I was always little worried about it.

United Kingdom
Nissan Juke
11/7/24

Pros: Speed of dropping off

Cons: Quality of car was extremely poor, scratches and dents all over. The car drove like it was about 30 years old. The car seat we were given was rubbish, didn’t feel safe for my daughter at all. The cost of the holding deposit was ridiculously high for such a poor car.

Indonesia
Nissan Qashqai
11/6/24

Pros: Fast service, car's economic fuel consumption.

Cons: It was not clear if the car was diesel or petrol (neither the key, car or documentation provided this information).

United Kingdom
Nissan Qashqai
10/31/24

Cons: Car was not operable, had to return shortly after pick up to get another car. Second car also presented worrisome engine error and tire pressure error messages during rental while we were far from service areas.

United Kingdom
Toyota Aygo
10/28/24

Pros: Transparent

Cons: Fuel deposit

Luxembourg
Toyota Corolla
10/28/24

Pros: Good price in the low season.

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
10/21/24

Pros: Cost was more than reasonable! Return was easy and fast. The car was a bit dinged when we got it, but the reps were aware of all dents and were sure to note that we had not added any additional dents to the vehicle.

Cons: Overall, service was great! Upon arrival at the airport, we did get a little run around from the service desk who, instead of telling us to hop on the shuttle, directed us to the garage and it took us some time to realize that we weren't where we needed to be and we had to return to the desk to get better directions. Otherwise, everyone was great.

Australia
Toyota Aygo
10/19/24

Pros: Everything went smoothly. Staff were helpful

Cons: Full insurance costs a lot.

Slovenia
Toyota Corolla
10/15/24

Pros: It was uncomplicated.

Ireland
Nissan Qashqai
10/9/24

Pros: Very friendly, new cars, and overall satisfaction.

Cons: Long waits, and car wasn't clean. Although it wasn't in bad shape, you could see car was barely clean after last use.

Ireland
Toyota Corolla
10/7/24

Pros: Great staff, very easy.

Cons: the huge excess that you need on your card

United Kingdom
Nissan Qashqai
10/5/24

Pros: Great service. Very quick

Cons: Nothing

Ecuador
Renault Clio
10/4/24

Pros: simplicity

Cons: Car was old

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
10/3/24

Pros: Price, relatively easy drop off process

Cons: Long wait (>45 min) to pick up car, not easy to find the actual rental desk to pick up, old model car, unclear instruction on barrier-free toll payment

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
10/2/24

Pros: Extremely disappointed

Cons: Extremely disappointed with the Dublin branch of Budget . Firstly I booked Economy Volkswagen Polo or similar, ECMN/ECMN but I was tried to be given a Suzuki swift with 15 defects. The car was a small car and not the size I had booked. It was a blatant move to get the car moved off the Dublin premises to be dropped off to Knock. After using Budget numerous times already this year I would like to think I deserved some minimum respect. I refused the car and the correct car was swapped over.

France
Toyota Corolla
10/2/24

Cons: suspition de fraude

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
9/26/24

Pros: Efficient car return.

Cons: This rental car had 120,000 miles on it. No back-up camera and seems to be anything they rent to DiscoverCars are the worst of the lot. This is older than my 2016 Lexus NX that has a back-up camera. Just glad it didn't break while we were using it.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
9/25/24

Pros: Very nice agents at rental desk and at drop off. Really helpful and pleasant

Cons: Can’t think of anything

United States of America (USA)
Volkswagen Polo
9/22/24

Pros: I loved the customer service / people working for the company

Cons: It was very difficult to find the car pick up and then even more difficult to find drop off. I had to call and get voiced over directions because the gps address didn't get me even close to drop off

Czech Republic
Renault Clio
9/21/24

Pros: staff and personal - nice and efficient

Cons: the condition of the car

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
9/18/24

Pros: Nothing

Cons: The courtesy bus long time waiting on collection and drop off. Poorly run in comparison with lots of other car rental companys

United Kingdom
Toyota Aygo
9/15/24

Pros: They were fairly quick and efficient

Cons: I was told fuel tank was full, I didn't check and ran out of petrol after 40 miles. Was told to bring back car with fuel full and they will refund. I hve not received a refund yet

Australia
Toyota Corolla
9/15/24

Cons: For a medium sized car it had virtually no luggage space. Could have got a small car with same size luggage.

France
Renault Clio
9/10/24

Pros: Service staff extremely helpful

Cons: Huge queue for collection

Spain
Nissan Micra
9/9/24

Pros: Fast operations

Cons: The car was not clean.

United Kingdom
Toyota Aygo
9/8/24

Pros: Service could not be faulted -flight late so did not get desk until after 12 midnight - and I know they close at midnight but to his credit he waited for me in his own time

Cons: Could not fault service

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
9/3/24

Pros: A great agent

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
9/2/24

Pros: Return went smooth

Cons: Everything but the return and the person who exchanged our second for third car. Small town and he helped us out

Czech Republic
Toyota Corolla
8/28/24

Pros: It was clear and quick.

Cons: I don't understand why you need a credit card - either I have the money or I don't. I had to have my credit card issued just because of this hassle.

United Kingdom
Ford Fiesta
8/27/24

Pros: Quick and easy

Cons: Nothing

Poland
Kia Picanto
8/26/24

Pros: Everything beside what I described in the "what I didn't like field". Unfortunately characters limit didn't allow me to finish the story.

Cons: I was unfortunately misled by a Budget employee when I finally managed to call the company (I think it was the 4th time), because he mentioned that picking up the car the next day after 5 o'clock (the flight was delayed by 3h, so there was no option for me to pick up the car on time) would not be a problem and the reservation would not be lost. However, after a night at the airport and going to the board, I was informed that it was a problem after all (the gentleman was moderately nice...

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/21/24

Pros: Efficient service with regards to drop off

Cons: The car itself was in really bad shape. The clutch and brakes need replacing. Also hiring a car that has over 100k on the mileage is not something that I would expect - especially the money I paid.

Spain
Toyota Corolla
8/20/24

Pros: Generally, the Irish folks are generally delightful.

Cons: Delay in shuttle and check-in.

France
Nissan Qashqai
8/19/24

Cons: Crappy heavy-mileage and dammaged Dacia Duster in place of an advertised Nissan Qashqai

Switzerland
Toyota Corolla
8/19/24

Pros: Very streamlined both picking up and dropping. Minor rim issue dealt with swiftly too.

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
8/13/24

Pros: Great service at the rental desk and efficient checking of car upon return to get it passed off before we left. And quick check of fuel gauge

Cons: Size of car not as ordered. Opel cross is smaller than Toyota Corolla or equivalent!

Italy
Volkswagen Polo
8/11/24

Pros: The total price online was €418.92, unfortunately when we arrived at the Dublin desk at Budget, not having sufficient availability on the €2000 credit card, so they charged us a total of €797.21. I had already paid a deposit online on the Discovercars website of €139.44 but Budget did not deduct this from my total final balance. As a result, the total amount I had to pay came to €936.65. I find this exaggerated figure absolutely unacceptable, Budget speculates on customers' difficulties.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Golf STW
8/9/24

Pros: The car was value for money & the swapped car easily when they had initially offered the wrong size car paid for.

