AdvantageReviews of advantage.com

expedia rental with ADVANTAGE IN TAMPA i booked a rental car through EXPEDIA.COM the receipt and quote was for 51.51 total. i get to ADVANTAGE RENTAL IN TAMPA FL. 272.00 and another 500.00 deposit. i dont have 772.00 on my credit cards??? thats the reason i tried to find a cheap service through expedia. the rental place had 10 different little rental places associated with it never heard of any of them all scams. i was 1 of 15 people complaining about what was happening. everyone was getting scammed. theres nothing you can do. they say you have to use their insurance which is a ton of money unless you have the declaration page of your personal car insurance. then if you provide that, they charge you for not using their insurance so they get you either way. THen they bring out a car that is scratched and dinged has at least 2 chips in the windshield you know they will blame me for something to keep the 500.00 deposit. the entire process was awful. i contacted expedia they are like its a 3rd party service we have no control. then what exactly do you do?

I would give it zero stars! Never would I recommend this place. You have 1 hour from the time you made your reservation for pick up to get your car, but the line is so long you miss your reservation time slot. They don’t care either. Such a scam. We were in line over an hour with people before us and after that that were sent away because there 1 hour expired. They should not be in business!!!!!

The worst company,in my entire life any company try to charge me $3000 just for deposit it’s crazy!! I lost my time

I rented car via booking.com web site from Advantage rental car from Florida ( 7652 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando International Airport, 32822), I supposed to pay US $ 62.98 +  Toll fee ( Pre paid SunPass fee of 15.99 per day ). I was forced to buy Third Party Liability Insurance from rental company even after I told them my personal Car Insurance from Canada will cover Collision and Third Party Liability Insurance. I called and confirmed with the current Car Insurance provider, they will cover any third party liability insurance in Florida ,USA . Car I received was old and have done more 43000 miles and got lots of stain everywhere on the seat and side walls. Nature of the stain was very odd and for hygienic reason my family was not comfortable using the car. I contacted Advantage Car and complaint and asked them to rectify the issue which they refused Please see attached photos of the satin and communication to Advantage and Booking.com, I ended up paying total of $324.52 including $111.72 + Tax for liability insurance. I couldn't use the car for my needs due to hygienic condition of this car and ended up using another car during my trip My experience with this rental was very bad. And the worse thing is , Advantage customer car is useless and bias. Not willing accept the mistake and correct Please stay away, it's a SCAM. I will be reporting this to Florida Tourism Board

I rented a car through Priceline.com with a company called Advantage rental car. The car was located in Orlando, Florida My priceline booking total (including taxes and fees) was $156.16 to be paid at pickup. When I went to pick up the car the price was $335. The first thing the agent (Pedro) told me was that even if I wanted to pay tolls via cash, they would still charge me $25/day or $90 for the week, plus tax. This was never disclosed and seems like predatory charges. I agreed to pay it because it was late and I just wanted my car. When I declined extra insurance he told me he needed a $1000 deposit on my card. I provided my card for this. Then he told me the total would be $335. When I questioned him about the amount $150 plus $100 equals $250 not $335 he said there were other taxes and fees. I showed him my receipt from Priceline showing taxes and fees were paid and asked to see the itemization and he refused. I said to my friend who was standing with me, that I'd just take the car and dispute the extra charges later. When Pedro heard this, he said that if I was going to dispute the extra charges later, he would not rent the car to me. I restated that I agreed to the price of $250 but not the completely made up price of $335. He then said, "Fine, I'm cancelling your car." Which he did. We had to take a 45 minute Lyft to get to our destination and then rented another car elsewhere. Advantage used my card (which I had given for the $1,000 deposit and charged me for the $335 rental). I have asked Priceline to reach out to get this refunded and they are so far unsuccessful. It is not possible to speak with someone at Advantage other than the local office where the fraud took place.

I have booked car for 7 days from 7th Jul to14th Jul 2025. The service was totally shocking as no one was picking the phone and some one at the airport parking informed that the advantage is out of business and some new buyer is now running it. Even the bus stops, call center numbers etc. in online booking are old and advantage has not taken pain to revise it. Now coming to my specific issues, I have informed over the counter that usd 21 were charged extra as my booking with Expedia was for 84 usd and I was charged 105 usd in receipt. I was promised that the same will be released in 2 to 3 working days. However, till date I have not received any refund and even Advantage is not replying to my emails. No refund till date... 100% cheating

Stay as far away from this company as you can. They operate using shady business practices. They basically force you to buy insurance coverage through them if you don’t have at least $500k in insurance coverage under your own policy, which most people do not. Then they required a $1000 deposit which they said would be returned in 7-15 business days. First of all, the deposit should have been a hold on my credit card, not as a charge to it. 20 business days later and I still haven’t received my deposit back, so I’ve filed a dispute with my credit card company. I will get my deposit back one way or another. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!’n

Scam ! Scam ! Scam ! These guys are completely scam. They are going to lie to you about the insurance and charge extra without telling you. You are not going to get your security deposit back. So be careful with this rental car company or you are going to loose money.