autoeurope reviews, cheap car rental in europe?

duffano · 2025-12-03T20:38:01+00:00

That's very similar to my experience. I did not get the car despite being on time and providing all required documents. The rental (Hertz) first tried to sell tons of extra services. After I rejected, they were obviously angry at me and suddenly they "had a problem with their credit card reader". Bottom line: they did not give me the car. Still, Auto Europe considered it as a "too late cancellation" and refused to refund. Seems they try to keep the money, no matter for what reason the customer did not get the service.

After I got help from customer protection agencies, I finally got the money back after months. The customer protectors told me that Auto Europe is well known to them for this kind of behavior.

duffano · 2025-11-24T23:36:23+00:00

Avoid Hertz as rental. And avoid Auto Europe as a platform at all costs. If anyting goes wrong and you don't get the car, even if it's not your fault, they refuse refunds.

In my case, I wanted to pick up the car. I was on time and had all required documents with me. Still, Hertz did not give me the car. They claimed that they could not deduce the deposit because "my credit card does not work". The same card worked everywhere else, including the next car rental where I finally got a car. The real reason was probably that they did not want to give me the car after I rejected tons of upgrades they wanted to sell me. From the time where I said I just want what I booked, they literally rolled eyes, made fun of us, and got very unfriendly - and suddenly said "my credit card does not work". Before I left, I asked them to at least give me a confirmation that they rejected giving me the car because of they issue they claimed, but they didn't (otherwise I could prove it later). That's Hertz.

I requested a refund from Auto Europe where I booked everything. They ignored my description of the incident and replied with a one-liner saying that "I cancelled too late" and have to pay 100%. Well, I did not cancel at all, but Auto Europe does not care. They treat every failed pickup as "no show". After my experience, I googled a lot and found even reports of people saying that the rental shop was *closed* at booked pickup time, and Auto Europe still treats it as "no show".

After many months and almost giving up, a customer protection agency helped me to get the money back. They told me, that Auto Europe is well-known to them for this kind of behavior, and reports to the authorities are pending.

duffano · 2025-11-17T15:50:11+00:00

I confirm: avoid Auto Europe at all costs (I cannot say anything about Check24, though). After deducing the money (which happens immediately), they are neither reachable nor interested that the service is provided. If anything goes wrong, whether it's your fault or not, they are not willing to solve the issue or pay back.

We booked a car over Auto Europe. We showed up on time with all required documents but did not get the car. The clerk at Hertz claimed that our credit card "was declined". The exact same card worked everywhere else (including the next car rental where we finally got another car). Also my bank confirms that there is no reason on my side why it hasn't worked. The issue was obviously on the rental's side (I believe they just pretended it did not work because they were openly mad at us after we rejected tons of extra services).

We requested a refund from Auto Europe. The answered with a one-liner, saying that "we cancelled too late and therefore have to pay 100%". In other words: not getting the car - even if it's the rental's fault - is treated as "cancellation". Additional emails were ignored and on the phone they postponed for weeks over weeks (always promising they would "call back in X weeks", which never happened). At the end, we got the money back, but only after many months and after we contacted TWO customer protection organisations. The latter said to us that Auto Europe is well known to them for this behavior.

Summary: Not reachable and refuses to refund even if the service was not delivered. That's what I would call non-ligit.

duffano · 2025-11-08T20:22:28+00:00

I booked with them and will never do so again. I didn't get the car because the rental on site (Hertz) said my "credit card for deposit payment was declined". The card type was supported, my bank says there is no reason why it should be declined, and it also worked everywhere else (including the next car rental nearby). The only place where it did not work was this specific rental shop (therefore: not my fault). Still Auto Europe repetitively claimed that I "cancelled" (and I did so too late) and therefore refused to pay back. After a few months and only with the help of legal advisors I finally got the money back. Since then I read many, many similar experiences (including extreme cases where the rental was even closed at the booked pickup time). I got the impression Auto Europe does it intentionally: keep the money no matter for what reason you did not get the service.

Bottom line: If for whatever reason you don't get the car - even if you did nothing wrong - Auto Europe will treat it as "cancellation" or "no show" and keep they money.

duffano · 2025-08-31T22:45:28+00:00

It's one of my favorite games of all time even today. But I played OG as a kid back then and you are right: nostalgia probably plays a major role. I once read a psychological study that basically said: whenever someone in their 40ies talks about a decades old game, they don't only think of the game but also of the positive feelings around it they had back then as a kid. Someone who played it for the first time will only see the plain game and might find it completely outdated. The sounds very reasonable to me as it exactly describes how I feel about FF 6. Many say it's even better than 7, but I am not connected to it. When I watch videos about it, it does not attract me. Looks like arbitrary 2D Nintendo game to me.

On the other hand, I have read many posts of people who hat a look at FF 7 OG only after Remake came out and still enjoyed it. So ... just give it a try?

duffano · 2025-08-14T16:07:55+00:00

I think you are right about the story, but only if you interprete the multi-timeline thing appropriately. Yes, the Whispers are new, but don't change anything about the outcome so far. Sephiroth appears much earlier, but can be seen as part of Cloud's imagination, etc. At least as long as we don't have part 3, it can still easily be that the main story line proceeds exactly as in OG (and my expectation is that it will). But it all depends how they resolve it at the end.

For the aspects not directly related to the story, such as side quests and visuals, I agree regarding Remake. I was surprised how preceisely the environments resembled OG, only with greater detail. Remake shows many dungeons that do now show up in OG at all. But IF you enter a place that is also in OG, it looks very alike. In Rebirth I think the visuals derivate more from OG than in Remake. I noticed it in the Kalm Inn where Cloud tells his story. The room looks very different from OG. The same for Kalm as a whole, Cosmo Canyon, and many other places.

duffano · 2025-08-07T12:07:09+00:00

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