U-Haul Reviews

Was supposed to pick up truck Tuesday 1.00pm. Waited til 5.00 - no truck. Was told no truck for another week. Had flown my family down from Massachusetts to help my daughter move on that day. Obviously after buying everyone a plane ticket we were going to stay in a hotel for a week and wait for a truck. Had to drive 300 mile round-trip to pick up a truck from North Carolina instead of Williamsburg Virginia, which was original truck rental location. Had to buy my own gas for that 300 miles. Got home 10 PM at night and had to leave the following day because we didn’t have enough time to load up the truck and leave on Tuesday. We did not leave till 5 PM on Friday as I had to load 26’ truck on my own in 100 degree heat. I had to buy a hotel for the night at one in the morning and continued the journey the following day. When I asked what else can you do the sales representative said well I’m sorry there’s nothing we can do about it the person didn’t return the truck. That’s what I call great customer service. So here we are five days later putting the stuff in the storage that should’ve been done Wednesday or Thursday. I think you get the picture not a very happy customer. I believe you gave me 200 miles instead of the 300 that I used to pick up the truck that wasn’t in the right location and I probably spent about $80 on gas for that 300 miles that I should’ve had to spend. Feel free to post this on your customer website for feedback.
Yours Glen W. Moon.

First time using car dolly or towing a car. Success with no issues at all. We took our time. Cut trip into two days to drive in daylight only (easier to see where trailer body is on the road). Other bad drivers are what stress you. The trailer works well. The trailer’s straps were a bit worn, but still solid on our unit. Used my 2012 V8 Durango to pull a 2008 Saturn Aura comfortably from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. Take your time loading. The wheel straps were very secure , car hardly moves. Backing up loaded is an exercise in advanced theoretical physics, it can be done, but takes a long time, need multiple helpers, because imagine backing up mini tandem trailer semi…. because the mount deck pivots! Trailer goes one way, car another, that can go bad fast and cause damage. Avoid that. Pick places you can take wide generous turns and pick stop locations as if you are driving a huge motor home. Watch it’s fenders in side mirrors, it’s wide, to see how close you are to road lines as you drive, as you want confidence when facing construction and barriers. It pulled snug to my truck. I got 17mpg pulling this car, so lost about 4mpg over 200 miles of driving… not to shabby at all. Great tool to be able to rent.

I was able to use UHaul with some personal aggravation points. UHaul doesn’t tell you all the required photos needed before you get started. The damage assessment “stickers” are lame, and vague. My vehicle had some minor damage, but the vehicle wrap had moderate tears and cuts. It took me longer to take photos of all the “none” sticker marked areas. So I took a series of them and a video. UHaul errors while I was checking out, and then I was all done. Didn’t get an opportunity to upload all my photos. - Upon returning my vehicle, rinse and repeat with the software erring on startup. Once I get into the return again had to take a crap load of pictures again. Oh and the fuel.. Make sure you take good pictures of that gauge. I drove this vehicle 10 miles total.. after putting over $5 in gas I thought something was wrong. To my surprise, the gas was not full, and I was not putting more then 3 gallons of gas in that 15 foot vehicle. I know for sure I got more the 3 miles to a gallon. - UHaul should allow for us to upload a video. And, you will be walking back and forth between the key box and the vehicle. Lastly, it didn’t ask me if I put the key in the return... Asked for a picture of where I parked the truck, and then done... I wonder how many people walked away with the keys after all this steps needed to check the vehicle back in...

From the moment I started check-in, it was a problem. UHaul froze up and needed to be restarted 4 times. When I finally got to the last piece, I was waiting for someone to make the final approval. I waited for five minutes and finally sent a message...no response. The sweet woman working inside came out to ask if I had any questions about the truck but I was literally at the last bit of approval so I told her I was just waiting for that. I should’ve scrapped the whole thing and had her check me in manually because 9 minutes in and still no response so I sent another message. 10 minutes past and I sent a third message asking if someone could even respond to me. 14 minutes and I sent another asking if I needed to go complete my check-in inside. 16 minutes in and someone popped on the chat and answered saying to give them a moment and they’d have my check-in complete. No apology. No explanation. Literally acted as if I was disturbing their day.

