EXER Rent A Car Reviews 749

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Considering 62 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Many customers reported being charged excessive amounts for minor damages or for services that were not clearly disclosed during booking, leading to significantly higher costs than anticipated. People frequently encountered issues with payment methods, particularly regarding credit card requirements for deposits, with some being forced to pay additional fees or purchase extra insurance when their debit cards or certain credit cards were not accepted. Reviewers also expressed dissatisfaction with the service, citing instances of aggressive or unfriendly staff, long waiting times, and refusal to honor pre-paid bookings without additional charges. Conversely, a small portion of people felt satisfied with the staff, describing them as friendly, efficient, and helpful, and appreciated the clear terms of service and competitive pricing. Some customers also noted positive experiences with the car condition and the overall rental process, finding it smooth and stress-free, with good communication and convenient airport transfers.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

In Kefalonia, we had to leave a €800 deposit which we got back at the end. We thought we had insurance for two people, got there and they said there’s only one person on the insurance so still unsure... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rhodes airport office. The car was in overall good condition though the key battery was flat and windsreen washer tank was empty. Unfortunately the car received two minor bumper scrathes and a slig... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We booked through the Discover Cars website with a credit card that covered the required deposit. When we got there, they scammed us into spending an additional 600 euros. They offered no other option... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid this company at all costs. They used the classic predatory trick of refusing my nominative card for the €900 deductible, claiming their system couldn't process the hold. They then threatened t... See more


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EXER Rent A Car is a registered trademark of EXER LP which is a low cost car rental company and has been successfully operating in Greece for over 30 years, offering a wide variety of car rental services with fully inclusive rates and no hidden extras. Based in Rhodes , our company today operates in more than 40 locations over the mainland and the Greek islands, making us one of the largest car rental company in Dodecanese and Cyclades . Our fleet (more than 1500 cars) consists of a wide range of car types, including all popular categories, as well as 4X4, Mini-Vans, and MPV‘s. EXER has extensive experience in dealing with foreign markets, using the latest technology for our central reservation system.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent experience

We hired a car for 10 days from 15/09/24.
We found the staff at Exer, Aktion airport, Prevesa to be very friendly and efficient.
The car was really great,clean and in a safe condition I would say well above the average for a car hire company.
The fuel policy which is bring it back the same as collection is fair.
I would recommend Exer to anybody and I will be using then in the future.
Well done and thank you.

25 September 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everything went very smoothly.

Everything went very smoothly.

There was no waiting time and everything was very quick. We hired a fairly new car in very good condition. The staff in Preveza was very friendly. The only thing that could be improved was the cleanliness of the car interior. The return was also very fast, without any doubt. The deposit was returned in 14 days.

28 July 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
anything else we can do to enhance your experience, please let us know. Thank you once again!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pire location à vie

Pire location à vie! Des arnaqueurs, fuyez cette compagnie et surtout Acarent et holidays car, Ils nous ont fait payer un extra de 555 euros pour des « scratch » sous la voiture qui étaient déjà là mais nous n’avions pas pris de photo du dessous de la voiture. C’est une arnaque pure après nous sommes allés voir sous les autres voitures et ils ont toutes les mêmes scratch! Heureusement nous avons une assurances avec notre carte de crédit. ( on se doute bien que puisque nous n’avons pas pris leur assurances ils allaient se servir) si vous tombez sur une Mélissa à votre retour attendez vous à vous faire avoir! Si nous pouvions nous mettrions MOINS 25 étoiles! Ne louez JAMAIS ici! Si vous n’avez ps le choix ou que c’est déjà fait prenez des vidéos, des photos du partout de toutes les minis trucs que vous voyez!

Worst rent for life! Scammers, run away from this company and especially Acarent et holidays car, they made us pay an extra of 555 euros for «scratch» under the car that were already there but we had not taken a photo from the bottom of the car. It’s a scam, after we went to see under the other cars and they all have the same scratch! Fortunately we have insurance with our credit card. ( We suspect that since we did not take their insurance they would use) if you come across a Melissa on your return expect to get you! If we could we would put LESS 25 stars! NEVER rent here! If you have no choice or it is already done take videos, photos of everywhere all minis stuff you see!

13 September 2024
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

From A to B but not in a fancy way

We waited an hour for the car to be ready and we had to deliver the car back at the time agreed. We didn’t get the extra hour. The previous tenant did not deliver the car back on time and they obviously didn’t have a spare car.
The car was old - from 2014, the radio didn’t work and it was very slow when you have to speed. But it took us all over the island so all in all it was fine.

