I recently used apexWellington for two weeks with my family.

We picked up the car and chose the option to get discounted fuel and pay for it up front and return empty rental car empty. When loading the suitcases into the car we found that the boot was difficult to shut. Using the boot for a week and having to slam it meant we eventually couldn't shut the boot so we called apex and they gave us the option of putting the car into be fixed which meant we would be stuck doing nothing or drive up to Auckland from Rotorua ,we ended up driving to Auckland although it wasnt originally on the agenda. When arriving at the branch in Auckland the staff were friendly and quickly gave us a new car. Our biggest issues were the new car sounded very rattly and unhealthy and when returning the car at the Wellington branch we found our experience shocking as the man who came out was rude and condescending, asking him to give him the keys in an offensive manner, when getting into the office the same man told us we had to return our car full he continued to disagree with me even though he saw it in the contract that we had paid for fuel, he then demanded whether we returned the other car full to Auckland. I was quite shocked as we had paid for the fuel to go up to Auckland to swap the faulty car they had given us and had given up a day of our holidays to return the car. Also upon arriving used the restroom and found that the toilet seat had been urinated on which I didn't notice at first and realised after my pants were soaked having to catch a flight in an hour or so. The overall customer service from this gentleman was less than to be desired.I feel regretfully that this incident gave us a bad taste of the overall service.. The other staff were all quite helpful and friendly so thankyou. Lastly I would like to add that the Wellington branchsmelt like stale cigarette smoke and we found an empty cigarette pack in our hire cars glove box.

Reviewed almost 10 years ago