Checking back-in was significantly faster but then when it closed out there was a final message that said to return the key to the drop box. This facility has no exterior drop box so I ended up having to go inside to ask. What was the point of me going through the online check-in and check-out if it wasn’t faster or easier AND I had to go in anyway? Next time I’ll pass.

I was towing my car on a U-Haul auto transport trailer on I-8 in the desert 15 miles west of El Centro, California when the right rear tire blew, destroying the tire and the rim. I contacted U-Haul roadside assist and Jorge contacted me and said he will be right out and get me on my way. Jorge determined there was more damage than just the blown tire and the trailer could not be repaired at the roadside and could not haul my car. Jorge made arrangements with a local U-Haul facility to replace my broken trailer after hours with one they had on their lot. A few hours later I was back on the road again towing my car behind me. I later found out that when Jorge received my call for help, he was leaving for Mexicali to spend Christmas with his family, who was waiting for him to join them. Jorge didn’t mention this until he got me taken care of and I had asked him what his plans are for Christmas. If there were 10 stars to give him I would certainly give them to him. He went above and beyond what a normal person would be expected. I am truly grateful to him and hope he and his family enjoyed their Christmas. Thanks Jorge!

When entering passwords constant errors and timeout functions when attempting to login. I plus I ordered items at this location but this location does not have. And I was charged for a dolly that they did not have a dolly fee that I did not receive and furniture pads that I also did not receive because this location does not have those items. It seems that UHaul sells you items that the location doesn’t have and then I am charged for them I’m quite upset I got a charge for three items that I didn’t even get. On top of everything else when I got to the location to pick up my U-Haul UHaul would not let me pick up there was no person to talk to I had to call U-Haul which had a hour wait for customer service. Attempting to go inside of the place that the U-Haul rents the lounge/bowling alley says they have nothing to do with U-Haul UHaul tells me to go inside and talk to someone well there was no one there I eventually after 50 minutes of waiting someone showed up and said that they had to check in the U-Haul‘s before I could run it another 20 minutes goes by I asked them about my furniture pads and my dolly they said they didn’t have it I asked him to take it off but they didn’t. They gave me their number stating that they would help me out when I got back it was an incorrect phone number. This whole experience has wasted my time and your company has stolen money out of my pocket absolutely absurd.

I was notified via email the night before I was scheduled to pick up my rental that my reservation had changed to “24/7 Ride Share”
When I arrived I had to download UHaul , re-enter all of my information and try to follow along in the now digital process to get the rental. The locks that held the keys are antiquated and did not open easily. I can’t imagine how anyone weaker than me(5’11, 210lbs, athletic) would have been able to open it. I ordered 3 pieces of equipment to be part of my rental, none of which were in the vehicle. I called customer service who then told me I had to go across town to the primary location and that they would have the equipment ready when I arrived. Before I left, I was approached by two older couples asking me what was going on with the truck rental and I spent as much time as I could to help them, while customer service is texting them. Sweet Christ, it was awful. I had to leave finally and went to the given location to pick up my equipment. Guess what? No equipment there either. Imagine that? Correction: *no equipment for rent* I needed a dolly for the move, which is why I requested three in the first place. I wound up having to purchase one. This was easily the worst U-Haul experience I’ve ever had. I only rented the U-Haul for 12 hours and wound up burning the first hour and a half trying to just get everything I reserved in the first place. If I could give less than 1 star I would.

When I initially created my reservation 3 weeks ago, I reserved a 20’ moving truck, as that size is what was recommended for the house my mother had. It would have been the perfect size too but the day before moving I got a call that there was an issue. Fortunately I had called back and checked my reservation because they changed my truck pick up location to an hour out of the way. When I called to fix this, they told me they had no other trucks available and gave me a hard time. Finally I got the woman to reserve a 15’ truck in the middle of my route (which is inconvenient). I also had ordered a furniture dolly and moving blankets which were not included in my truck. After sitting in a call waiting line for 30 minutes, I finally spoke to the only helpful person at all of U-Haul, the lovey Maxine Jones. She helped me and told me exactly what I would need to do to ~ potentially ~ get the extra mileage that I would use by making two trips discounted, and told me that if I brought my truck back late ( because I was making two trips instead of one ) that I would be charged a late fee. I was appalled but fortunately I had overestimated the time that it would take to move and got it back in the nick of time. All I’m saying is if you want your moving day to go smoothly and worry free, do NOT get a U-Haul. I’m gonna be trying to get a refund from these morons for at least 2 days now. You’ve been warned

