Cheap Car Hire in Kiryat Menachem Begin, Jerusalem from AED 18

I appreciated the upgraded car that Hodaya provided (a MAZDA 2); we had bad weather (rain) and it was much better to have this model. Thank you very much to the entire staff at the Mamilla Mall location in Jerusalem. R/S, Dan Goodman 050 317 2597 cell phone when in Israel

Car was comically old and dirty.

Here’s is an unmet need: Israel has switched to paying for parking with Cello or Pango. Pango only works with Israeli phones. Cello claims not to, but I could not get Cello to send a connection to my phone, so it did not work. If you cannot park, you cannot drive, as a foreigner. Rental companies need to fix this.

Customer service was terrible. I booked two nine passenger vans, none were ready and one wasn’t even there. I switched to a 5 passenger and 7, and it took them almost 2 hours to get it ready and reserve it for me. On top of that, the price was very expensive for the insurance. I then found out my chase visa covers insurance but the manager didn’t feel like reversing it and said “they don’t really cover it’s a hassle”

Everything from start to finish was easy BUT THE VAN WASN'T CLEAN

When I came to pick up the rental car, I entered the Avis office and found none of the staff were wearing masks, violating the local indoor mask mandate. Upon entering, I was completely ignored by the two agents. The first was half-asleep, the other was busy with some paperwork behind the desk. Neither welcomed me or said anything to me so I went up to the second, since she at least seemed to be working. When I told her I was there to pick up my rental I felt like it was a significant inconvenience for her to actually have to do her job. Throughout the transaction, the first agent was hanging her head in an apparent attempt to sleep - she seemed to be either extremely hung over or still drunk from the night before. After picking up the car I discovered the previous renter’s clothes and garbage on the floor of the back seat, so it had clearly not been cleaned. While driving, I needed to clean the windshield, and found that the wiper fluid was completely dry!!! Apparently cleanliness (during a pandemic), fleet maintenance, and driver safety are not relevant to Avis! Upon returning the car, I wanted to complain about my experience. The return agent told me to speak to the man in the office, who called someone else and told me to wait. After 5-10 minutes, a man who later identified himself as “Guy” finally drove up and entered the office. When I started to tell him about my complaints, he continuously interrupted me and insolently rejected what I had to say and clearly didn’t care at all. (Some version of: not my problem; what do you want from me; blame the Jerusalem office; and similar evasions were all he could muster. Not a single word of apology!) I left in disgust, swearing to never rent from Avis again! “We Try Harder” indeed. More like “We Don't Bother!”