My rental was covered through insurance while my vehicle was in the body shop. The reservation was made on June 23 for pickup on June 24. During the reservation process, I was specifically asked what time I wanted to pick up the vehicle, and I requested after 12:00 p.m. because I was flying home that morning and wasn’t scheduled to land until approximately 10:30 a.m. I appreciated that the South Broadway location was close to my home, making it a convenient choice.
When I arrived around 12:30 p.m., there was only one employee working in the office and two customers already waiting. It took approximately 10–15 minutes before I was even acknowledged because the employee was assisting another customer with a vehicle inspection. Once I was helped, we completed the entire rental agreement, after which I was told to have a seat because there were no vehicles available. I wasn’t given an estimated wait time or any explanation beyond that.
By this point, it was around 1:00 p.m. and I had already been there for roughly 30 minutes. After waiting another 20 minutes, I spoke with another customer who had been waiting before I arrived. He told me that the customer receiving a vehicle when I walked in had already waited more than 2½ hours, and that he himself had already been waiting approximately 1½ hours. There was still another customer ahead of both of us.
Rather than continue waiting indefinitely, I asked if I could simply go home and receive a phone call when a vehicle became available. The employee agreed. I paid for an Uber home and waited.
By 4:30 p.m., I still had not received a call, so I called the office myself. To my surprise, the same employee informed me that vehicles were available. When I asked why I hadn’t been contacted as promised, he simply said he had been too busy. I then paid for another Uber back to the location, arriving around 4:45 p.m.
Even after returning, it took another 40 minutes before I was finally able to leave with a vehicle. At that point, I was offered two choices: one vehicle with a non-functioning backup camera and another that still needed to be cleaned and detailed. Since I had already spent most of the day waiting, I chose the vehicle with the broken backup camera rather than wait any longer.
Throughout both visits, there was still only one employee working, and several customers continued waiting. The employee himself was polite, but he was clearly overwhelmed and understaffed. The situation made it feel as though every customer was an inconvenience simply because he was trying to manage everything alone.
My biggest concern is that Enterprise asked me what time I would be picking up my rental, yet no vehicle was available anywhere near that time. If reservations are scheduled for specific pickup times, customers should reasonably expect a vehicle to be available or, at minimum, receive proactive communication if there is a significant delay. Waiting four to five hours after a scheduled pickup time—and having to pay for two Uber rides because a promised callback never came—is not an acceptable customer experience.
I believe this location could be significantly improved by ensuring adequate staffing during busy periods, better managing reservation availability so vehicles are actually on-site when customers arrive, providing realistic wait time estimates, and following through on commitments such as calling customers when vehicles become available. Better communication alone would have made this experience far less frustrating.
Overall, this was a very disappointing experience. While I understand that unexpected issues can arise, the lack of staffing, poor communication, and failure to have reserved vehicles available resulted in a significant waste of my time. Unfortunately, based on this experience, I would not choose to rent from this location again.