15 August 2024
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WATCH OUT THIS LOOKS LIKE A SCAM

WATCH OUT THIS LOOKS LIKE A SCAM. Rented a car at the Thessaloniki office. After driving a day, apparently the license plate fell of the car on the highway. Went back to look for it, but could not find it anymore. So went back 200 kilometers driving to their branch office in Thessaloniki and explained what happened. The manager, Mr lazaros, told me to drive back and look on the highway for the missing plate if not I needed to pay 550 euros!!!
After long discussion I payed this amount, because I needed a car. Will never rent here anymore and a warning to everybody else, this seems a scam to get money from innocent tourist. Check always your license plate if you rent a car with this 'company'

11 September 2024
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Helpful and friendly team

The team at Athens airport are friendly, helpful and efficient. We arrived at a busy time and they moved customers through the process quickly. Really nice vehicle, suited our needs perfectly, recommended.

17 August 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
anything else we can do to enhance your experience, please let us know. Thank you once again!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Issued with a folse bill and credit card charge.

Not yet finished with the rental of the car. However they have sent me a bill for Fender damage, which no current damage to it☹️ with a transaction notice for my credit card 🙁

8 September 2024
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This car rental in Mykonos was a…

This car rental in Mykonos was a disaster from the start. We were expecting a Jeep as advertised, but instead, they gave us a damaged car with a noticeable dent. We reluctantly accepted it and drove off, but within 30 seconds, a warning alarm about the door went off. We immediately turned around and returned it. They were shocked to see the damage, apologised profusely, and gave us a new car on the spot.

Fast forward to the end of the week, and the obnoxious manager at the airport tried to charge me €70 for the same damaged door they had already apologised for! Their dishonesty and spitefulness are unbelievable. Avoid this company at all costs!

7 September 2024
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Update about the SCAMMERS HLG GROUP MAROKKO

We have been trying to get our money back from the HLG Group in Morocco for a year now. These were affiliated with Exer. They collected our money, but despite all the false promises, still no money back. I won't leave it at that! Never rent a car through the HLG Group Morocco!! The tactic is to remain nice to the customer until you demand your money back, which has been collected unlawfully. They are scammers!! I won't rest until I get my money back. I will post bad reviews in any way possible until I get my money back, know that ALAA!!! You promised us many many times that we would get our money back. The problem always lies somewhere else! FIX THE PROBLEM!!!!! the review should be minus stars

8 September 2023
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very polite service

Very polite service! The guys who work there are very nice and sorted all my worries after I had a small accident. Highly recommend this company.

24 August 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
anything else we can do to enhance your experience, please let us know. Thank you once again!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excelent service

Excelent service, very professional. Car was ok although it lacked cruise speed control. That's important if you are planning on taking long trips.

29 August 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
anything else we can do to enhance your experience, please let us know. Thank you once again!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everything was fine

Everything was fine, from the pick-up at the airport to the car provided to the special situation that I extended the car rental by one day and I was able to arrange this by e-mail with the very kind and helpful colleague.
Thank you, we will go again next time.

ate and Time: 30/07/2024 13:59
Check Out Location: Athens Airport (ATH)

30 July 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
anything else we can do to enhance your experience, please let us know. Thank you once again!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unexpected extra charge

I was charged an extra fee because it was 11 pm. That was unexpected. At the end, I pay a whole day plus more than 40€ for the first day.
I have to wait in the airport a long while for going to the place where i have the car and, returning the car, i have to wait for being taken to the airport.

11 August 2024
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Our flight from Italy had a delay in…

Our flight from Italy had a delay in the departure time and we informed Exer rent abount the inconvenience which remained opened waiting for our arrival at the airport and pick us on expected time arrival at the exit of airport at the Exer point!
The airport is very near the Exer point and after that the delivery of the car has been quick and perfect by the rental company. The security deposit has been released by Company the same day of the end of the rental.

16 August 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
anything else we can do to enhance your experience, please let us know. Thank you once again!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very bad experience

Very bad experience. Staff was very rude and impolite. When I asked for the invoice for additional full insurance, manger said "It is illegal to disturb him and he will call a police!!!!!" My car was with full of scratches and faults. I asked the staff to check with me car condition but they did not want and told me "You have full insurance I don't want!!!" That is true, I had 2 (two) full insurances, one paid to Discover cars and one to the Exer rent a car. I have rent a car all over the world but I have not experienced something like this.