Cons: Initial car was not size originally ordered.

Ireland
Ford Ka
8/5/24

Pros: None

Cons: I didn't like the attendants

Netherlands
Nissan Qashqai
8/4/24

Cons: Creditcard was not accepted. Herefor i needed to pay an extra coverage of 570 euro. Besides that we got a smaller car then paid for.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/1/24

Cons: Hidden costs, due to credit card not being in my name. This was not clear on booking as I would not have booked it.

Netherlands
Ford Ka
8/1/24

Pros: The car was very old and beaten up. It had numerous dents and scratches and it felt like it would breakdown at any point.

Cons: Good service from budget but the car was terrible!

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
7/31/24

Pros: Service is good . Agents lovely but spoilt by a dirty car.

Japan
Renault Clio
7/29/24

Pros: Return at knock was friendly, efficient, no fuss.

Cons: Poorly signalled process at Dublin airport. Queued at terminal desk only to be told to go straight to bus. Bus was overfull. Received an Aygo but I thought that I had specifically paid a few euros more to get a slightly higher grade of compact car. Should have just gone for the cheapest option. Didn’t feel like a company that cares for its customers.

Canada
Renault Clio
7/28/24

Pros: When we picked up the car in Dublin, John was our rep and he was excellent. Super friendly and helpful and gave us some good advice.

South Africa
Volkswagen Polo
7/27/24

Pros: All except the overcharge

Cons: I was charged an amount of Euros 95.23 on 17/4 when I made the booking DC-7607342. This was not deducted by Budget who have now charged me a further Euros 158.88

France
Renault Clio
7/26/24

Pros: Accessibility in the airport

Cons: No respect of the contact in terms of budget Level of the car not in line with the one booked ans expected

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
7/24/24

Pros: Staff were friendly and helpful.

Cons: The middle seatbelt in the car was faulty, as confirmed when we returned the car. We had three passengers leaving the airport but when we picked up my husband a day later we realised the seatbelt There were not enough staff and a two hour wait without explanation was not a good start.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
7/21/24

Pros: Absolute awful customer service

Cons: When picking up the car it had a smell of food inside and noticed it had v high mileage. It then broke down after 10 miles into our road trip. Tried phoning the desk but no one answered the phone. Spent half a day trying to get the car replaced… only answering after 30 or so attempts. Will never use this company again

Canada
Renault Clio
7/17/24

Pros: The price was great

Cons: It's a bit silly to disarm the GPS in a car when it's 2024. Also, the windscreen was permenantly marked from people afixing what I guess is phone holders. The M50 toll set up is abysmal, but this is probably the same for all companies. You have to pay the toll totally blind of know what you owe!

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
7/16/24

Pros: Quick check in and check out

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
7/14/24

Pros: Friendly and conditions are clear

United States of America (USA)
Skoda Citigo
7/8/24

Pros: Super quick and easy

Cons: The guys weren’t the nicest but were not unpleasant

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
7/5/24

Pros: Good, low mileage car. All parts of the rental were seamless.

Cons: Windshield (inside) was a bit dirty and had to clean it early on

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
7/5/24

Pros: We had an engine warning light come on during the first few days of the trip. Budget was great with exchanging the car at the closest airport.

Portugal
Volkswagen Polo
6/24/24

Pros: Very efficient service. Even though it is not located right away in the airport, it provides shuttle service to the office.

Cons: The pick up place is not right away in the airport, so it will add up to your pick up time spent. Finding the place to get the shuttle may be also challenging but there will be easily identifiable people along the way to help you. Still, overall it went smooth and on a good pace.

Belgium
Toyota Aygo
6/23/24

Cons: I had to take an insurance because they refused to block 2000eur on 2 different credit cards. So I ended up paying 3 times the price I was expecting Also: there were 2 alarmlights on the dashboard when I picked it up. Nothing serious but it shows a lack of maintenance checks by budget

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
6/22/24

Pros: Was supposed to pick up ar terminal, qued for 20 mins zo be told to head for bus to pick up car at drop off point, rude bus driver, shouting at customers, and then my car wasn't ready , fortunately for me a free upgrade but very untidy car ,

United Kingdom
Skoda Citigo
6/17/24

Pros: Very efficient and courteous

Cons: Sometimes a longer wait for the bus to terminal than before

United Kingdom
Toyota Aygo
6/14/24

Pros: Fast and efficient

Cons: Trying to find a petrol station at the airport took a while

Ireland
Toyota Aygo
6/13/24

Cons: The car was with Hugh mileage over 111.000kms it smelled weird and it had lots of scratches

United Kingdom
Nissan Qashqai
6/4/24

Pros: Good value

Cons: The car wasn't ready, despite the fact that we arrived on time.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Aygo
6/4/24

Pros: Fast, efficient pick-up and drop-off.

Cons: Older car, very bumpy ride. The car was not very clean especially the windshield was full of bug spots. No A/C in the car and the fan only worked at OFF or full speed which made the ride very noisy. Otherwise had to drive with open windows which was also very noisy.

France
Dacia Jogger
5/29/24

Pros: It was the only quote we could get that wasn’t exorbitant.

Cons: Staff at pick-up weren’t clear about what we’d already paid for and tried to charge us again for some items (second driver and crossing the border). Staff at drop-off didn’t know what each other was doing and thought we hadn’t refilled the fuel tank than that we hadn’t returned the keys. The instructions at pick-up were to return the car to the same car park. However, at drop-off we realized this was wrong and we had to go all round the houses to get to the correct location to leave the car.

United Kingdom
Nissan Qashqai
5/28/24

Pros: Car was in poor condition Not happy

Cons: Representative attitude at desk was couldn’t care less.. Tried to give me VW POLO or similar when I ordered SUV quashqai or similar.. Appalled

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
5/27/24

Pros: Good cad for a nice price. The return was quick and easy

Cons: Nothing, really

Portugal
Toyota Auris
5/26/24

Cons: They were trying to give me a car with more than 120 000 km!! Only after my complaint they switch to another one, a Dacia Sandero which seems much inferior to the car I have booked

United Kingdom
Kia Picanto
5/13/24

Pros: Car was dirty, damaged and tyres showing under inflated

Cons: Check in and pick up staff at Dublin couldn’t care less and rude

Canada
Volkswagen Polo
5/11/24

Pros: Staff we dealt with great. BUT. They sent out a car in which both passenger windows did not work. Spent 11 days with this issue. Terrible

Cons: Se t out a car they knew had windows that did not work.

Latvia
Toyota Corolla
5/10/24

Pros: No surprises

Cons: The deposit amount was higher than in voucher disription.

Canada
Toyota Corolla
5/9/24

Pros: Car was good, and the staff were pleasant.

Cons: Had a pick-up time of 9:00 am. Arrived at the Dublin airport at 9:00...sent downstairs and waited about 20 minutes to get a shuttle...quite a line-up to pick-up the vehicle. Finally got to an agent about 10:15, and then got into our vehicle about 10:30...would have liked to be on the road a lot sooner.

