Avis

Airport rental SUCKs
Signs from freeways are less than 12×18 inches — useless at 75 mph (normal speeds on i5) — following airport DOES NOT lead to car rental
Bus service to from airport is massive slow — these guys still have no idea what they are doing

We stayed two blocks away from this Avis and picked up and dropped off at this location. Parking is a nightmare around Little Italy and they were nice enough to let us park in the top level of their garage. Above and beyond, saving us $ 20 a day and/​or a headache trying to find a spot.

Two miles from the airport, but this isn’t the airport Avis. And yet you’re likely to get a significantly cheaper rate here. Perhaps cheap enough to make up for the price of a couple of cab rides (there is no airport shuttle). Or if you’re a cheapskate like me, a luxury ride on the city bus (the 992 comes every 15 minutes, or every 30 minutes on weekends).
You’re also likely to feel less like a lemming here. Science tells us that happiness levels are inversely proportional to our proximity to airport terminals.
I found the service entirely hassle-​free, which is about as much as you can wish for in a rental car company.

We hired a Mustang from Carol at San Diego, Little Italy Avis and were originally dropping it off in LA in 3 days but extended the lease for an additional 6 days to San Francisco through the standard Avis number.
When we dropped off the vehicle in San Fran the invoice we were given was far more than we were quoted over the phone.
We made a phone enquiry with Carol a few days later and she was very helpful and corrected the error.
Fantastic customer service at this particular Avis. Also very happy with the vehicle and the rate we were offered was great!
I recommend contacting the original Avis you hired the vehicle from to make any changes to your contract to reduce confusion.

Overall, i am very satisfied with the service at Avis. This one is exceptional! Very efficient. Easy going and supportive!

Was so impressed with this particular Avis office that I wanted to Unilocal them. Super easy to deal with, friendly and efficient employees and convenient office to downtown. I had to rent a special car for work (I lived here in SD) and will only go here from now on. (One note-​the office is not actually on Kettner Blvd, but on W Cedar… if you go to Kettner and W Cedar, you can’t miss it-​close to railroad crossing)

This Avis office was very easy to work with, they had my car waiting for me and allowed me to drop it off during non-​business hours. Above all, they impressed me when, after I made the mistake of leaving them in the car, they went out of their way to help me track down my lost sunglasses.

As far as car rentals go, this place is just what I needed. My friends and I were staying at the Doubletree on Front St, and we needed a car for a day to explore more of San Diego and make the most of our vacation. This Avis was just a few blocks from our hotel, and we made the reservation online (very simple). When we were going there we got a bit lost because the Avis is not quite on Kettner, the door is actually on Cedar.
The lady at the front desk was very quick and helpful. I spent maybe 3 minutes max filling out the necessary paperwork and we were on our way to a day full of fun. Before I left the lot I made sure I noted all of the scratches on the car and took pictures of them because not all of them were marked on the paper she gave me of the known scratches. When I came back I refilled the gas (it was pretty difficult finding a gas station close by), and for some reason the indicator stayed below the full mark even though I could not fill up the tank any more. I let the lady know when I returned the car, and she made a note of it. A few days later I checked my bank account and not a single cent more was charged to my card.
Easy reservations, decently priced, one of the few rental places not located at the airport, and awesome staff. Definitely use them if you are in need of a car in the area!