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People mover car
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FAQs about hiring a car from Payless at San Diego Carlsbad-Palomar Airport

  • Does Payless offer shuttle or airport pick-up services from San Diego Carlsbad-Palomar Airport (CLD)?

    No (according to our data)

Reviews

Pros

" was timely and pleasant"(in 182 reviews)
" cosmetically"(in 1903 reviews)
"Provide better ."(in 182 reviews)

Cons

"The car smoke"(in 169 reviews)
"Will there again."(in 229 reviews)
"I will Payess again!"(in 229 reviews)
Overall rating5.7 FairBased on 4032 reviews
Cleanliness
6.5
Comfort
6.5
Overall
5.7
Pick-up/Drop-off
5.9
Value for money
5.8

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2.0
Terrible. After waiting for over an hour past my reservation time I was told that no cars matching my reservation would be available for another and if I wanted to something now I’d have to pay another 25 as day for a pickup. I was late for a meeting and paid it like a real sucker. Don’t think I will do business with Payless again.Reviewed 17 Aug 2025
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2.0
The wait to get the car was an hour. Then got a car that was damaged and would shake when you hit 70mphReviewed 4 Aug 2025
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8.0
Overall a good experience—quick checkout, decent price, clean carReviewed 3 Aug 2025
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10.0
Easy and straight to the point , kayak and Payless did me well!Reviewed 28 July 2025
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8.0
the price I had was in dollars, I paid in euros! and they take an advance payment of 2,000 euros and return it to you after ten working daysReviewed 26 July 2025
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10.0
Pickup and drop off location is in the garage without adequate lighting. MSP needs to add more lights.Reviewed 23 July 2025
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2.0
On your website, it lists manager special at a certain price. Then it lists manager special electric for a different price. I chose the manager special since I did not want an electric car. When I got to Payless, they told me I had to take an electric car. Which did not work for where I was going. They charged me another $30 a day in order to upgrade for the manager special to a gas card. It would have been cheaper for me to rent direct from anybody else in this situation.Reviewed 21 July 2025
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10.0
Friendly helpful staff. Car clean and a good price. Even got a nice cold water. Very happyReviewed 20 July 2025
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2.0
They didn’t have the car I reserved and forced me onto a more expensive car.Reviewed 19 July 2025
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10.0
The car could have been newer but the pick up and drop off was excellent and fastReviewed 16 July 2025
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2.0
Payless was probably fine. The main problem was they didn’t have a car at all! They also told me they don’t do same day rentals but kayak booked it and aiding had a car. Also there was no one to contact at kayak to tell them this or cancel my reservation. Obviously I didn’t or won’t pay for it.Reviewed 11 July 2025
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2.0
Nobody was at the desk, I had to go to another company to find out they had no vehicle for me. Waste of time, I went all the way out to the airport and had nothing to show for it.Reviewed 11 July 2025
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