United States of America (USA)
Skoda Citigo
5/9/24

Pros: Long wait, long lines, car not clean and full of scratches & dents.Wipers poor, suspension poor, try to shaft me for OLD damages...lucky I had a video of the car condition prior engagement.

Cons: Long wait, long lines, car not clean and full of scratches & dents.Wipers poor, suspension poor, try to shaft me for OLD damages...lucky I had a video of the car condition prior engagement.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Aygo
5/7/24

Pros: Budget needs to have more staff on hand for picking up cars. Waiting in line for almost an hour is unacceptable.

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
5/7/24

Pros: Friendly, accommodating

United Kingdom
Ford Ka
5/6/24

Pros: Fast and efficient- value for money.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
5/2/24

Pros: Good price. Fast to get us in car once at pickup

Cons: Poor direction at terminal. Don’t assume we know to get the bus instead of the “touch free” area straight ahead Had to spend extra 20 minutes retracing steps to bus pickup. Car was tired on exterior. Door panel missing , extra scrapes. Etc. we documented same with photos, so no issue at pickup.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
4/30/24

Pros: Ease of pickup and drop off.

Cons: Didn't receive the car/size reserved.

Canada
Skoda Citigo
4/29/24

Cons: It took almost 2 hours to get the rental. I booked it for 11am (1 month ahead) and didn’t walk out until 12:45 (I got there at 10:45). We had to sit around because they didn’t have the car they were planning on giving us ready. After finally complaining they gave us a different car (the lot was full of available cars). The car we got was dented and scratched all over. You don’t do a spot check with staff so you just have to document a bunch on your own prior! Just so unorganized!

Australia
Toyota Corolla
4/26/24

Pros: Excellent except for confusing map for shuttle bus

Cons: Price and drop off

United States of America (USA)
Skoda Citigo
4/24/24

Pros: Speed and efficiency.

Cons: There was a large dent and scratches on the car. This should have been pointed out to me so that I already knew it. I inspected and took pictures but it would have been better if they had advised.

United Kingdom
Ford Ka
4/21/24

Cons: The car was absolutely filthy and completely damaged in every way. Our driver couldn’t even see over the steering wheel due to the car not even having a pump up on the chair. I know it’s budget but come on. One windscreen wiper didn’t even work

Australia
Kia Picanto
4/17/24

Pros: Friendly and efficient

Cons: Nothing

Malaysia
Renault Clio
4/15/24

Pros: If you say polo, then give polo... Why don't you statw the car options, not the best one, whi h you don't ever have

Canada
Toyota Corolla
4/10/24

Pros: Quick at drop off, shuttle service was great!

Cons: Me having to prove the damage on the car. At pick up it would be nice for them to point out and document to me the pre existing damage.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Aygo
4/7/24

Cons: The car was making noises and had a loose hubcap.

Jersey
Skoda Citigo
4/5/24

Pros: Very efficient, helpful & professional

Cons: There was nothing to dislike

United Kingdom
Toyota Aygo
4/3/24

Pros: Had to change car but that was Avis’s issue not Discover-Cars

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
4/3/24

Pros: Everything

Cons: Nothing

United Kingdom
Toyota Aygo
3/30/24

Pros: It had lots and lots of scratches etc but I don’t care about that at all as long as I can get from a to b.. I just did not want to be told I’d done the damage and then charged the excess!!! I did have the photographic proof that the damage was done on pickup. But I didn’t need to provide that!! Thankfully.. I’ve have no problem driving around a damaged car 👍

United Kingdom
Nissan Qashqai
3/30/24

Pros: No hassle or pressure

Cons: Nothing

United Kingdom
Toyota Aygo
3/25/24

Pros: Nice lady who was most helpful at the arrivals counter

India
Toyota Corolla
3/21/24

Pros: Price and quality of car

Cons: The pick up could be made easier. It was slightly cumbersome to first go to the airport and then comeback to the pickup spot.

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
3/20/24

Pros: Decent price

United States of America (USA)
Kia Picanto
3/19/24

Pros: Call me

Cons: Call me

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
3/14/24

Pros: All pretty great

Spain
Renault Clio
3/12/24

Cons: Swearing of staff at pick up. Didn't tell me that they were charging for petrol

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
3/5/24

Pros: Very smooth and professional....pick up from airport car park rather than remotely

Cons: No real issues

Ireland
Toyota Aygo
2/27/24

Pros: Best experience of around the agency

Cons: All

United Kingdom
Nissan Qashqai
2/15/24

Pros: Nothing at all.

Cons: Very rude staff and unhelpful and unwellin to understand any issues the customer has. Everything is someone else is fault.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
2/12/24

Pros: Good reliable firm

Cons: Nothing

United States of America (USA)
Volkswagen Polo
2/11/24

Pros: Desk agent took time to talk to us and tell us information about Dublin.

United Kingdom
Toyota Aygo
2/5/24

Pros: Swift

Cons: All good

United Kingdom
Nissan Qashqai
2/5/24

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Car was totally battered. Scratched and dented all over the place and they didn’t want to check it over. Just said take pictures. The diagram they showed me with dents didn’t even match the car I was given. No interest what so ever. Just rude and unhelpful

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
1/23/24

Pros: Fast and efficient

Cons: N/A

United Kingdom
Nissan Qashqai
1/21/24

Cons: THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY SUVs AS ORDERED. HAD A 100,000KM SKODA. NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
1/20/24

Pros: Fast efficient Helpful

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
1/17/24

Pros: Excellent staff

Cons: N/A

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
1/12/24

Cons: They charged me for fuel and shouldn't have done so. I'm still waiting on the credit of $147.

France
Toyota Aygo
1/9/24

Pros: efficiency on pickup and return

Cons: no hint at the border fee of 30+ euros to go to Northern Ireland. This was not specified in the voucher either, it seems

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
1/8/24

Pros: Efficient

Cons: Please remind to bring a credit rather than a debit card!

United Arab Emirates
Toyota Aygo
1/8/24

Pros: You sold an on airport pick up…. Yet I had to board a bus and drive 8 minutes to a lot. This is misrepresentation. I’ve hired with you more times than I should’ve. This will be the last. I paid more for in airport pick up and did. Or receive one. In your response please highlight how you’ll make it up to me if you wish to keep me as a customer.

Spain
Toyota Corolla
1/8/24

Pros: Friendly and efficient

Cons: The return to the airport from the drop off took 30mins in total

France
Renault Clio
1/7/24

Pros: Fast and good service.The car was very clean

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
1/6/24

Pros: Efficient service

Cons: Staff

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
1/5/24

Pros: Friendly and efficient

Cons: There were a lot of people waiting for the mini bus to return to the airport, which was a little frustrating

Ireland
Renault Clio
1/4/24

Pros: Budget rental is great company, great prices , great costumer service.

Cons: Nil

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
1/2/24

Pros: Quick, easy and professional

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
1/1/24

Pros: Staff were polite and efficient

Cons: N/A

Spain
Toyota Aygo
12/31/23

Pros: Some staff were friendly

Cons: Car maintenance issues, poor facilities

Ireland
Toyota Corolla
12/30/23

Pros: I had to change the first rental car as I had an issue with the fan heater. The car kept steaming up which resulted in practically zero visibility

Netherlands
Renault Clio
12/30/23

Pros: The people that work there

Denmark
Hyundai ix35
12/29/23

Pros: Collection was ok but I was tired and end up in a queue again instead of going straight to collection. No one there to check and direct people. Dropping off was clear and fast! All good. Despite of having to wait in the cold 🥶

Cons: The car was very used for family with 2 kids and breaks were really annoying.