I reserved a 15’’ truck picked up at 6 am with a dolly but one day before the pickup day I was informed no 15’’ truck available so that I can get a 20’’ truck without additional fee. Actually I do not have much stuff and I wanted to move to a place require long driving distance (more than 4-hour driving). The change may cause a much higher fuel costs but I accepted because I have no alternative and no additional costs caused by this change.
But at the pickup time, I found no dolly inside and the fuel was not full which may cause more fuel costs. I cannot move without dolly so that I wasted 2 hours (from 6 am to 8 am) for an explanation that where my ordered dolly is and why customer service said my contract never included a dolly. The agent there said there is no dolly available so he removed it from my order at 2pm on yesterday and he just left a note. I cannot believe he can easily change my order without a more clear and direct method such as a phone call. If I knew it on the day before moving day I can order another one at other location instead of waiting an explanation for two hours on the day of moving. I could not finish my moving until midnight, because the leaving time was much later than my plan, crowded traffic wasted my time and fuel. I really don’t want to experience this again and I hope I can get a formal reply with respect to all the problems.

Oddly, UHaul is not allowing me to see what I am typing, just as the vehicle did not let me see the beginning odometer reading at the beginning of my rental. When I returned, I was unable to check the vehicle in without reporting the odometer reading at the end of the trip. The store was closed and the employees were leaving. I was frustrated because I mentioned there was a problem with the message on the instrument panel and I was concerned about the vehicle malfunctioning when I picked it up. It wasn’t until I returned the van that I realized that I had no way of knowing how many miles I had driven. While I was frustrated that I couldn’t get the data, I appreciated the assistance of one of the staff members, Melvin, who had just locked up and was getting into his car to go home. He helped me get the ending odometer number (which ended up being a problem because I know I did not use the number of miles it said I did) but I was glad Melvin took the time to help me and he stayed with me until I got all the way through the checkin process and got to my car. Although I frustrated that I was overcharged for the mileage, Melvin deserves recognition for his willingness to go out of his way to make sure I got safely checked in and back to my car.

Reserved a 20 foot truck weeks before our move. The night before the move, I get a call to drive 30 miles over a mountain to pick up the truck, because that was the only location with the truck. Once I arrive for my 8am scheduled pick up, UHaul tells me I have to wait until 10am for the location to open. Luckily, one of the employees show up, and we spend 15 minutes getting the paperwork in order (I chose truck share because it was said to be contactless). The 20 foot truck was reserved for another customer, so I had to take a 26 foot truck over a windy mountain to begin my move, which I am now late for the movers because of the hassle at obtaining the truck. The employee added 30 miles and took off $30 from the reservation. During my move, I get a voicemail from U-Haul that they have changed my drop off location to about 10 miles further from the original drop off. Some other customer needed the 26 foot. They offered me $50. The new drop off location was not well marked, and there was not an appropriate sized place to drop off the truck. Moving is an extremely stressful situation to start with, and while I will say customer service tried to amend the situations they personally put me in, I cannot recommend renting a U-Haul for a move.

Let’s see, I reserved a truck and paid in full at order time. Then next day I get text that my pickup location changed, and they don’t have the size I ordered, about 5 miles away from original spot, but adds 40 minutes of driving because Birmingham at 5pm. On the way from out of town to get truck, I get another text, they changed pickup location again, not too far from the last one, but seriously? So get there to pick it up, the check in app won’t let me check out, says I owe $.93 (tax rate change since p/u locale changed) and it won’t let me pay via app, so I have o deal with the one guy trying to run a busy gas station at 5:30pm. Fun. Finally get helped and he says I owe $40 - I ask for what, he says it doesn’t say, just that it’s due. So, call to customer service - 20 min on hold and I talk to someone who says it’s a mistake and she has to get a mangler to fix it...and call get transferred to some other csr rep - I give story, back on hold, a loooong time, she comes back in, still working, back on hold... and
The charge is for the safe trip insurance I didn’t order. I told her that, apparently this is a bill padding thing U-Haul does. I just pay because I’ve got crap to do and it’s already wasted too much time. Taking it up with them Monday. Oh, and their own webpage had a link to feedback that was broken. Penske it is from now on.

