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Car rentals for the United States (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Europe, Latin America, Australia and other worldwide locations.
Car Rental 8 is a USA based corporation that offers car rental services in 125 Countries serving 17,000 locations. We have car rental supply agreements with major car rental companies worldwide and the ability to negotiate discount prices through booking volumes. These savings are passed on to you. To assist our customers, our website supports several languages as well as multiple currencies.
Our website has been designed to let you book a car through "Search. Book. Done." Simply type in a destination you are interested for a car rental, and it will automatically provide you a list to choose from. Select your dates, then click SEARCH. You will then see a variety of choices along with our low special rate. Choose what you need and then, BOOK your car. Fill in your personal and payment information, confirm your reservation, and you are DONE!
Car Rental 8 is chosen by more travelers because we provide the ultimate option – the CR8 Protect Package. Choose this option when booking your next rental car. The CR8 Protect Package will cover a portion of your deductible or excess in the unfortunate event of an accident or minor incidents such as windshield or tire damage. In some cases, the CR8 Protect Package may allow you to avoid paying a cancellation fee when your planned trip must be cancelled.
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11345 Countryway Boulevard, Tampa FL, 33626, Tampa, United States
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I am reviewing the reservation experience. This is the first time I have used this company for a car rental. Everything was slightly confusing as I went through kayak so it originally said I was getting my rental from thrifty which was a little bit disconcerting as I have not seen really good reviews about that car company. When I received the reservation confirmation. it told me I was running with car rental8.
Terrible Don't bother.
The transaction was not final, then canceled by the insurance company. Sorry I wasted my time.

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It was ok, so far. Not telling the whole picture before you are required to pay sucks! Wouldn’t have used them if I knew I would have to pay a deposit!

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The web site was easy to use and rates were competitive. I made a collection city error and immediately requested a correction on the same day . The response was totally unhelpful, Can't do etc"'.
So I cancelled that booking and could actually do another booking with the correct city.
No contact phone number or address for their Australian Office.

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Very smooth website with no hidden fees or extras. Just plain and simple!
they changed the drop off to the same city as pick up, but was supposed to be a different city.

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Super easy and best rate I could find. Believe I’m a SERIOUS DETAILED travel researcher!
Easy navigation of website, appreciated that the cost price advertised reflected all taxes and fees, easy car comparison!
Very happy we used them. No problems, went through without any hassles, and very cost effecient. Thank you very much.
I can't believe this company has 3.7!
Made a reservation for car few days becore trip, paid in full. Had flight delayed and phone battery low, so came 2 hours later when i said i would, and i didnt get the car.... even i paid for 3 days. How is that possible if my car was paid upfront already.... had a lot of problems in airport till i got another car, my day was waisted. Ofcourse called them and asked for refund, but i was told to call after my reservation time ends. Called again after few days and again i was told to call back after few days, after another call they said we dond do refunds, because you came late for your reservation! But i didnt even wanted refund as i wanted my car for witch i paid already... they want to keep money for them, and dont want to refund for the car i never got only because i was late 2 hours. I gues from reading other reviews everything is ok if everything is good, but if they can, they will scam you.

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Hi, just wanted to say my experience with Car Rental 8 was great!
That being said, the rental company they used to rent me my car Routes can be described as questionable.
I had to pick up family landing at the airport.
Insurance was not clearly showing full coverage was told I could pay for full coverage and change it the next day.
So I paid and I had to pay for the 14 days.
Anyways make the story short they would not except my insurance or give me my credit back.
Cost 500 USD.
Not happy, system as far as car rental 8 is okay but they are a broker.
How can you change things when you have a problem.
Car rental 8 should be careful who they rent from!

Reply from CarRental8
The ease and simplicity of your site is outstanding, we have have rented our cars with you and will continue to in the future.
Rented one way. The "service charge" for one way is not included in estimate but noted in Terms and Conditions. (lots of conditions and suggest read all). The one way service charge was substantial as was the change in total costs. Don't expect your rental service (Dollar, Hertz) etc to be able to answer any questions about Car Rental 8. Car Rental 8 prepay is on top of estimate provided. More confusing than it's worth. I could have gone direct to rental service company for less rental fee in total.

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Had one hell of a time to speak to a human, but after many tries, I finally spoke to a gentlman named Maurice, who made everything spread like butter on bread. Hope it is the same when we get to the airport on March the 17th. Thanks for a job well done Maurice.
Fox Rental is one of the worse places to Rent from…. I was comfortable pre paying $232, I was told only $90 more to upgrade my final bill was $426.66 I returned the car with over 1/2 tank gas the car had 14.5 gallon gas tank + employees were not very friendly @Fort Myers airport location

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