Cheap Car Rentals in Valparaiso Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport

Friendly staff.

We had to wait in line for 3 hours to get our reserved rental car only to get more awful service and moved to a Tahoe which didn’t fit our family and luggage. Was then told we would get a discount which didn’t happen. Now I get to waste more time on the phone with Avis trying to get this figured out. If you are renting from the Destin/Fort Walton airport location….BEWARE!!

The car wasn’t ready. We had to wait an hour for them to clean it and when we got to the car, it wasn’t even clean—there was sand all over the floor still. Customer service was poor too. No one to greet us at drop off to make sure the rental was good or anything. As a preferred customer, we were not pleased with our experience.

After a canceled flight at the destin airport on Saturday July 2, I was able to rent a car from you all at 10pm to make a 13 hour drive home. After getting to the car I saw the word “tire” was written on the window. Then when I turned in the car it gave a low pressure light. I went back in to ask someone to get a different car and no one was there to help me and all the car kiosks were closed. I couldn’t sleep at the airport so I drove the car to a gas station and put air in it. I didn’t feel comfortable and don’t believe it would have been safe as a single woman traveling alone in the middle of the night to begin a 13 hour drive not knowing what was going on with the tire. I then wasn’t able to make my non refundable $210 hotel reservation I had made outside of town and had to stay in a nearby hotel last minute for $300. I did this hoping that in the morning I could get the tire figured out and potentially exchange the car if needed once they had opened.

Such a great deal! I typically use Budget’s competitor for work travel, so I didn’t have expectations for this car or experience! It was all excellent!

The car was given to me filthy. Surfaces were sticky and lots of hair all over sears, some food leftovers under the front seat. The counter person at the budget tricked me into paying for full tank. That was unacceptable.