We had a reservation for a Sunday. Called the local dealer who was assigned to us (on Pleasure Rd in Searcy AR) to change to Saturday. Was told not a problem, he would change the reservation and call him when we were ready to pick up the truck. Called him about 8 times over the course of 2 hours on Saturday with no answer. Drove to the dealership - it was closed with other customers waiting in the parking lot trying to contact the dealer to return their truck. Finally called this app to see if we could pick up the truck elsewhere. Waited on hold for 20 minutes, and was then put on hold another 15 minutes for a regional support person. Was finally (rudely) told how to pick up the truck using UHaul (which the local dealer had said was not possible). Picked up the truck (after a 15 minute search - it was behind a building across a busy street) but the dolly and moving blankets we has reserved we’re not in the truck. After another 40 minutes on hold was very rudely told there was no way to get a refund for the blankets and we would have to call the local dealer (who would not answer his phone) for that to happen. Finally gave up and bought blankets at a local store so we could make our move. We will definitely explore other rental options in the future - neither the local dealer nor this app corporate appear to have any interest in customer service.

It looks simple and seems simple — did all the work on UHaul on my phone — license, credit card, distance. Got confirmation that all I needed to do was show up with my phone to get car. Well, that didn’t work, pressed ‘pickup my truck’ and ended up in an endless loop of ‘pickup my truck’ - then a message saying I’d done everything needed for 24/7 mobile pickup and to hit ‘continue’— and itnjust took me back to ‘pickup my truck.’ First person at U-Haul said I could just start from scratch, but I mentioned I had a reservation and a contract number. She refused to answer why there was no truck ready for me or how UHaul worked. Just, can’t help with that.

Finally got someone to help, they asked for my license and credit card again. I thought it was unnecessary, but gave them. Then they realized I was already in the system. Truck had a gasoline smell inside so they tried switching the car. Suddenly my license showed invalid (while it had worked 5 minutes earlier and was newly renewed last month). An hour and a half later, I finally had a truck - and missed all my plans for the evening. The advice from the rep at U-Haul? Don’t use UHaul next time. Just call. It’s easier.

This the bad review. I’m only giving it 2 stars because the interface was great and had it actually worked, I’d have been pretty happy.

If you’re planning on sticking to any kind of schedule, especially if you have a set time frame for people helping you move, I would not recommend using Uhauls 24/7 or pick up services. Long story short, it took me almost 2 hours past my pick up time to secure my truck. This process included a phone call to the listed help number, who redirected me to the 1800 number, because “We don’t know anything about that app, service, or software”. I was on hold for over 45 minutes with the 1800 number, which never did connect me to a live person. I finally got in contact with someone through the live chat option in UHaul . She was able to give me access after a lengthy wait for a response from her. When I asked her who I could speak with about the poor customer service I’d received thus far, I was sent a generic link to leave a customer review (which led to an error message), then she abruptly ended the chat session. Will not use this service again, and am seriously considering using a different company altogether for my next move.

Side note: because I lost my help yesterday evening, due to the delay, I had to reach out to another friend this morning who only had a small window of time to help me move. Moving then took me two trips, extra time, and mileage and had to be done on July 4th. I guess holiday celebrations can finally start now...

