Consolidated "Renting at YYZ; What Kind of Cars to Expect?" Thread
Jun 25, 2020, 9:22 pm
#257
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 335
June 25 Thursday
8:30pm T1
PC
Multiple Hyundai Tucson
2020 Mazda CX-5
Multiple minivans
Kia Sorento x1
5*
Similar choices with multiple crappy Kia souls
Gold*
Best choices are brand new Dodge Caravan + relatively new Camry SE
Upgrades are Old Audi A5 + Infinity Q50
Best vehicle from reserved area is lone Volvo S60 + 2019 Dodge Durango + 2019 Chevy Tahoe + 2019 Infinity Q50
It seems like all those brand new 2020 Subaru forester and 2020 Ecoboost mustang are gone
8:30pm T1
PC
Multiple Hyundai Tucson
2020 Mazda CX-5
Multiple minivans
Kia Sorento x1
5*
Similar choices with multiple crappy Kia souls
Gold*
Best choices are brand new Dodge Caravan + relatively new Camry SE
Upgrades are Old Audi A5 + Infinity Q50
Best vehicle from reserved area is lone Volvo S60 + 2019 Dodge Durango + 2019 Chevy Tahoe + 2019 Infinity Q50
It seems like all those brand new 2020 Subaru forester and 2020 Ecoboost mustang are gone
Jun 30, 2020, 3:31 pm
#258
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 7
Picked up a car from T1 at YYZ today June 30th around 2:30pm.
PC aisle: mostly cars and some SUVs. A few Rogues, a couple Camrys, overall very poor selection except for 1 Murano which I took
5* was also horrible except for one Sportage and one Tuscon.
I regret not looking at both Hertz and National before booking but the Hertz deal was better than National for a one way rental.
PC aisle: mostly cars and some SUVs. A few Rogues, a couple Camrys, overall very poor selection except for 1 Murano which I took
5* was also horrible except for one Sportage and one Tuscon.
I regret not looking at both Hertz and National before booking but the Hertz deal was better than National for a one way rental.
Jul 13, 2020, 10:40 am
#259
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: YYZ
Programs: Skymiles GM, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, National EE, Hertz 5*
Posts: 383
Hertz aisles were full of cars. I had a compact car one-way reservation downtown and am a 5-star, the guy was sort of "bleh" about letting me choose from the aisle, but let me choose anything from the Gold aisle in the end. I ended up choosing a CX-3 with 4k kms in the end from 5-Star without asking anyway.
YYZ on July 11, at ~8pm.
PC
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mitsubishi Outlander x2
Nissan rogue x2
Kia Sorento
Mitsubishi RVR
Mitsubishi eclipse cross
Toyota Corolla hatchback
5-Star
Kia Sportage
Nissan Qashqai
Mazda CX-3 x2
Nissan kicks
Nissan rogue x2
Hyundai Kona x3
Hyundai Sonata
Volkswagen golf (smoked in, 47k kms)
Gold
Hyundai Elantra x4
Hyundai Sonata
Kia Rio x2
Kia Forte x4
Kia Soul x3
Kia Sportage
Toyota Corolla x11
Toyota Corolla Hatchback x2
YYZ on July 11, at ~8pm.
PC
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mitsubishi Outlander x2
Nissan rogue x2
Kia Sorento
Mitsubishi RVR
Mitsubishi eclipse cross
Toyota Corolla hatchback
5-Star
Kia Sportage
Nissan Qashqai
Mazda CX-3 x2
Nissan kicks
Nissan rogue x2
Hyundai Kona x3
Hyundai Sonata
Volkswagen golf (smoked in, 47k kms)
Gold
Hyundai Elantra x4
Hyundai Sonata
Kia Rio x2
Kia Forte x4
Kia Soul x3
Kia Sportage
Toyota Corolla x11
Toyota Corolla Hatchback x2
Jul 13, 2020, 10:44 am
#260
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: YYZ
Programs: Skymiles GM, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, National EE, Hertz 5*
Posts: 383
It is virtually impossible to find the garage for Hertz in the Bay (20 Bloor E) if you don't know what you're looking for..... it's an alley with a garage entrance between Longo's and "construction" and I'd have never found it if I never thought to ask when taking the car out at YYZ, and also asked some security guards who were patrolling at 11pm at Bloor
Also, incredibly confusingly, they have a sign that the location is temporarily closed, on the window of their "office", but the actual express key dropoff was still open, the entrance to the Hertz area was open (unlike Avis which was blocked by a couple cars), the website says the location is still open and I mean the gate let me in and I think they closed my rental, even though I didn't get an email....
