SSH Selfdrive Reviews 

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Get great rates on car, van and minibus hire for Telford, Stafford and the surrounding areas. Simple and flexible vehicle rental. Call free on 0800 285 1414


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The coach company birmingham

Excellent service from graham the manager helped in everyway possible.friendly happy service brilliant customer service a company you can trust in every way.would definetly use them again.thanks to graham and all the staff

July 10, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service from Graham

Excellent service from Graham - went above and beyond to fit in with our times/dates to hire a minibus for a private party. Made our celebration complete - thanks so much, punctual, informative, and great price compared to other companies 👍🏻 ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

June 20, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Last minute booking

We was all due to go on holiday in 2 cars on the 22nd on the evening of the 21st one driver wasn’t well enough to drive I really didn’t expect to be about to find a solution to our problems but I said how about hire a minibus
So night of the 21st we contacted ssh fill out forms and lucky us they had a 9 seater available it was in Telford and we wanted to collect from Stafford so they had it moved to us
They was absolutely amazing best service we have had won’t use anyone else now
The mini bus was amazing comfortable easy to drive easy to move seats and plenty of boot space.
SSH get a 10/10 from us thank you so much

May 22, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

what a amazing company helped me out…

what a amazing company helped me out the day before holiday was polite and kind got a me a 9 seater mini bus from telford they went the extra mile explained everything so well beautiful minibus perfect condition i really can not praise this company enough 10/10 5* sarah

May 22, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had a very frustrating experience…

I had a very frustrating experience with SSH Drive and would strongly advise others to think twice before using their service.

I had arranged for the vehicle to be collected in the morning, so I made sure everything was ready. However, the driver didn’t show up until around 2pm — hours later than agreed. At that point, I had briefly stepped out, but the car was still on my property in the garage.

What’s even more disappointing is that the driver only waited for four minutes before leaving a note claiming I wasn’t home, without making any real effort to contact me or check properly. There was no phone call, no reasonable waiting time, and no flexibility despite their own delay.

To make matters worse, I was then charged £100 for an extra day, even though the failed collection was clearly due to their late arrival and lack of proper communication. They also blaimed hertz falsely saying they cant do anything and I should speak to hertz

This feels extremely unfair and unprofessional. A company that arrives hours late should at least make a genuine effort to complete the collection before penalising the customer. Very disappointing experience.

March 24, 2026
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Reply from SSH Selfdrive

Good Afternoon Mr Drago , thank you for you 1 star review , however we are struggling to find a reservation that matches your name , could you provide further details on this so we can look into your review in more detail.
Regards
Admin Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend - holiday panic averted!

24 hours before a big family road trip, my own (non-rental) car started leaking oil and I thought the holiday would have to be cancelled. The low prices at SSH Stafford and their organised efficiency made it doable though. The online booking was easy, the customer care was prompt, clear and helpful re what to bring and the Peugeot 3008 we borrowed was a lovely car, next to brand new.
The staff were friendly and the costs were clear. I bought a third party excess waiver ahead of rental and this worked well for us. Returning the car was just as quick and straightforward and I highly recommend SSH Stafford. Will definitely use again - though hopefully not in a last-minute panic with a boot-full of suitcases next time :)

February 16, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Would not recommend

Had an awful experience where a rock was hit the van windscreen either as flying debris or from a footbridge, we are unsure as it happened in a split second! However, what we sure about it that was no fault of our own. Returned the van and was charged £555. However, they wouldn't let me swap the day of the rental or refund me for the van hire. Was offered a £10 discount for another day, but given the circumstances I felt like this was a poor response.

March 11, 2025
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Reply from SSH Selfdrive

Dear, Matthew,

I am sorry about your experience. We are a self-drive hire company, it is standard practice in vehicle hire that when you hire a vehicle, you are fully responsible for any damage caused to the vehicle whilst in your possession. These form part of our hiring terms and conditions of which you agreed and signed when hiring the vehicle.

I am slightly confused around the circumstances of how the van windscreen got damaged as I have your original recorded phone call to ourselves where you clearly claim on object had fallen from a vehicle you were following and bounced up off the motorway surface and struck the windscreen, in the recorded call you even consult your passenger and confirm the object was part of the vehicles load! This has now changed to a rock dropped from a footbridge? Please let me know if you would like me to upload a link to this call recording on to this platform so it can help clarify the circumstances on the incident!

I also have a link to the cctv footage when you retuned the hire vehicle readily available to be uploaded to this review where you were offered a replacement vehicle to continue your journey, however you declined stating you were to shuck up to continue your journey. This is understandable, given the circumstances of any of the two versions of events you had encountered. Also, in the cctv footage our rental staff can be clearly heard offering you a discounted rental at a time in the future if you felt you could complete your original planed journey to which you declined. This is a clear contradiction to what you claim in your review.

As stated, I am more than happy to upload a link to both the recorded phone call and cctv footage to help clarify the full story and fuller picture of the incident that has occurred.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fab experience

Fab experience! Needed a van with a couple of days notice to move some furniture and from the first phone call with Matt they were brilliant. Gave me the dimensions so I could work out if the cheaper option would fit and it did…reserved same day with the guys in the office. Really nice and friendly staff and super helpful with also the best price I could find for the hire! Would 100% recommend to anyone plus will definitely be back when I next need to hire 👍🏻 thanks guys

August 3, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

RIP OFF RENTALS

BEWARE DO NOT USE......I wish I could give a minus star rating for really bad service, rip of repair costs, van was rented after we had it but we were charged for damages, promised calls that dont happen, unhelpful staff. Definitely will not use again.

This company have a reputation for rinsing customers over damage costs whether they are yours or not....AVOID AVOID AVOID

May 19, 2023
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Reply from SSH Selfdrive

Good Afternoon Lisa,
In reply to your review - It is unfortunate that you retuned your hire van damaged however prior to the van being collected the terms and conditions were made very clear that there was an excess and your liability for the duration of the hire was up to said excess - the van was returned damaged and the appropriate repair costs charged which were a lot less than you excess you were liable for!

I also dispute your unfounded claim of 'reputation for rinsing customers' we are a very successful business who have been trading now for over 18 years so not sure where you have this information has been gathered from!

I am sorry that you felt it necessary to add unfounded claims on Trustpilot where I have spoken to you myself a number of times about this incident


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They are ok until anything goes wrong

They are ok until anything goes wrong. Then they are awful and just rinse you for as much money as they can.
Its just not right - be careful as anyone can have a no-fault accident or get damage to a car that's not your fault. Then it WILL cost you. Beware
I stand by the review 100%
Please remove my name from your review as I have the right to privacy and data protection
I was considering a review anyway.
I have spent a lot of money with you for two years without a single problem until this one. Then I was forced to pay a ridiculous amount on top of the hire cost.
Yes, the refusal to hire was the last straw after being a loyal and model customer for 2 years until these problems. Unfair and unnecessary. So every right to state my case and be unhappy. There would never have been this review otherwise. It's as a result of your own actions and outrageous charges.

August 15, 2022
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Reply from SSH Selfdrive

Dear Mr Frain, this is an un accurate and unfair review and has been made only because we refused to rent to you yesterday. If we were so awful why did you try to hirer again on the 15th August? The hire you refer to above was back in June this year! I would ask you to review or remove your review above as it has been made simply because we refused to hire to you!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Overall this is quite a good company…

Overall this is quite a good company the van we hired was ok for our purposes, however when we spoke to the company about the military discount code the owner of the company was quite abrupt, so maybe he needs to work on his customer servicer skills. Other members of staff we dealt with were more than helpful.

June 30, 2022
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