Before I ever arrived to retrieve my reserved truck, the man at the assigned store called me to leave a message that he had no trucks of that size and that he had graciously (sarcasm) upgraded my ride. Let’s be honest, no one wants a bigger rig. It’s hard enough to maneuver a larger vehicle to begin with, let alone needlessly making the truck larger. He did no one favors but himself. But I understand, it’s the cost of having a business such as this. When I arrived, the store wouldn’t allow people to enter (reasonably due to COVID-19) instead of explaining this, the owner laughed at me trying to figure out the cryptic instructions left on their door. I downloaded UHaul on site, which no one told me was something I would possibly have to do; using data I wish I hadn’t had to. Then technical problems ensued when the application wouldn’t recognize my password I had just created. I had to reset my password and then it remembered nothing about my transaction except my credit card number. Priorities. The cab of the truck I rented, had a directional pamphlet that someone else had left behind. Which really made me feel like the company’s safety measures towards COVID-19 were being taken seriously, not. To top it all off I paid extra for a furniture dolly, and I didn’t receive one. Money well spent! (More sarcasm.) I won’t be using U-Haul ever again.

I booked a 26’ truck to be picked up at 9am on a Saturday morning. I arrived a few minutes late and went to do the express online check in which is normally pretty easy and straight forward. Once I received notice of which truck was mine and was able to locate it, I noticed that the truck was blocked in. It doesn’t make sense to me how often things like this happens with this company. They either don’t have a truck for you when you’ve made a reservation or it isn’t ready. Why make a reservation if it isn’t going to be ready?! Regardless, I was able to find a very nice representative to help me with this which should have been a non-issue. He got me all set up so that I could take another truck (that wasn’t blocked in) which was the same size and nicer in just a couple of minutes then directed me to go inside and tell a manager that he sent me so that she could just hand me the keys. No big deal right?! Nope! Went inside to see one representative working the desk and 5 people in front of me. What is the point of the express check in?! 30 minutes later waiting in line I was handed the keys and out the door. The employees were nice and helpful but this is just a poorly run company.

Ended up with 2 flat dual tire on rear passenger side of truck. Tires were in poor condition when I left the this app center. I used the this app app to request road side assistance at 5:00 pm. I waited an hour but UHaul still only indicated that my request was received. I called the 1-800 number and sat on hold for 27 minutes. Ernest then told me that my request was received but no action had yet been taken to contact anyone to help me. I was told someone would be contacted to assist me within the hour. I texted this app assistance an hour later and no one responded. I texted again at 75 minutes. Still no response. I called this app assistance again and waited on hold for 34 minutes. I was told they were now attempting to find a provider to assist me and would contact me within an hour. Again no one called me and I had to call them. I was then told no one would be able to assist until "some time" the next day and to contact them the following day. I called after I was done work the next day only to find out they still had not even attempted to contact anyone to assist me. This lack of follow through is inexcusable!!!! No return calls, no return texts and no service!!!!! I want to speak with a road side assistance supervisor and request that you contact me within the next 2 business days.

1) I had to photograph my license 4 times. Picture was clear each time. I did not get an error or further instructions, just kicked back out to the prior screen.
2) partway through the process I was asked to provide a phone number and name do someone who could verify my identity. I understand that, but you can collect that information when the reservation is made. At that time we should let people know this is going to be necessary and that you will be calling them. Most people answer their cell phones about half the time anyway, and when it comes from an unknown number even less frequently so Customers need to give the reference receiving the verification call a heads up. This going to be especially important for an off hours pickup, such as someone picking up at 5 am to beat traffic, etc. Put a reminder about this in the reservation and again in the middle of the check out process.
3) Upon return, no matter how many pictures I took of my dash board, the continue button never became selectable. An employee checked me in. Customer service is good at the El Camino store in Mountain View, CA 🙂

I’ve seen really long wait so you halls, so UHaul checkout and return is a great idea, but UHaul needs some work and the process does too.

U-Haul’s Mobile App is the best thing to happen to U-Haul. Every time I’d step into a U-Haul location, they’d be incredibly busy and understaffed or staffed with employees who are less than eager to help....until I met Kristian at the Neptune Beach, FL location. I was having difficulties with the mobile app the first time I tried to use it. He was friendly, professional and eager to help make the process as seamless as possible. This is the second time I used the mobile app and picked up at this location. Kristian was again eager to help make sure I was all set. He had just arrived as I was pulling in and before he even got settled into the start of his work day, he helped take care of getting me on the road. The mobile app worked seamless this time and with Kristian’s help getting the key from the correct lock box, I was on the road in no time. Upon returning, he was outside and welcomed me in with a wave. I used UHaul to close out my rental, dropped the key in the drop box and left within 5min. Thanks U-Haul for the excellent app and customer experience!