New Zealand
Toyota Corolla
12/28/23

Pros: Very easy to pick up and drop off.

Cons: Shuttle bus to depot could have been quicker

United Kingdom
Kia Picanto
12/28/23

Pros: Value for money

Cons: Contacted company about item left and got no reply

Netherlands
Toyota Aygo
12/22/23

Pros: The first car they provided - the boot did not open. They immediately swapped for a new car, no questions asked and it was a newer and better model. The price remained the same

Cons: The only comment would be to have car mats its your rental cars - easier to keep the cars clean then

Hungary
Volkswagen Polo
12/12/23

Cons: Shuttle buses slow to arrive.

Ireland
Volkswagen Polo
12/11/23

Cons: Car condition was bad, unpleasant car to drive

United States of America (USA)
Volkswagen Polo
12/10/23

Pros: The rental agent was courteous and very efficient. From the time we stepped up to the counter to finding the car was very short.

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
12/6/23

Pros: Friendly and efficient

Cons: Nothing I didn’t like

Netherlands
Toyota Corolla
12/6/23

Pros: Great

Cons: Nothing

Hong Kong
Toyota Corolla
12/6/23

Pros: I liked the efficiency of collection and return in addition to the car I was assigned.

Cons: n/a

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
12/4/23

Pros: Efficient, quick and car was in new condition.

United Kingdom
Skoda Citigo
11/30/23

Pros: they had my details from last time

Cons: big shuttle bus to get back to airport so look a bit too long to load

Slovenia
Toyota Corolla
11/28/23

Pros: Things went fairly quickly. The return procedure was very smooth. They didn't try to claim that existing marks on the car were caused by me.

Cons: I expected a slightly bigger car.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
11/19/23

Pros: Clear instructions

Cons: Car not as advertised and not in as good condition as expected.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
11/16/23

Pros: Friendly, professional, helpful, and didn't try to upsell.

Cons: The car had some minor issues. The Budget desk isn't easy to get to from the airport.

Ireland
Toyota Corolla
11/15/23

Pros: Great service, prompt and polite, sign posting for return area needs upgrading/to be rethought.

Cons: Nothing really, very happy with the overall service and experience

United Kingdom
Ford Ka
11/14/23

Pros: Good car, nice staff

Cons: After confirming my details at their desk in the airport it then took a further half hour to wait for and then get on a shuttle bus to where I could actually pick up the car.

United Kingdom
Hyundai ix35
11/14/23

Pros: Staff on the desk at Dublin airport were really helpful and friendly

Cons: Response when I emailed requesting help for a passenger with a broken leg was less helpful

United Kingdom
Ford Ka
11/9/23

Pros: Head light one didn’t work at all the other only sim engine warning light on car was not fit be on the road

Cons: Head light one didn’t work at the other only sim engine warning light on car not fit for the road and budget awful to contact phone just rang no one answered no reply to email

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
11/5/23

Pros: normally very efficient

Cons: the delay waiting for transport back to terminal this time.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
11/4/23

Pros: Quick and easy. Shuttle was regular

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
11/2/23

Cons: The car was very badly scratched & dented & didn't look like it had been cleaned.

Denmark
Volkswagen Polo
11/1/23

Pros: Nothing.....very rute staff.....the only negative thing about ireland

Cons: Everything....very bad....a disaster

United Kingdom
Ford Ka
10/31/23

Pros: Ease of return, no drama for out of hours return

Cons: Nothing

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
10/31/23

Pros: Friendly staff, easy and fast process at pick-up and drop-off, great service.

United Kingdom
Ford Ka
10/30/23

Pros: Budget service was good, it’s a shame one of the headlights didn’t work

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
10/30/23

Pros: Good customer service.

Cons: Offsite parking.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
10/30/23

Pros: Worse experience with a car rental company we have ever had. Avoid at all costs. All the customers in the queue had the same awful service when we was there.

Cons: Service was terrible. Was told at drop off there was a fault starting the car, until the rep realised we paid for the excess waiver and the car magically was working perfectly again.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
10/29/23

Pros: Great service. Would definitely use again.

United Kingdom
Hyundai ix35
10/27/23

Pros: Fast and friendly staff and perfect service even arriving late due to flight delay.

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
10/26/23

Cons: This my 2nd rental with budget in the space ot a few weeks. 1st time no issues , queued up in terminal, done paperwork and keys are in a locker with a code, Great service! This time I queued up at the desk in dublin terminal for 10mins to then be told I didnt need to queue here all i needed to do was jump on the bus . I then had to queue up at the rental office for another 10mins. Had car issues 1st car fuel was not full and had tyre warning on dash and 2nd car was only half a tank!

Hungary
Volkswagen Polo
10/23/23

Pros: Pick-up and drop-off time spent

Cons: The car was dirty at the pick-up and a real low budget one, the lady at the pick-up station was inpolite and rude.

United Kingdom
Ford Ka
10/22/23

Pros: Fairly quick drop-off, and shuttle bus driver kindly waited for me

Cons: Was surprised that Budget refused to accept my debit card unless I bought full insurance. I offered to put down a full €2000 deposit against damage instead but this was refused - I felt this was very inflexible. I felt the young lady at the counter was not very interested in trying to accommodate me or find alternatives to the situation. The car itself had two problems. One was a loose wheel-arch lining rubbing the tyre, the other was spluttering from the engine on overtaking - not very safe.

United States of America (USA)
Skoda Citigo
10/20/23

Pros: Fast, efficient, courteous.

Bulgaria
Ford Ka
10/19/23

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: The car felt old

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
10/18/23

Pros: Everything was spot on .. all easy going and everything explained

Cons: All good

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
10/17/23

Pros: Car steering faulty

Cons: Car steering faulty

Lithuania
Toyota Corolla
10/16/23

Pros: Quick return of a deposit

Cons: Indifferent service at the counter; aggresive pushing of their car insureance (despite the fact that I had 2 third party insurances); huge 2000 Eur deposit, fuel deposit of 170 Eur (?); booked an economy car, but was given an unasked for SUV (gas guzzler), the car had 55K+ on the clock, which showed - the car was dirty, scuffed all over; discoloured upholstery. And this was before all the technical issues started during the trip - various lights flashing (to check engine, brakes, etc.)

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
10/16/23

Pros: Had our car ready so that once we were at the desk it took very little time for us to be on our way.

Cons: Need to have more agents working, waited in line too long even though we had already reserved the car and had paid the down payment. The line behind us got very, very long - when you have travelers who just arrived on overnight flights, making them wait for so long is not what you want to have to experience.

United States of America (USA)
Hyundai ix35
10/16/23

Pros: Budget was also very easy. They rep was friendly and process easy

Cons: I wish they'd explained the toll process a little more clearly.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
10/15/23

Pros: Check out was quick. Check out representatives were efficient

Cons: Check in took way too long. Shuttle driver was late and had to be called three times. He was not helpful

United States of America (USA)
Skoda Citigo
10/5/23

Pros: Very quick and well explained, especially for American tourists.

