Bargain Rent A Car

Bargain was a great experience! We had to look for a car rental asap since I had an accident and didn’t have a car for a week. Decided to look around and most of the other car rentals were out of cars, also expensive because of the holiday plus last minute. Thought about Bargain since it was 5 blocks away from my house and never bother about it until now. It’s affordable and outstanding quick services. I would definitely recommend this place. Nice people too! :)

Bargain is great place great prices and friendly service. thanks bargain I love y’all. Will keep coming back. customer for life .love it Mia Prowell

I rented a cargo van here before and never had any issues. They are very helpful and reliable. I always recommend them to my friends.

This place is so amazing, the people there are so kind. Rodger has been helping me while I’ve been renting from them (which is has been longer than expected) & he has been so kind and helpful. They’re very understanding and I really can’t say enough about how great their customer service is here. They have a great small selection of vehicles, the only bad point I could find is they don’t have a monthly rental, just weekly.

So here’s how it went down.
On Wednesday I booked a Ryder cargo van to make a quick trip up to the Santa Monica area to pick something up. Killer deal, all set for Saturday pickup. On Friday afternoon they called and said the person who was going to return the van decided to keep it one more day. With condolences they offered us a 20 foot open bed truck for the same price.
Ummmm… No. Did I mention I was driving into Santa Monica?
I called around for about an hour trying to find another rental company — any company — with an available cargo van and a decent mileage rate. I hit all the major rental companies, and they were almost all — at best — jerks. Finally a google search turned up Bargain Rent A Car in Escondido.
I booked a cargo van to pickup Saturday morning. Decent rates, ok mileage plan — better than anything else I could find. When I went to pick it up I was pleasantly surprised to realize it was a small business, locally owned! Even better, the place is deliciously and authentically retro. I’m pretty sure the sign was designed in the height of the 80’s cool (think Max Headroom), and the building is all angular and full of character. There is an old faded photograph on the wall that is so sun faded it is unrecognizable.
The man that helped me (perhaps the owner?) was very nice and efficient. The van was clean and totally worked for our needs. Now, don’t expect to be able to rent any make or model from this place. I’m pretty sure they have a small fleet. But for simple needs I think it pretty much kicks ass. And I and completely in love with the idea of giving a small rental car business my money instead of Ryder or Enterprise — I never even thought of a place like this existing!
Yay for entrepreneurs!