27 July 2024
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

A bad start of out holidays

I'm sorry to inform you that I have never in my life been treated so disrespectfully by a company that I gave my money to as your company.
It started with the fact that there was no one at the airport to pick us up and it took me over an hour and four phone calls to finally find out where I could pick up the car. At the Exer station, I had to wait for about half an hour and then was given a dirty Dacia Duster car. When I drove off to pick up my family from the airport, I noticed the car had great trouble getting up the hill and there was also a piece of coating hanging loose near the pedals that really hindered me while driving.
I picked up my famly and drove back to the station to mention this to the Exer employee. He said there was no other car available and said he could only remove the loose coating. He also suggested I used the clutch incorrectly and that that was the reason it had trouble getting up the hill (for your information, I have driven manual cars all my life)
I said the car was really not okay but the employee again said there was no other car available and if I wasn't happy I should call the manager. I said he should call the manager and told him this was bad customer service but he said that's all he could do.
I decided to give it another try but even in first gear, the car could not get up the hill. I went back again and told the employee the car was really NOT okay and that we needed another one. In the mean time, a red warning light was also lit on the dashboard.
The employee then said he would call the manager. After about 20 minutes he said he could give me another car but it would cost me €280 extra. I told him this was absolutely unacceptable as I had paid for a car and the company should provide me with a replacement car at no extra cost since they gave me a broken one. While I was waiting, I noticed two couples getting a free upgrade and mentioned this to him but he wouldn't listed and said the manager would be there in about half an hour and I should talk to him about the situation.
After one hour of waiting(!) the manager still wasn't there and he said we just had to wait and he would call the manager again and if we weren't happy with it we could always cancel.
Since I was so sick of this unprofessional and downright disrespectful treatment I said I would pay the extra cost just to be able to finally get out of there.
Some other customers who were also there waiting asked me what was going on and I explained them the situation since I was no furious with this situation. Your employee then simple said in a very condescending way to them that he drove the car as well and there was nothing wrong with it. He then even had the nerve to accuse me in front of the other customers of not having paid the deposit while I paid that already an hour before that!
Even when I showed him the statement from my credit card he went on to check everything on his terminal before finally admitting that I already had paid it.
The only reason I agreed to paying the extra amount for the other car was that I knew I would not be able to get another car on such short notice and that it would take 7 to 10 days to release the deposit. I would then not have enough on my credit card to even get another car!
Any decent, bona fide car rental company would have given me a free upgrade to another car as the car I was given was clearly broken. But instead, I was treated very disrespectfully and not even offered an apology for the whole situation. This treatment is absolutely unacceptable and gives me the impression that Exer is not a trustworthy company at all. The treatment we were given displays a clear lack of professionalism and is not worthy of a decent company.
Exer should at least have the decency to refund me the extra €280 for the upgrade as it was not my fault that the car I was given was broken. I feel robbed and treated very unfairly and I want an answer on how you will address this issue.

19 July 2024
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Friendly, efficient service

Very friendly staff. Was a bit worried that having to collect the car off-site would be difficult arriving late into Rhodes airport, but the shuttle service was great, and the staff were friendly and efficient.
Dropping the car back was again an easy, fast service with no stress. Just what you need at the end of a holiday.

7 August 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
anything else we can do to enhance your experience, please let us know. Thank you once again!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

No problem company without delays :)

Car was pretty cool (Audi with good engine for traveling up and down thru the Athens roads), full of scratches but I don't mind (it's better to take as many as it is possible of pictures when you pick up the car to avoid any troubles later). All people from the company were very kind and nice, taking the car and returning went smooth without any problems or delays. Price was a bit higher than I pay usually in Athens but still all was good and I am not afraid to use this company again in future :)

20 August 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
anything else we can do to enhance your experience, please let us know. Thank you once again!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Perfect rent service with fair prices

It was not our first time in Athens.
We rented a car with Exer in 2023 and were selecting between different providers 2 months before our trip. We read many reviews from other travelers about various companies. I have 25+ years of driving experience with a spotless accident history. I could not believe in all these 700+ euro deposits for any car. We started our negotiation with Exer and agreed to have a full insurance package + a small deposit.
We rented a car from August 12 to August 22. The shuttle service was great, customer service was good. We even got a bigger car for the same price. We got a new tidy car - nothing to complain about.
When we returned this car everything was also fine: quick check and the unlock of the deposit.
I will definitely choose Exer company next time.

12 August 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a positive review!
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future. If you have any further feedback or if there's
anything else we can do to enhance your experience, please let us know. Thank you once again!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Disappointing

We were initially provided with a car larger than requested. We were told that they would need to exchange it after a week. That car lasted about 10 minutes before we gad to return it to the depot due to a fault. They exchanged the car for a smaller car and said they would email the paperwork but we never received it. The car was initially ok however when we went to fill the car with fuel as it was given to us with a third of tank the petrol inlet was damaged and we were unable to insert the fuel nozzle. On contacting Ever they were unhelpful and unsympathetic. Basically we had to sort it ourselves. Poor service and poor quality cars

11 August 2024
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We take your feedback seriously and would like to address your concerns directly. Please contact our customer service team at info@exer.gr so that we can investigate and resolve the issue. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

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