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The bad reviews you'll never get with ProPlanner

31 October 2026

For a rental or mobility company, the scariest thing this Halloween isn't a ghost in the car park. It's a one-star review. One frustrated customer can undo years of good service in a single post.

Most bad reviews don't start with bad staff. They start with a process that breaks at the worst possible moment. Here are four horror reviews no rental company wants to read, and how ProPlanner makes sure they never get written.

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Waiting 40 minutes for our keys.

The customer has a flight to catch or needs to be on time for a meeting. Instead, he stands at the back of a long line at the counter. And when it is finally his turn, he waits again while an employee prints forms, looks up the reservation, and walks around the car with a clipboard.

This is how ProPlanner prevents it: the checkout is entirely digital. The reservation, the car, and the contract are ready before the customer arrives, the inspection is performed on a tablet, and the customer signs on the screen. Keys in hand and off they go.

It can be even faster. With online check-in, customers enter their details and documents in advance, so the handover at the counter takes just a few minutes. And with the self-service app, you can even rent out cars without anyone at the counter: the customer picks up the car themselves, at a time that suits them.

“We paid. According to their system, we didn't.”

The customer paid by card at the counter. A week later, he receives a payment reminder. The payment did go through via the terminal, but no one entered it into the rental system. Now the customer has to look up bank statements to prove that he paid.

This is how ProPlanner prevents it: your CCV payment terminal is linked to ProPlanner. The amount goes directly from the reservation to the terminal, and as soon as the customer pays, the payment is automatically registered. No manual entry, no missing payments, no painful reminders.

Unexpected extra costs on our invoice.

The client expected to pay the agreed price. Then the invoice arrives with a single vague total that is higher than expected, without explanation as to what was added. Even if every cost is justified, a surprise feels like a trap.

This is how ProPlanner prevents it: every price line appears on the invoice, automatically and every time. The customer sees exactly what they are paying for, line by line, without anything being hidden in a single total.

No surprises, no discussions, no one-star review.

Our car went to someone else.

The customer reserved weeks in advance. Upon arrival, the car is already gone because two branches or two employees booked the same vehicle. Now someone has to frantically find an alternative while the customer stands waiting.

This is how ProPlanner prevents it: all reservations are in one real-time schedule. Every branch and every employee sees the same availability, so a car that is booked simply cannot be booked a second time.

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Turn every rental experience into a five-star experience

None of these reviews are about the car itself. They are about waiting, paperwork, payments, and scheduling: the moments when a manual process lets the customer down. ProPlanner automates exactly those moments, so your team can focus on the customer instead of the system.

Curious how it works for your fleet? Book a demo and keep the horror stories where they belong: in the movies.

New reservations
+ 15
Check in
8 today
3 within the hour
Filters
Pool (4) Resourcetype (1) Tag (2) Rental type (1)
Alert
Oil level low
Check out
8 today
3 within the hour
Fleet occupancy rate
+ 12,4 %
Available cars
47 available
TCO

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