Cons: There was no one out where the cars were parked so if we had a question, we would have to huff it all the way back to the desk in the terminal which was the last thing we wanted to do after a long flight. The tire pressure on one of the tires was low which we noticed only as we were driving out. The car should have been checked before it was given to us! Should not be on us. I didn’t mind the missing hubcap, but after seeing the low tire pressure light, I did worry about the condition of the car

Canada
Toyota Corolla
9/28/23

Cons: Was forced to buy CDW ! (from either Discover or Budget and the terms to choose not buy it were entirely onerous amounting to blackmail almost !!!

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
9/27/23

Pros: Budget agents were friendly and fair. They worked with me at the end to get a discount since we returned it a day early.

Cons: Only problem was the car. It was a Skoda with a ventilation system that didn't work and no air conditioning Other than that it was fine

Guernsey
Toyota Corolla
9/23/23

Pros: Not much

Cons: The car was not fit for purpose. The stop start wouldn’t work and the clutch was about to go! We thought it just a bit cold etc but no the clutch was dreadful. We got stuck on the gears several times and it made you very weary of driving the out the city and towns. We did tell them when we got back to not let this out until it is looked at.. most definitely the worst rental car we have ever had!

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
9/22/23

Cons: waiting for the shuttle van

Canada
Volkswagen Polo
9/22/23

Pros: Quick and efficient

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
9/21/23

Cons: I arrived to pick up and was told the car was being washed and would be ready in 5 minutes. Almost an hour later no car. When I asked I was told that the car I was supposed to have had a flat so they had to get a different car.

France
Ford Ka
9/21/23

Pros: Nothing.

Cons: Didn't get the car or our deposit back because, "we booked through a third party." And could only use an my partner's credit card if I took out extra insurance at 3 times the quoted cost of the car. (I have annual insurance to cover damage not covered by CWD.)

Malta
Hyundai ix35
9/20/23

Pros: nothing special about budget.

Cons: Adding a €34 charge which was not mentioned anywhere. Providing a car which is in a different category. Arrogance of agent!

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
9/20/23

Pros: Staff were efficient at collection and drop off

Cons: Crap cars

Spain
Hyundai ix35
9/15/23

Pros: The service was good, the car was a nightmare.

Cons: Almost impossible to use the car as gears wouldn't go in.

United States of America (USA)
Volkswagen Up
9/14/23

Pros: Professional, accurate, accommodating.

Cons: The long lines to claim the vehicle due to only 3/7 representatives.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
9/13/23

Pros: Mostly everything. It was pretty expensive but oh well.

Cons: It took forever for the shuttle to show up to take us to the desk and nearly as long on the line to see the agent.

Italy
Volkswagen Polo
9/12/23

Pros: Very kind working staff

Cons: very long queue to the desk for picking up the car

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
9/11/23

Cons: I do not know the total bill as third party through Discovery cars complicated the whole process

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
9/11/23

Pros: Ease of drop off

Cons: No one told use about the rolling toll on the M50 - massive failure by the company!

Canada
Volkswagen Polo
9/10/23

Pros: Very efficient when dropping off the car.

Cons: It took a little more time to pick up the car but then again we get switch the car last minute. The car we got was phenomenal so thank you so much

France
Renault Clio
9/10/23

Pros: Very efficient agent. No problem at all for the dropp off .

Cons: Nothing

Israel
Volkswagen Polo
9/10/23

Pros: The office in the terminal, the car was in good condition, very fast pick and return.

Cons: The 2000Eu deposit is too high.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
9/9/23

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Service from Budget in Dublin was the worst possible.

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
9/9/23

Cons: My cost was more than double what it was to be through Discover cars. They were misleading and gave me the run around when I brought it up on return refusing to honor the discover card agreement.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
9/9/23

Pros: The service from the point in airport of directions for vehicle pick-up shuttle all the way through explaining to us the process of rental charges, use of the vehicle, return, checking out & shuttle return to airport was perfect!

Israel
Toyota Corolla
9/8/23

Pros: Very efficient ,and we also had air conditioned car even though we didn't ask

Cons: It should be more detailed how to get to the desk

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
9/7/23

Pros: Staff at the desk friendly, helpful and efficient

Cons: The car provided was of very poor quality and when I raised my concerns at the time of pick up I was told it was safe and dismissed. I did not feel happy driving the car at any point. Tires warn at the edges on a day of heavy rain and an intermittent rattling sound. Significant damage that required a lot of photos to record.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
9/6/23

Pros: It was nice and easy collecting and dropping off

Cons: The headlights didn’t work and I was also promised a full tank when it had under half. I don’t know how the car passed the check before I collected it

Belgium
Dacia Jogger
9/4/23

Pros: The drop off was fast, easy, very polite and honnest.

Cons: The young man at the pick up desk in Dublin airport was inpolite and unhelpfull.

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
9/3/23

Pros: No queue at check in but now I know why - awful overall service!

Cons: All stated above. Filthy car and clearly trying to pin the blame of someone else’s damage on me

Belgium
Volkswagen Polo
9/3/23

Pros: They where very helpfull

Cons: Perfect, only the return was quite hectic, a lot of cars at the same time

France
Skoda Citigo
9/2/23

Pros: The battery of the key is low and the car service light is on since we have the car after one day Very stressful

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
8/31/23

Pros: Everyone was very helpful especially the lady at Dublin Airport Reception Desk

Australia
Renault Clio
8/31/23

Pros: Hassle free drop off but when returned a day early, nobody wanted to engage about revised pricing.

Cons: Pick up of vehicle there was a delay of about 20-30 minutes and eventually we were given a different car. Lost time was critical on that day.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/29/23

Pros: Seemed helpful and friendly. Sorry that I have had this problem. Leaves a bad taste

Cons: As above. Over charging

Italy
Ford Ka
8/28/23

Pros: efficency

Cons: - I didn't receive a copy of the contract by email - lady at the desk was not so empathetic with us in solving a main issue concerning the 2000€ deposit

Israel
Dacia Jogger
8/27/23

Pros: Value for money. Very obliging personnel. None of the traditional nastiness of companies over insurance and possible damage.

Netherlands
Renault Clio
8/27/23

Pros: The lady at the desk when dropping off the car was immediately appologetic when I pointed out that I did not get the correct car - yet was told it was the same category as I had ordered when I picked it up. She apologised and gave me some money off.

Cons: The queues were enormous - I found the girl at the desk rather rude when I questioned her about the bill. I also told her that I had ordered an Open Corsa and that the Picanto in my opinion was from a smaller category and not what I had paid for. She disputed this and because it was so busy and a I had been waiting so long I accepted it. I then questioned it on returning the car and found out that I had been correct and it was a smaller catergory that I had paid for.

United States of America (USA)
Skoda Citigo
8/23/23

Pros: Friendly n professional

Cons: All good

Greece
Volkswagen Polo
8/23/23

Pros: They did not provide any service

Cons: These guys are scammers. On the desk the asked more than the booking

United Kingdom
Hyundai ix35
8/17/23

Pros: Rude staff. Gave us a broken child seat. We will be filling a complaint to the numerous issues we had picking up.

