Avalon Transportation Service

Rented a pick up truck from them. Great price and friendly, professional service.

Awesome!!! You should go with Avlon. All the Cars are great!! good to drive and very neat. Barry is good and honest person to do business with.

I came to the area for a 10 week internship. Barry was great in helping me get a great deal during this time. He was extremely professional in discussing with me the terms of the rental and the fees required. I would recommend renting from them again. Especially getting into contact with Barry.

Bad experience. Expensive. Could not get a receipt when I needed one. I don’t recommend them.

I’m an Office Manager who now uses Avalon’s limo transport service for my company’s executive staff and high profile visitors coming to the Bay Area. Working with Avalon has been great — scheduling pick ups through Avalon’s team members Susan and/​or Christina, to a driver who is always on time, professional, and gets my guests to their destinations safely makes for an all around pleasant experience. A real tribute to Avalon is I’ve recently learned two of my in-​house executive staff are now using Avalon’s limo service for their personal use as well. That says a lot! Thank you Avalon for making my job easier and making me look so good! I have no problem recommending Avalon. **Check out their car rental service as well!**

These guys were great. Went out of their way to make sure I was able to get from the airport, get my car and to my apartment in no time at all. This was especially amazing considering my flight got in at 10PM! To top it off, it was an amazing deal considering I’m under 25 and would have to pay through the roof elsewhere to rent for 6 months. Definitely recommend their service (especially if you are doing an internship in the area).

Great experience here. I was able to rent a car for 3 months while out here in the Silicon Valley from Avalon — for a great price. The CEO, Barry, and his team run a great service. It’s a small location which looks a bit rough around the edges but they are very responsive (email, phone) and will definitely take care of you.

I came to San Jose and needed a car to get me around for a 3 month internship. Barry gave me a great deal and the price he gives is what you pay, no hidden fees at all. The service is professional and Barry even went out of his way to unlock my car when I forgot the locked the keys in them on a weekend.
Would rent again.

I was moving and on a serious time constraint. I needed a reliable one-​way rental to get me from San Francisco to San Diego, and I’m a student so money is tight. I called countless rental companies (Hertz, Dollar, Thrifty, Budget, Enterprise, Rent-​a-​Wreck) and their quotes for a monthly rental were extremely high, even with my USAA discount! I was freaking out, until I found Avalon Transportation on Craigslist.
Barry and his associate, Jeff, were lifesavers. They were so nice and understanding of my rental needs. Barry got me set up quickly with a super clean, nice vehicle. He will even sell you a vehicle if you need one (and I do!). His prices are really great all around, and he gives you a couple different mileage plans to choose from.
My experience with Avalon was great and I now have a two-​month lease to help me get acclimated in San Diego.
Thank you Barry and thank you Jeff!

So far, I can not complaint one bit, or at all. This is a great place for long term rental.
I’ve gotten better treatment from them then bigger rental corporations, with much less cost. I am very pleased with their service and customer service.
Thank you.

My shopping for a good used car ended here at Avalon Transportation Service. A friend recommended I check them out before I made a purchase elsewhere. I’m glad I did. The price I paid was reasonable. And the cars they had to offer were in great condition. I did not need to visit one more stranger from Craigslist to find the car I was looking for. I found exactly what I wanted; a used Corolla that was maintained, had low miles, and was clean inside and out. But the topping on the cake was the customer service I received. I had one small issue with the lock a few months after I purchased it. Avalon was nice enough to fix it for me at no charge. Something I really did not expect since I purchased a used car. I highly recommend this business. I imagine they practice the same professionalism with their rentals.

Never rent from Avalon Transportation. When I made the reservation in May, I went in-​person to office and asked for weekly rental for a mini-​van and they gave me a quote of $ 374+tax. When I picked up the car on July 19^th, I was told the total would be $ 599+tax. $ 599 is way more expensive than renting from costcotravel. When I objected to the «bait-​and-​switch», the person who was preparing the papers told me that, I was given a wrong quote when I booked the van and this would be the price and the guy gave me a smart answer saying «its okay if you don’t want the car». I was there to pick up for my vacation that i’m leaving for in 2 hrs and what am I supposed to do?. I had to go thru with the rental. He said, since there was some mix-​up, he will not charge me for taxes that is on top of $ 599. Seeing how pissed-​off I was, he said, he will credit me for $ 50.
Anyway, I took the trip and decided to deal with it when i came back. I dropped off the car 7 days later and asked them again to sort it out. This time they invented a new reason. The reason for my high-​rental price is because, I got a Toyota Sienna instead of a Dodge. I infact got a 2010 base model Sienna that was no better than Dodge. In any case, which rental company gives different quotes based on car brands? (unless you pick a luxury car and they definitely do not do that for a minivan!). If I book through any reputable rental, they will always say something like «Toyota Sienna or similar». I do not care what type of car it is especially if I was told before hand that the prices are different (When I booked the person told me they have a fleet for 2013 Seinnas with bluetooth, back-​up camera and the whole nine-​yards so, I said, okay I prefer to have that. However I DID NOT get that, I got a old sienna — I did not complain about it as, its no big deal). During this discussion he was asking me out of the blue whether I took the car outside the state lines. Apparently, I drove 2000 miles which is unusual for instate driving. Are you kidding me?. He was trying justify his mistakes by grabbing on to anything that he can blame me for (anyway, I was in SanDiego and told him I can show the 7-​day condo rental document).
Bottom line, this is a shady company to rent from. When I booked, I checked Unilocal and they had lot of positive reviews but, when I checked now, many 5 star reviews have disappeared. Not sure if they were planted to originally. Save yourself a headache and rent from Costco (which was quoting me $ 514 including everything when I was booking through Avalon — because Avalon quoted me lesser price). They are not trustworthy and a pain to deal with. I usually do not write reviews but, I was compelled to write this one.

