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Williams C

1 reviews | Active since Apr 2021

30 Apr 2021, 13:43

Travelstart Car Hire ****.

They are running a **** operation! I hired a car for my wife and booked fights all was good. She gets to the airport and they refused to give her the car because her “credit score” was too low! Which they did not mention prior to the booking. When i called the call center they said all she needed to do was pay an additional R3,500 security deposit. I told them that she had enough money to pay for that security deposit but one asked her to pay it, despite that i also paid for car insurance on the same car rental. I asked if they can allow her to go back and pay the security deposit but they said it would be impossible and that I should just cancel the booking and request for a refund. I tried to cancel the booking via their website, WhatsApp and phone... they said the booking reference was invalid (which i printed out the confirmation booking page as is) a few days later my wife gets an email saying they will not be processing any refund as she was unable to present a credit card in her name with at-least R23,000 available balance for security deposit...

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Travelstart
Travelstart's reply30 Apr 2021, 15:40
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Hi Williams,

Thank you so much for taking my call.

I will be looking out for your email so that I can address it with the supplier for you and have them provide feedback.

Kind Regards,
Melissa 
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Williams C's update03 May 2021, 11:32
Reviewer Update
Hi Melisa, They only sent that attachment picture with the booking terms highlighted, later in the email to support their argument. Such conditions were not visible on the actual booking page or the confirmation page (which I have sent to you and you can clearly see nothing is mentioned there). Had that been communicated before I would have surely not booked the car with such a huge gamble. Otherwise, that’s ok if TRAVELSTART chooses to condone this sort of theft… I now know better not to use Travelstart EVER!