Italy
Toyota Corolla
8/16/23

Cons: at the airport table there were no customers but they told us to go to the rental center where instead there were DOZENS of customers in the queue waiting for more than an hour, BAD SERVICE BAD vehicle tyres; year 2023 car of 2016 tires of 2016 old and worn, one succumbed to consumption 20km from the airport, had we been on the motorway it would have been VERY dangerous

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
8/16/23

Pros: Quick, efficient, friendly

Cons: Nothing

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/16/23

Pros: Only the car doing the job getting me from a to b, and the guys at the drop off.

Cons: Had to return to the car hire desk to report more bumps, dents and scratches that were not shown on my car hire report/invoice, so delayed me by up to an hour waiting in the queue, wasn’t good!

Switzerland
Volkswagen Polo
8/16/23

Pros: Quick, efficient, affordable.

Cons: The car ran out of window wash very quick and the inside was a bit dirty.

United States of America (USA)
Dacia Jogger
8/15/23

Pros: The guys at the desk were nice. Also, for once, there were no surprise charges at the last minute.

Italy
Volkswagen Polo
8/15/23

Pros: in addition to all the inconveniences that I have described to you, I discovered during the holiday that the car was fitted with 3 different types of tires and the rear ones were particularly worn, please also consider that when the car was collected they had to return because there was an engine failure signal on Screen

Canada
Renault Clio
8/15/23

Pros: Beyond slow. Over 2 hours to pick up car from arriving at car rental facility.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/15/23

Cons: Not impressed had much better from other providers not given correct information

Italy
Toyota Corolla
8/14/23

Pros: Nothing in particular the car was in line with expectations

Cons: Extremely long handling time at front desk Credi card deposit still blocked 8 days after returning the car with no damage I’m experiencing heavy problems due to reaching the CC plafond!!! Your phone number rings for hours and nobody picks up A dreadful service

France
Renault Clio
8/14/23

Pros: OK

Cons: Expensive for an old car model

Italy
Volkswagen Polo
8/13/23

Cons: Non hanno accettato l'assicurazione base + la copertura totale (rimborso franchigia) effettuato con Discovercars, dicendo che la carta di credito non accettava l'addebito della franchigia di 2000e. Non ci è mai capitato questo problema con altre compagnie, nemmeno con + di 2500e di franchigia. Abbiamo dovuto stipulare un'assicurazione aggiuntiva andando a pagare il doppio. Inoltre l'auto non aveva nemmeno l'autoradio ne la possibilità di collegare lo smartphone

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
8/12/23

Pros: The return process was super easy

Cons: The pickup of the car in Dublin was really unorganized.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/11/23

Pros: Nothing at all

Cons: Everything

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/11/23

Pros: Great service, affordable, easy to use, nice car. Will definitely use again 😊

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/10/23

Pros: not a lot - staff ok

Cons: never hired a Skoda Fabia before let alone one with 83000 kms. passenger window did not open rear passenger nearside door did not open from inside - no visible child lock. an unwelcome half packet of tampons discovered in the glove box. the car was on its last legs and really was not fit to hire out. one would think that for the money they would try a bit harder. the tyre pressure light kept flickering on so first thing after pick up at 10pm wasted 2 euro at the air pump as it made no difference

Israel
Skoda Citigo
8/10/23

Cons: Not answering the phone

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
8/9/23

Pros: Price advertised 339 Euros price eventually paid after all the extra insurance 514 Euros

Cons: Price advertised 339 Euros price eventually paid after all the extra insurance 514 Euros

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
8/9/23

Pros: Customer service provided

Cons: Nothing

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/9/23

Pros: Not much

Cons: See above. Pickup was disorganised and prolonged.

Canada
Renault Clio
8/9/23

Pros: Not much really. I was threatened, given child seats that did not work, offered a swift instead of clio , told to fuck off and never got to say a final goodbye to my father - how would you rate budget

Cons: Please sack Noah working for Budget in Dublin airport and the service personal who managed the cars across from the airport - threatened my wife - I know this is not the budget I’ve have dealt with for 15 years and across my our countries

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/8/23

Pros: Easy to find at the airport

Cons: No vehicle condition checks undertaken with a member of staff just asked to sign the paperwork and not shown the controls on the vehicle

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
8/8/23

Cons: Old car not in very good condition

Ireland
Toyota Corolla
8/8/23

Pros: Counter staff very accommodating

Cons: Return was a little long, the car was dented and should have been flagged on paper work in advance rather than having to highlight this

Spain
Dacia Jogger
8/8/23

Cons: Price expensive, the car was a bit dirty. Returning far away from the terminal.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/6/23

Pros: Relatively fast booking in- and pick up of the car

Cons: The car wasn’t up to my expectations for cleanliness- seemed a bit worn. Finger marks and smudges all over the panel and doors inside. Fusty Smell masked by some cheap smelling air freshener. I had recently hired another car on another trip (Renault Clio) the one I was given in this occasion was a Kia Picanto - which is not ‘similar’ to the Clio in any way (i.e. build quality, specifications , onboard tech etc) So a bit disappointed.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
8/6/23

Pros: Agent when we picked up car.

Cons: Taking a bus after dropping off car.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/5/23

Pros: Fast efficient service

Cons: Man who checked the car on return was unfriendly and rude

Netherlands
Skoda Citigo
8/4/23

Pros: I wish they would take debit cards as well

Cons: The representative seemend very distracted when we came to pick up the car. Answring everybody's question but our own

Australia
Renault Clio
8/4/23

Pros: speed of pick up

Cons: no complaints

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/4/23

Pros: A very substandard car was provided. No screen or CarPlay, which made it a lot harder to drive around Ireland. Very basic car, that felt extremely old despite its 2021 age.

Cons: Terrible drop off experience at Dublin airport. It took far too long, and we almost missed our flight because of it. We (along with others) had to stand beside our cars in the rain, to wait for one of 3 inspectors to inspect a massive amount of cars. I’ve never had that before when renting a car. With hertz, you drop off the keys and that’s it. I’d never use Budget again.

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
8/3/23

Pros: very efficient and courteous

Cons: nothing wrong with Budget, just the frequent chaos at the airport

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
8/2/23

Pros: Very easy and very quick,

Cons: Nothing to dislike

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
7/31/23

Pros: It was quick, efficient.

Cons: The car I hired and paid a bit of a premium for (I.e intermediate) was not what I was given. I got a basic Dacia Sandero that was entirely unfit for purpose. The car had wind up windows, a boot you could only open physically with the key (I.e no latch), no air con, the most basic interface and was beaten up with significant dents all over it. I consider this borderline fraud - and would like a significant proportion of my rental refunded

United Kingdom
Dacia Jogger
7/31/23

Pros: The staff was generally helpful.

Cons: One employee gave me misleading information that delayed picking up the car by about an hour.