Barry, Kitty, and Susan from Avalon are very helpful folks. I started my reservation process working with Barry. Not only did he provide me a great deal for rental car, but he is also professional in keeping his promises. I was able to pick up my car in very clean condition. I would recommend renting from Barry for your summer needs to students and summer interns.

Great customer service!!! Got me into a car as smoothly as possible. I wll never go anywhere else!

I was new to the area and wanted to rent a economical vehicle for a month’s period. My friend referred me to Avalon and I would highly recommend it for any one who is trying to rent a decent car for at least a month’s time. The rates are affordable and the vehicle is in good shape. They also do a pick up and drop off service which makes things really convenient.

I have rented four times from here and also referred a few friends who were very happy with the rates and Barry’s professionalism. They have an A-​team and Barry is a great leader and provides the best rates that you can get.
Overall a great experience and I would recommend this place for anyone looking for short term or long term car rentals!

I thought of going for short term lease after looking at the good reviews here and I ended up feeling sorry for myself and decided that I’ll never go for cheap short term rentals ever again.
I just moved to Corona, CA for temporary project and decided to get a short term month-​to-​month lease as it was cheaper than regular rentals like Hertz. I contacted Barry and he was helpful in completing the Paper work and promised that he will arrange the car for me. After I completed the paper work, he tells me that I need to go to Oceanside (64 mi. from Corona) to pickup the car. I thought I will go through it since its a one time thing and I can still save some money. So I take a train to Oceanside and then a cab from Oceanside to Carlsbad where the car is. A gentleman just pointed me to a distant car and handed me the keys. I could see that is was an old model Corolla. I thought that isn’t a big deal. And then I got into the car…
I gotta say I was greatly disappointed after going through all the trouble of going all the way to Oceanside to get this car. It’s an old model car (2008) and it’s down right dirty, not even vacuumed. There was hair and leaves every where. The car stank so bad that I couldn’t even take a deep breath. I tried to talk to the guy who handed me the keys but he just told me, «if you have anything. talk to Barry». I tried to call Barry but he wasn’t answering his phone.
So I sent an email to Barry and I got the reply the following day asking me to take it to a car wash and get it detailed, he was willing to pay the cost, but I thought it wasn’t fair to rent a car to someone in that condition. His explanation was that the previous guy who rented the car told Barry, he got it detailed and Barry didn’t know the car’s condition. So, that means Avalon was renting out the car without even checking the condition of the car. Anyways, I took the car to a car wash got it detailed and Barry paid the money for it. I also asked him if returning the car is going to be this much of trouble too, and he stated that he will arrange a convenient return of the car.
Like I said I just moved to CA and I didn’t have a CA DL. Barry wanted me to apply for a CA drivers license for his paperwork. So I scheduled a CA DMV driving test appointment and went to DMV to take the test. When I went there I found out that the insurance that Barry provided is not valid. So, I called up Barry to ask him the same. I couldn’t believe his response…“You should have told me before going to the DMV”. Its been 15 days days since I rented that car and I was driving without proper insurance for which I had specifically paid $ 200 per month. I was tired or talking to him and decided to take the driving test using a one day rental from Hertz.
Finally the time came when my project ended and had to return the car. My project end date was 1 week over the month. So I asked Barry if he would prorate the rental for the additional one week or if he wants me to return the car exactly at the end of the month. He said I can keep it for the additional week and return it. I thought it was considerate of him.
So the day came when I had to return the car, and I asked him how do I do it. Guess what, he says that I have to go back all the way to Oceanside to return the car. I asked him about the promise he made for a convenient return. He said he cannot arrange a convenient return as I didn’t keep the car for at least six months (Even though it was a month-​to-​month rental to begin with). Anyways, I decided to get it over with and returned the car to a Service Center in Carlsbad as per his request.
10 days later, he sends me the final bill for the additional 6 days and he charges me $ 40 per day which was supposed to be only $ 25 per day if he prorated the original agreed rental amount. I would have gotten a well maintained ²⁰¹¹⁄₂₀₁₂ Corolla from Hertz with insurance for $ 40/​day.
So, please think twice before renting from this company especially if you’re far away from their office.

I had taken Honda Civic on monthly rental. The service, car and the price offered were great! Will go with them again!
Thanks Barry
Karthik

Avalon Transportation was extremely effecient in Helping me rent a car for a short term Lease. Barry (Mgr.) helped me with all the paperwork.
I would recommend this company to Anyone.