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Scam with AVIS-BUDGET Rent a Car - Warning to travelers
We had reserved a vehicle in Riga (Latvia) on the BUDGET France website. We paid in advance the €689 corresponding to the total rental amount. When taking possession of the vehicle, the BUDGET employee at Riga airport made us sign a document electronically on a tablet that we could not even read. It was only when we returned home that we saw that it was mentioned "Amount due: €377". We subsequently learned that this was an optional additional insurance offered by the employee and that we had very clearly refused at the BUDGET counter in Riga. We are seeking reimbursement of the €377 but BUDGET France does not want to hear anything. We are deeply shocked by the attitudes of this company which displays on the first page of its site "Our worry-free promise" then "A secure adventure with BUDGET". Having collected several testimonials similar to ours, some advice to travelers is in order: avoid using the BUDGET company due to their lack of honesty and respect for the customer. Please note, they are also an AVIS agency (same group as BUDGET). And above all, avoid the BUDGET SIA IDEAL SERVICES agency at Riga airport.