France
Toyota Corolla
7/31/23

Cons: all went well, just the deposit regarding the car and the tank are way too important, it blocked my credit card for 2 days.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
7/30/23

Pros: Easy to find and transfer to rental centre

Cons: Failure to send agreement to correct email. Limited explanation of car at rental centre

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Up
7/29/23

Cons: Am disabled and agent took too long and was helping colleagues rather than focussing on getting my paperwork completed

Spain
Ford Ka
7/28/23

Cons: One hour waiting time to pick Up the car The rental Office was not located at the airport terminal. In the contract It stated it was. The AC was not working

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
7/28/23

Pros: Poor quality car looked old well used had problems with wheel trims and noises when braking

Cons: Same old problem not excepting 3rd party insurance then charging extra insurance money overall was bad experience uncaring staff and poor quality car for the money

Singapore
Dacia Jogger
7/26/23

Pros: The have a good system going and picking up the car was easy once the paperwork was completed. Rented the Dacia Jogger - very satisfactory ride.

Cons: wish they had more drop off points in the city.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
7/24/23

Cons: Back seat was not vacuumed.

Poland
Volkswagen Polo
7/20/23

Pros: Everything except the deposit beeing not in accordance with the deal.

Cons: Deposit was determined for 2000 EUR, but finally it occured that I had to pay over 2200 EUR (additional deposit for hiring the car). I was not prepared for that.

Netherlands
Toyota Corolla
7/19/23

Pros: Friendly and efficient

Ireland
Volkswagen Polo
7/18/23

Pros: Friendly and helpful

Cons: Nothing really

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
7/18/23

Pros: Good picking up directly in airport.

Cons: I was asked to purchase extra insurance when picking up car although my agreement said fully covered.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
7/17/23

Pros: The frequency of the bus to the car park

Cons: Try to fob us off with a small car. The question at the desk. The argument over the car

France
Volkswagen Polo
7/16/23

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Automatic provided instead of manual requested in booking Car was old 2019 with 95K km No answer from Budget Customer service on all call

Spain
Renault Clio
7/15/23

Pros: Fast return

Cons: Having to go on a bus to pick up the car even though ot said airport pick up on the reservation

United States of America (USA)
Dacia Jogger
7/15/23

Pros: Not much

Cons: Took us 2 hours to get out cars.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
7/14/23

Pros: Friendlyl

Cons: Nothing

South Africa
Volkswagen Polo
7/13/23

Cons: Car not clean with wipers defective. Split collection with one part of admin in airport and another to collect vehicle at different location is not ideal.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Avensis
7/13/23

Pros: A fair price. Honest information about insurance, rates, etc.

Cons: Nothing

Belgium
Volkswagen Polo
7/13/23

Pros: la rapidité la facilité de prise en charge

Cons: L arnaque à l assurance complementaire

Canada
Dacia Jogger
7/12/23

Pros: Simplicity of rental

Cons: What seamed to be a large security deposit .

United States of America (USA)
Volkswagen Polo
7/11/23

Pros: Car itself was new and very nice. I appreciate how quickly Alice got back to my email about the issues with my rental agreement and made sure it was correct.

Cons: The agent at the Dublin picking office completely messed up my rental agreement - wrong name, address, number of days renting, total cost of rental. Upon returning the car and making sure that the updated invoice was correct (and that I wouldn’t be overcharged) the return agent was quick to dismiss any issues in a not so friendly way.

South Africa
Ford Ka
7/11/23

Pros: Very efficient and helpful

Cons: The car condition

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
7/9/23

Pros: Some nice reassuring staff

Cons: Rude member of staff at collection.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
7/8/23

Pros: Very helpful desk agent who seeing my wife in a wheelchair gave me a car inside the airport anyway even though any booking through discover cars.com is not entitled to this.

Cons: Nothing really

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
7/8/23

Pros: Friendly service and everything explained

Cons: The waiting time for the car although it was busy

Denmark
Volkswagen Polo
7/7/23

Cons: Not helpful at all as we booked through a broker

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Avensis
7/7/23

Pros: Car return

Cons: Note been able to pick up the car at the airport and the wait time

Israel
Skoda Citigo
7/7/23

Pros: New car. Low gas consumption

Cons: Overcharged

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
7/6/23

Pros: Car drop off was quick and easy - with good bus service back to airport

Cons: The car was not to the standard we would expect from Budget

United Kingdom
Toyota Corolla
7/5/23

Pros: good service no complaints

Cons: no comments

United States of America (USA)
Dacia Jogger
7/5/23

Pros: James, the manager ?, was able to store the way back seat which made the rental possible. Otherwise with 6 people AND luggage, the car was way too small. He cannot be promoted fast enough.

Cons: Would like for future renters to understand JUST EXACTLY how much room there is in the car. Or rent a bigger car if close, even if a lot more money

United Kingdom
Dacia Jogger
7/5/23

Pros: Very slick on the return, car was clean and we had no issues

Cons: Very slick on the return, car was clean and we had no issues - I think it would have helped to have been given a how to guide on how the electronic handbrake worked

Ireland
Volkswagen Polo
7/4/23

Pros: Quick and easy, staff excellent

Cons: Nothing

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
7/3/23

Pros: very helpful and friendly

Cons: getting in touch budget was a bit difficult when having questions while on the trip.

United States of America (USA)
Volkswagen Polo
7/1/23

Pros: Friendly staff, limited wait at counter

Ireland
Volkswagen Polo
6/30/23

Pros: The agent who gave to the rental was patient and kind. Very good customer service

Cons: I just wasn’t happy that the deposit was different to what the website stated

South Africa
Volkswagen Polo
6/29/23

Pros: Super quick to pick up car and drop off

Cons: The car had some funny noises but other than that drove very well

United States of America (USA)
Ford Ka
6/29/23

Pros: Everything was great!

Italy
Volkswagen Polo
6/28/23

Pros: Clearness

Cons: Quality and maintenance of the car

Belgium
Renault Clio
6/27/23

Pros: Good

Cons: Nothing to remark

Netherlands
Renault Clio
6/26/23

Cons: That the pickup location is NOT on the airport (although this could also be a Discover cars trick)

Canada
Renault Clio
6/26/23

Pros: Good service and very easy to drop off the car; complete hassle free.

Cons: Car was damaged (many small dents and scratches). Budget rep. told me to take pics. and to show them upon my return. A procedure that we are not familiar with in North America. This being said, there was no problem at all when returning the car and no need to show the pictures.

Netherlands
Ford Ka
6/25/23

Pros: Fast and efficient

Cons: Little far from the terminal

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
6/25/23

Pros: They offered us an upgrade for 5 euros a day to an automatic, probably due to the look of fear on my wife’s face.

Cons: We had to wait for a shuttle to another lot a few minutes away from the airport to pickup our car.

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
6/24/23

Pros: Great company ticked every box

South Africa
Volkswagen Polo
6/21/23

Pros: Good service

Cons: Waited long to pick up car and didn't know about the fuel deposit

Switzerland
Ford Ka
6/20/23

Pros: The car was almost new. Car return was extremely fast

Cons: First of all, I booked a car from terminal, because I was arriving late. I did that on purpose. On the day of the trip, I received an email that my car pickup location was changed to shuttle bus. Of course there was no information about where the shuttle bus is, so I had to wait in the queue to Budget window at the terminal anyway, to ask. Then I had to wait 20minutes for the bus and then next 20 minutes in the queue in their rental facility 5km out of the airport. Also, the car had no AC....

