GREEN MOTION - London Heathrow Airport Information, Car Rental Instructions & Policies

Like: Great upgrade, without being asked. Just very friendly, attentive service. Good experience
Dislike: In general that UK rental companies make it very expensive to take the car the the continent, which doesn’t apply to EU rentals.

Basically they advertise a price for a certain car, which you reserve online, you get there on a shuttle bus from Heathrow after a flight with all your luggage so you are trapped.. You wait for ages as many disgruntled passengers are querying with two staff members, you then have your turn. Basically the car you thought you were renting is not available, they offer a substandard car or another at a much much higher price... You then have to take out insurance at about 28 pounds per day, you also have to pay extra for more mileage. If you don't take higher premium you get stuck with shit crappy car for a family of 5 as no others... If you take expensive insurance out magically a car that can accomodate the five of you appears... Total farce, the guys behind the counter sound like robots, just churning out the same sentences to everyone, not one person in that car rental office left with a smile on their face. Every customer left feeling fleeced and pissed of!!! AVOID at all costs............

The shuttle service bus stop at Heathrow terminal 5 is incorrectly advised on the documents received when booked. It states bus stop 16 for H51 but it’s actually 17

Awful liar. The counter staff cheated my husband by forcing him to buy many items which she did not mention and end up paying $2600 more, otherwise she would not let my husband take the car despite the fact that I paid the rental.

The car I booked and requested was not available which is always the biggest problem so I had to pay extra to upgrade the vehicle. as the one being provided in the same category was terrible

We were charged for a dent in the body of the car above the front right wheel which was smaller than 25mm. This dent looked to have been made by a car door opening and hitting the body of the car. We were charged £239.25 or $323.08 for this damage.

The interior cleanliness of the vehicle let down the overall impression of the car.

Staff were excellent of what they do n good customer service.

Good value for money except that staff are eager to ask upgraded on booked car and insurance. Dont forget to retain good photo records and detailed check on car before taking it.

In general, the car exceeded my expectations (I received Mercedes instead of VW) and almost everything was great. The only two negative moments: long time waiting at puck-up (only two-three persons were at the counter, while there were about ten customers), and refusal of the company to accept debit cards.

Waited a long time to get car due to computer issues at pick up desk.

Waited too long to get my car. Very rude staff. Won’t be using or recommending this company ever again!!

Green Morion would not take any responsibility for my booking contract as I had booked through a 3rd party. Even though Green Morion was the hire company linked to my booking. I found the staff at the check in desk with an attitude and also trying to charge me for extras which I didn’t need and what a I believe were included in my contract booking. When I went round to collect my car I asked for copies of my documents and was told they would be emailed to me. I said that wouldn’t happen as the check in member hadn’t asked or clarified any of my details. Lack of attention to detail. The manager was helpful in resolving this for me. I also had booked a manual and received an automatic which I then requested to have changed.

great green enviornment company, excellent counter and service staff! My two visits very great experiences. very professional, I will definately come again and refer them.m4j4 location staff: thank you for helping me through a very difficult situation going the extra mile on the spot for me. YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING TAKEN OVER BY THE BIG COS!!!

i went with Greeen Motion because of the cost but would absolutlely never use them again. Although they appear to be cheap there are a lot of hidden costs that should be highlighted. The use of the Hopper Bus to get to the hotel to pick up the green motion car was expensive costing 6 GBP per person. On a return trip for 4 people this adds on a cost of almost 50GBP. On arrival, there was an incredibly long queue. We had to wait over an hour and a half. All the customer service agent could say was that it was lucky we weren't hear last weekend because people waited over three hours. They boasted to being the busiest car rental place in Heathrow but didn't have enough staff on. When I arrived there were 4 members of staff serving and then 2 left as they finished their shift despite the long line out the door. The manager was more focused on "getting some atmosphere in this place" and went off to find some speakers and hook these up to play music instead of helping to serve the queue. There was a lot of repetition in giving information that was already supplied on booking. The process was slow and full of staff trying to sell further insurance and cover packages. Things that are standard at other car rental companies are extras here. Eg. additional driver is 10GBP per day. The standard insurance package is low and the excess was over 1400GBP as opposed to 300 for normal rental companies. The staff were not very professional in their demeanour, chatting and gossiping throughout. They were clearly over worked and fairly fed up with their lot. When I had to take the car back early due to a medical emergency I wanted to contact them directly to talk about extended cover etc and I could never get through to them. I had to resort to driving to Heathrow to discuss options with them. they could not extend me cover to Europe and could not offer me a refund for unused days despite me having proof of a medical emergency.

Pick up location requires a bus to be taken and they charge you £6 per person one way!

Green Motion are great and their service has generally been perfectly acceptable and pleasant. They were let down by the poor heathrow hoppa service that they have to rely upon.

There is a limited daily mileage at the original car so that I need to add much money to change to another car for unlimited mileage as I need to drive to Manchester. No clear instruction in the airport for the shuttle bus to this Green Motion Pick up which is far away from the hotel.

The pick up process took longer time and not efficient. The worker was threatening & forcing us to purchase car insurance direct from Green motion whereas we have already had one from easyrentcars

As in the title. They are OK. Charge for everything, don't be late! But vehicle was fine as was return process. No Issues, check your car before taking it out just to be happy.

getting from T2 was a hassle as need to wait for hotel hooper bus. which cost 5 pound per person. not free. Getting to T4 get more complex with ride is bus and train. wasted lots of time. getting car take too long. only 2 staff serving more than 10 people.

Very helpful staff. Thanks to manager with Irish accent.

Absolutely appalling service - scammed by staff an treated rudely. Would never use again

Great place to hire from cars are in mint condition

Got off to a bad start, the advice given was to catch the hoppa bus from bus stop 16 - this was incorrect. A phone call to Green Motion received a recorded message with 8 options. The option for arrivals said go to bus stop 22/23 - this was incorrect. I eventually found the bus just by walking around at bus stop 18. The counter staff at Green Motion very aggressively tried to sell me extra insurance which was double the car hire charge!! Only good bit was returning the car where it was straight forward. Although I had to wait 20 minutes for the Hoppa bus back to Heathrow and it then stopped at 6 hotels on the way and not one passenger got on the bus