These were parked in the Gold Choice aisles, but don't know if it even means anything...
HLE 20 Bloor E
Santa Fe
Toyota Corolla
VW Golf
Toyota RAV4
Hyundai Sonata
Also, incredibly confusingly, they have a sign that the location is temporarily closed, on the window of their "office", but the actual express key dropoff was still open, the entrance to the Hertz area was open (unlike Avis which was blocked by a couple cars), the website says the location is still open and I mean the gate let me in and I think they closed my rental, even though I didn't get an email....
These were parked in the Gold Choice aisles, but don't know if it even means anything...
HLE 20 Bloor E
Santa Fe
Toyota Corolla
VW Golf
Toyota RAV4
Hyundai Sonata
Sep 26, 2020, 4:25 pm
#262
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 335
September 19, Saturday @ 5:00 PM
Hertz PC/5 star/Gold lots were all empty. Few Infinity q50 + GMC Yukon + 1 brand new Jeep Wrangler + some mid-size SUVs are parked at reserved area
National/Enterprise/Alamo were sold out too
Avis lot is 20% full (Noticed two Jeep Gladiator with NY plate and their agent said it's rentable
Hertz PC/5 star/Gold lots were all empty. Few Infinity q50 + GMC Yukon + 1 brand new Jeep Wrangler + some mid-size SUVs are parked at reserved area
National/Enterprise/Alamo were sold out too
Avis lot is 20% full (Noticed two Jeep Gladiator with NY plate and their agent said it's rentable
Sep 27, 2020, 9:23 am
#263
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: National EE, Hertz PC
Posts: 231
September 19, Saturday @ 5:00 PM
Hertz PC/5 star/Gold lots were all empty. Few Infinity q50 + GMC Yukon + 1 brand new Jeep Wrangler + some mid-size SUVs are parked at reserved area
National/Enterprise/Alamo were sold out too
Avis lot is 20% full (Noticed two Jeep Gladiator with NY plate and their agent said it's rentable
Hertz PC/5 star/Gold lots were all empty. Few Infinity q50 + GMC Yukon + 1 brand new Jeep Wrangler + some mid-size SUVs are parked at reserved area
National/Enterprise/Alamo were sold out too
Avis lot is 20% full (Noticed two Jeep Gladiator with NY plate and their agent said it's rentable
Sep 27, 2020, 11:57 am
#264
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 335
Avis is always flooded with U.S cars recently. They have an aisle specifically for those cars.
For other companies they usually park their vehicle with U.S plates at the distribution center since there shouldn't be any one-way to U.S rental.
I would also refuse to take the car if they try to give me one.
For other companies they usually park their vehicle with U.S plates at the distribution center since there shouldn't be any one-way to U.S rental.
I would also refuse to take the car if they try to give me one.
Nov 7, 2020, 2:15 pm
#265
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 616
Does anyone know if Hertz (or any of the other agencies) regularly has an Volvo XC90 (or similar 3 row luxury crossover) in their inventory? I have a two day rental next week and booked a Premium SUV since it was the best thing available - was going to call the day of and see what they have and the upgrade cost before trekking out there. Any suggestions?
Feb 22, 2021, 6:52 pm
#268
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: YYZ
Programs: Skymiles GM, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, National EE, Hertz 5*
Posts: 383
Mar 15, 2021, 1:20 pm
#269
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: toronto
Posts: 914
Is anyone else having issues trying to make a reservation on the Hertz website or mobile for a Toronto rental for this weekend? I tried using the Brookfield location as well as the YYZ pearson location, both shows unable to process?
Mar 15, 2021, 4:32 pm
#270
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,691
I think it is a systemwide issue, I can't book for SAN either. They were doing an upgrade yesterday so had a warning message on their site. And today we have had the big Microsoft outage, so I suspect it is one of those two things!