From the beginning this journey started horrible. First off UHaul sent me to the wrong location. I would like to note I had made a change to my reservation by changing locations to allow me to use UHaul to pickup at an earlier time. Unfortunately the person who I spoke with must have never change the location because when I left at 6:00 am this morning it sent me to the wrong location. I kept trying to work with UHaul but the location settings would not work. After trying for over an hour I called customer service. They told me I was at wrong location and sent me to a different address. So after losing an hour and half on my journey I finally got the truck. The truck was great and had no issues with it whatsoever. The next problem came when I tried to drop off the truck at the same location I picked it up. The office we closed so I tried to use UHaul again and it still had me at the previous location. So after calling customer service and pleading with the rep to get a manager to make the the correction I finally we able to drop off the truck another hour and a half later. So I lost three hours time because U-Haul does not have the capability yet to use the technology they pay for. I paid for it and lost. Buyer beware!

We picked up truck - it took a few minutes to confirm the info but it was basically easy. I rated it a 5. We dropped it off at another location 2 hours away. It was a Sunday night. They advertised 24/7 drop off. First of all the place wasn’t where it said. Addresses had been changed and we had to turn around and go several miles in the opposite way. I’m not sure whose fault that was but it cost us an extra 4.00 in mileage. We got to the location and there was no key drop. / anywhere. We went through the whole process on the phone. Completed the information and it closed out. There was nothing stated about where to put the key. We called the 1-800-this app number and after being on hold for a very long time- we spoke to a very nice lady named Leshon. We were on the phone with her for 29 minutes. She offered as much help as she could. There was just no drop box and the key would not fit between the space on the front door. We hid the key. She documented where we hid it. We will contact the place in the morning and spend a restless night worried that someone will steal that truck! This is a very bad flaw in the system! There simply must be detailed information about where to leave the key. We will never use this system again.

I was very dissatisfied because it took two hours to check out the this app even though I had a reservation and only two people in front of us. The guy named Carlos was taking a long time and was installing a car onto an auto transport for a different customer for 45 mins when there was people were waiting. When he came back I overheard him mention to the other employee that the previous employee had left his shift an hour early. We requested a certain truck and the lady refused to give the this app and said she couldn’t because her boss won’t allow it. I told her, “I am the customer and I can go somewhere else” and she responded, “I had to listen to her manager and not the customer.” I told her I was going to call the manager. She responded, “go ahead she won’t answer.” Then I told her then I would call corporate. Then she changed her mind and gave me the this app I wanted. She told me to drop off the this app in Pharr 20 miles away from my destination, while there was one located 1.8 miles away. After the 2 hour wait, the U-Haul was dirty. She didn’t offer to clean it. I had to ask her to clean it. If she expected me to return it cleaned. Which I did.

I thought rent an equipment going to be easy like 1,2 , 3 but no! The first rent wasn’t in the the same spot that I received, and when I went there driving 45mints there’s no on can help to attach the trailer, they told me to get smaller ball, I drive back to bring smaller ones and change the pick up location to some place near to me, they told me they need 2” ball the one that I had before, drive back buy it agin and drive it home to load it, in the trip there was a storm lot of water when I finally get there and I want to unload it I found a water and water damages on my stuff, I called the costumer services they told me to call the round assistant to see where the damages are, some random guy come to my drive way try to take the trailer He accused me of lying because it’s 80degre and there’s no rain, he didn’t show any ID or certificate about who is he and what he is doing, I asked him about my stuff he told me it’s not his problem his job to take the trailer, I was confused, I called the costumerservices they told me it’s over due even I rent it on the 21st and he came on the 24th!! They give me 4 days stander. That guy call the police, I make a damages claim and I don’t know what going to happened, but for sure I have the bad experience ever:(

I spent over 2 hours trying to find the location talking with multiple this app reps. I would like to say that a rep Carman finally helped me by being in the line with me for about 45 minutes when I finally was able to drop off the truck. I would also like to say the rep at 2920 Governers Blvd in Wilmington refused my drop off there when I could not find the 810 south walnut location. He also proceeded to give me bad directions telling me it was at a BP gas station which was totally inaccurate. I was disconnected multiple times by this app while on the phone before reaching Carmen. The rep at Monroeville also tried to help but was limited in what the could do. The roads to the 810 south walnut location were closed so I had to park in a lot across from Glacial Auto yo return it. The location did not appear safe and I was concerned that I may run into junk yard dogs. But I did find the drop box and returned the key. I did my best at the photos for UHaul drop off but I was walking away and did not want to go back while doing UHaul return process as the location looked dangerous and I just wanted to get out of there. I will only use this app again if it’s an absolute emergency and I have not other reasonable choice.

