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Not Worth the Savings, (if there's a problem)
Requested and paid for a compact car with Movly via Budget Rental. The first car we were assigned a dirty car that smelled like it was smoked in and Budget did not have another car for us, so we were stuck with it. The next morning, as we were a 1/2 hour in to our 3 hour drive, a brake system failure warning came up on the screen with a "system failure, pull over immediately" flag. We limped back to the airport to exchange the car. All they had was a low range e-vehicle or a big truck, so we took the truck, which smelled even worse of smoke, which we had to use, windows down the entire trip. It was terrible. Budget would not compensate us, saying we had prepaid via a 3rd party. Movely could not do anything aside from contacting Budget and would need to wait for their reply. To their credit, after 3 weeks of waiting they actually did get back to me with Budget's response. I will receive a free 2 day rental from Budget, but we'll see and if the cars are similar to the experience here, that will be a far from satisfactory experience. Perhaps that's just how they work in our rental location of Portland ME. I give Movly credit for sticking with my case though. Although they were not able to help when we really needed it they helped with compensation from the actual rental car agency,after the fact. We lost more than 1/2 a day on our vacation and were choked out with a smokey car for the remainder. The experience was a negative in an otherwise nice vacation. 3 stars for Movly's efforts and no stars for Budget.
Response from MovlyOct 22, 2026
Hello, Thank you for updating your review. You deserved a clean, safe car from the start, and we sincerely apologise for our partner's conduct. Working through claims with local partner takes time, but we stay determined until they give us an answer. We are sorry for the delay. Your feedback helps us force suppliers to run proper vehicle inspections before handing over the keys. Milo from Movly