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
6/20/23

Pros: Very helpful and efficient

Cons: Car had high mileage and no phone hands free

Israel
Toyota Corolla
6/20/23

Pros: Great overall service! No complaints

United Kingdom
Ford Ka
6/19/23

Pros: the agent (originally from brazil) i had when picking the car up was incredibly professional and amazingly friendly.

Cons: n/a

Hong Kong
Toyota Corolla
6/18/23

Pros: The staff were efficient, friendly and professional.

Cons: I discovered issues with the first car I received after driving away from the pickup area. I returned the car and exchanged to one that I was really happy with. The exchange was quick so thanks to the staff for that!

Spain
Volkswagen Polo
6/17/23

Pros: La rapidez para dejar el coche

Cons: A la hora de pagar, y dado lo elevado de la fianza y el límite de la tarjeta, no se ofrece la posibilidad de pago con efectivo del importe del alquiler o de fraccionar el pago con otra tarjeta ni ninguna otra solución que no fuese el pagar un seguro con la propia compañía cuando ya lo tenía por otra parte.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
6/17/23

Pros: Easy, drop off representative very friendly.

Cons: Tried to sell us insurance even though we'd paid for full cover with Discover Cars. Pick up representative was unfriendly.

United States of America (USA)
Renault Clio
6/15/23

Pros: Quick Kind customer service

Cons: They had a car waiting.

Belgium
Volkswagen Polo
6/14/23

Pros: Quite fast and efficient, the Dublin airport office seems well organised.

Cons: I paid for category VW Polo, and received a Suzuki Swift which is a smaller car. Fortunately we were only 2 people, so the Swift was enough. But I received a downgrade, which is not acceptable. Also, the Swift had 68.000 kms and lots of small damages on the bodywork. Fortunately it drove just fine. I suspect Budget gave us this downgrade because I booked through a broker instead of booking directly with Budget (which lets them earn more).

United States of America (USA)
Volkswagen Up
6/14/23

Pros: The Budget staff were tremendous in being helpful and kind to ensure we were understanding of the rental agreement as well as the car. They even provided insight to the sites around Ireland, paying off tolls, and operation of the car.

Cons: Nothing.

United States of America (USA)
Dacia Jogger
6/12/23

Pros: The staff. And the gas mileage was great too.

Cons: Needs to be a tips list in car - the front desk can't lecture you on everything, but shifting into reverse on a Dacia Jogger (pinch shift) and also, putting key in the slot it wants it to sit so it will start the car. That's it! Only suggestion

United States of America (USA)
Dacia Jogger
6/12/23

Pros: The people at the counter were fabulous. I loved them. Give them all raises. The nice lady and younger man I picked up the car from in Dublin were SUPER helpful.

Cons: The ONLy thing I would suggest is that they remind you how to put the car in reverse - some people like me have not driven a "pinch shift" for the reverse. They can't tell you everything, of course, there's always something. But other than that, absolutely perfect service, especially from the counter people. The info on the reverse should be in the paperwork, as well as where to put your key so the car will start.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
6/11/23

Pros: They seemed very customer friendly.

Cons: They rent a car with damage and then put on the onus on the customer to document the prior damage. this should be done by the rental company.

New Zealand
Volkswagen Polo
6/10/23

Pros: so accommodating when our plane was delayed making them have to stay open later

United Kingdom
Renault Clio
6/9/23

Pros: Friendly staff

Australia
Volkswagen Polo
6/9/23

Pros: Budget provided me with an appropriate car in good working order.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
6/7/23

Pros: Friendly and efficient

Cons: No markup sheet of the cars damage, having to take photos and videos is not a great experience as it causes worry that we’d be charged on return.

United States of America (USA)
Toyota Corolla
6/6/23

Pros: They exchanged my car and upgraded when the gos didn’t work.

Romania
Renault Clio
6/6/23

Cons: We received the most beat up horrible car in the entire compound. Will never use Budget again.

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Rental Conditions

Please check the Rental Conditions for each vehicle prior to booking as some conditions, particularly the deposit and deductible, may vary based on the class of vehicle.

Rate includes
Free cancellation with a full refund up to 48 hours before your pick-up time, Unlimited mileage, Collision Damage Waiver (deductible: € 2000.00), Theft Protection, Roadside Assistance (in the country of pick-up), Third Party Liability (TPL), Airport surcharge, Premium Location fee, Free modifications, State Tax.
Driver requirements
Minimum rental age is 25 years.
A Young driver fee is not applied.

Maximum rental age is 75 years.
A Senior driver fee is not applied.

The driver license must have been issued by authorized authorities at least 2 year(s) before the date of the commencement of the rental.

In addition to the regular driver license, an International Driving Permit is also mandatory if the driver license is written in a language other than that of the renting country and/or in characters that cannot be read in the renting country.
Please note that the International Driving Permit is valid only if accompanied by the regular driver license.

In order to pick up the car, the renter and each additional driver must present the following documents: passport, credit card, valid driver license, booking voucher, photocard driving license.
Deposit and deductible policy
A deposit will be charged on the renter's credit card through the end of the rental period.
Payment policy
At time of pick up, customers will be required to pay the amount of the rental and a deposit.
The following credit cards issued on the main driver's name are accepted: MasterCard, Visa, American Express. Any other cards or cash payments are not accepted.
All credit cards must be capable of the following: PIN verification; cards without this capability will not be accepted.

The main driver must provide a physical payment card in their name with enough funds to cover the deposit to pick up the car. The rental company will neither accept virtual credit cards (e.g., GooglePay or ApplePay) nor someone else’s card (including family members).
Cross-border policy
Cross border rentals are allowed only upon previous request.
Additional charges will be applied in case the car is crossing state or region borders.
Crossing country borders is allowed to the following country: Northern Ireland.

In the event that Cross Border & Territorial Restrictions are violated, all protections lose their validity.
Optional extras and services
Available special equipment: GPS Navigation system, Child seat (2-4 years of age), Booster seat (4-10 years of age).
Prices for extras are shown on the booking page.

Adding additional drivers is allowed.
There is an additional charge for each driver.
When picking up the vehicle, all drivers must be present and must provide valid documentation.

All extras are available at the rental counter. Prices vary, depending on the rental period.

Delivery/collection service is not provided.
Fuel policy
The vehicle is provided with a full tank of fuel and must be returned with the same amount in order to avoid additional charges. A deposit for a tank of fuel is required upon pick up.
Additional information
In case of renting at the airport location, the customer must provide a valid flight number in order to make a reservation.

Winter tires are not mandatory in Ireland.
Snow chains are allowed in icy/snowy conditions.
Rental period
The maximum rental period per agreement is 14 days.
If the renter would like to extend the rental period, renter should return to the car hire office at the end of the rental period to sign a new agreement.
Business hours
Service outside of business hours is not available.

Period of time, during regular working hours, when the car is still guaranteed for the customer, if the customer is late for pick up (the grace period) is 29 minutes.

Pick-up & Drop-off
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