So many things went wrong when renting this U-Haul this time. We were supposed to get the U-Haul at 7 AM and had to wait till almost 10 AM to pick it up. I was on the phone the night before to make sure I can pick up the U-Haul at 7 AM and someone on the U-Haul phone line told me that would be fine. Then I had to call four different people the day of my pick up. One lady put me on hold for over 20 minutes. Another lady was supposed to get me to talk to a manager and I was on hold and then the phone dropped. I expressed my concerns about everything and how behind this put me with all the people trying to help me move, no one cared at all. To top it off I was told that I could just drop the vehicle off at the drop off center after hours and that I would not have to be there and my father-in-law could drop it off for me. Turns out I had to follow him and do it all with my smart phone. This was such an inconvenient thing with U-Haul and I can’t believe that they didn’t make any of this right. I will recommend everyone I work with every friend I know what every family member I have to never use U-Haul and to go with a different company. You lost a really good customer right here.

The self pick up feature on UHaul is so poorly executed it makes me deeply question the longterm viability of U-Haul as a company. On at least 5 or 6 different occasions I was forced to close UHaul because it became non responsive, continually told me it was “Loading” (like to take a picture), or that it has lost internet connectivity (despite this being obviously false) (I am using in an iPhone 8). The driver license verification “feature” took over 10 minutes to verify. It provided me with 5 or 6 vehicles almost none of which were actually located at the U-Haul facility, one of which was parked in such a way as to make it impossible to drive out. Upon finally finding a vehicle that was actually in this facility, spending 30 minutes opening and closing UHaul , I finally “completed” the process only to wait another 20 minutes to receive keys from the U-Haul facility. I absolutely guarantee I could have been in and out of the U-Haul location in 10 minutes had I gone into the location versus the nearly an hour I spent using UHaul. That such an obviously flawed and broken system could be delivered for production use is bafflingly ridiculous to me.

1st the 26’ truck I originally ordered was broke down. Then they sent me 56 miles (one way) to pick up a smaller 20’ truck and a 6x12 trailer. Losing 100 sq ft but charge me the same amount. Well kinda not okay but what made it worse...when I got there they didn’t have a truck for me. Mind you I’m in a bind now cause I have people waiting to help me load. I’ve already driven 2 hours out of my way to pick up an imaginary truck. After an hour and using my “Mom voice” a few times they got me a truck and trailer. The associate was super I will say that he did an amazing job trying to help us. Still charged me the same amount and only gave me $30 off. Mind you I spent gas in my vehicle and used more gas then I should’ve in the this app. It was all just pretty overwhelming. Then drop off with UHaul was easy hard part....locating a good place to park it with out blocking anything. They need to have a more centralized location for drop off then “wherever just not there” type of directions. Still believe for all this trouble we should’ve gotten a little more reimbursement then $30!

If you’ve never used the service before, there is no instruction/warning on how long or what else to expect. I arrived with no person present for the handoff of pickup/ drop off. I did not know what the next steps were and opened UHaul and sent a text for what next. Waited 15 min before someone responded. I sent two texts asking what to do with no response. I nearly left the location during the wait time because I had no idea what next.

In the return phase, sent my son to drop keys in the drop box while I opened UHaul for the return. Realized too late that I needed to take photos of the dash with the fuel and mileage. I knew what they should be as I had calculated the mileage before and had just filled the gas tank to the same as when I picked up. The rest of the photos were not a problem as I was still in the truck, but a better understanding of what the expectation were would have been nice.

Great using technology, but a better outline of the steps would be nice before hand.