We flew in on Christmas Day to Las Vegas. We arrived at Hertz about 8:00 pm. We are GOLD members and went to pick out our car. There were very few cars left. We picked one and when we got to the gate to check out and leave and we were told there were mechanical issues with the car and had to turn around and find a different car. We were so exhausted and had to turn around, unpack and reload our luggage. We were left with a car we didn't want, but had no choice. BTW, there was nothing on the first car to let us know there were mechanical issues with the car. This would have saved us SO much time and energy.
We went to check out and extremely loud alarms were going off telling us to evacuate. The computers were down and we were stuck inside the garage and were unable to leave. We found out there was a fire inside the car rental garage. It took a long time until the computer was up to check us out. Everyone kept saying to evacuate, but the gates were locked down. Finally, the computers were up and we were able to get out. There were tons of fire engines and we still don't know what exactly happened. It was so scary and an awful way to spend Christmas and no one EVER offered us any sort of compensation.