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What is RentWorks?

RentWorks is Bluebird's robust software for Vehicle Rental companies. From the front counter to the back office, RentWorks can help you operate more effectively and efficiently. It is packed with features such as a one screen rental process, reservation sales, fleet utilization, rate management and accounting interfaces, including the popular QuickBooks package. From periodic procedures to repair orders, RentWorks gives its users the game-changing advantage of customized reporting. Add-on modules are also available with RentWorks, which include Credit Card Processing (with Chip & PIN devices), signature devices, mobile apps, and website integration.

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RentWorks is Bluebird's Windows-based Vehicle Rental software. It is packed with features such as a two screen rental process, reservation sales, fleet utilization, rate management and accounting interfaces, including the popular QuickBooks package.


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Year Founded
1993
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Grey P.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Bluebird review"
Flexibility to design our own rate structure and adapt it when the need arrises.
Joshua M.
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Joshua M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Excellent software and support for Auto Rentals."
I like that the software is set up to be as user-friendly as possible, with as few screens for the end-user as possible. As a manager, I also appr...
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4.5 out of 5
"Provides the ideal solutions for renting at multiple locations "
Access via the Internet. using the familiar windows based interface. tracking rates, your rental agreements, vehicles, and customers using multip...
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RentWorks Media

RentWorks Demo - RentWorks Dashboard
Our simple, user-friendly dashboard can be customized to suit your needs.
RentWorks Demo - Vehicle Usage Chart
Manage your fleet more efficiently by tracking your usage of vehicles.
RentWorks Demo - Booking Reservations
Fill out rates and check availability for vehicles to rent.
RentWorks Demo - Res Planner
With RentWorks' Rez Planner, you can manage reservations easily on a single screen.
RentWorks Demo - Checkout Vehicles
Fill out customer information and credit card information.
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Car and Truck Rental Manager
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What do you like best about RentWorks?

Flexibility to design our own rate structure and adapt it when the need arrises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

so many reports and menus that if you can't remember where something is and it's not on your favorite list, it's very hard to find or use "help" to locate it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RentWorks:

there are a number of additional products that can be piggy-backed onto the software. The basic rentworks will do everything a small agency needs. We added EREZ to automate the online reservation system. Still forming an opinion on that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

the ability to add notes to a car or renter has been a huge benefit. Went to rent a vehicle to a customer that had not been here for five years but had a bal due. Customer walked but it kept us out of a possible situation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joshua M.
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What do you like best about RentWorks?

I like that the software is set up to be as user-friendly as possible, with as few screens for the end-user as possible. As a manager, I also appreciate the customization of the favorites screen that allows me to quickly find, and use tools I need that could otherwise be lost in the sea of options this software offers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

I do dislike how much it seems to be geared toward 'add-ons', which is unfortunately a sign of the times. What should probably come bundled together in the modern age, such as online reservation integration (website and Facebook,) and internal damage recovery. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RentWorks:

Bluebird is a great piece of software for our small business. It is cost-effective in that it is priced well for what it does. I have not used competitor's software to offer a good comparison, nor have we had a large volume of business to compare to large organizations, however it has done very well by us, and they take our comments, suggestions and complaints to heart and make every effort to improve. Each new release has been a significant improvement, and I feel that makes them a worthwhile investment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are handling our entire rental fleet of autos, box trucks and cargo vans, as well as loaner cars, through this software. It has a lot of customization options that have seriously benefited us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RentWorks?

Mayfair Rent-A-Car has been using Bluebird’s RentWorks software for over eleven years and has been very happy with the product. It is very user friendly, which makes it easy for new and existing team members to navigate. When there is an issue, the Mayfair team especially likes the ability to use the online support system. The ability to spell out the problem and the use of team viewer makes solving problems very easy. In addition, the user conference gives the opportunity to network with other users and meet the Bluebird team. Both Angela Margolit and Rob Hano have always been very accessible and willing to support our company when needed. I enthusiastically recommend Bluebird! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

There are not many areas to dislike. Recently bluebird has added a customer relations manager to reach out to its current customers with any question or issues we may be having. I believe this is a great step and will only improve the product! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

Bluebird has made it easy to run our day-to-day business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jennifer R.
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What do you like best about RentWorks?

Angela is dedicated to customer service and technology implementation. She listens to every client as if they were her only customer. The software is easy to train to new employees and is clean to the eye. Whenever there is a issue, their customer service and technology team jumps right in to teach, and fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

Blue Bird's system is solid! But with that it's a bit outdated when it comes to new software and tablet usage. The rental system takes several "tabbed" clicks and several mouse clicks. Installing the software is very tricky, and almost always requires the help of the support team. This makes the desktop version a bit of a challenge when replacing computers or adding computers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RentWorks:

There are two names in the rental software rental industry. Blue bird and TSD, both are great products and are dedicated to their customers. Yes, there are other players who are smaller but have not once attended the International Car Rental show. Blue Bird is a great system for ease of use, and reliability. Once you have the software customized for your business it runs without effort. My only opinion is that TSD is ahead of the curve when it comes to advanced technology, and ease of adjustments. With that TSD also bosts a hefty price tag when it overall does the same thing as Blue Bird. As a user for 15 years, not once did I ever think about leaving! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using Blue Bird for our car rental record keeping. The benefits of the software give us the ability to track our entire operations. From reservations, to pick up, extensions, accidents and collections the software does it all. Our employees also took advantage of the time clock system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gil C.
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What do you like best about RentWorks?

A complete software package to operate a car rental company whether you have a single location or multiple locations. The software is capable to handle the various rental types from retail, corporate and insurance replacement. The system can handle billing, accounting and time clock functions as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

Does not have customization capabilities or car share rental systems which are looming on the horizon. There are work arounds for unique situations needed by car rental companies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

There are several companies providing car rental software. Having been in the business for 35 years and reviewed several software providers and speaking with other car rental companies I bekieve Bluebird offers the most compete solution to operate a car rental company. I was able to monitor and audit the operation of the company, track performance of an office, a staff person or segment of the business as well as manage rates, fleet and reservations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Glenn D.
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What do you like best about RentWorks?

Bluebird is and all in one software that inputs retains and report my entire fleet information my employee time clock my customer base and all contracts as well as financial records Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

Would like to improve bug crashes in the middle of a contract and locking that contract. Waiting for customer support to call me back when I have a customer waiting contract processing time would beat faster with a barcode scanner and a drivers license identification hardware that works consistently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RentWorks:

Take time to learn the software thoroughly and ask all the questions you need Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

The maintenance on all of my rentals are up to date, my customer records are easy to access, the financial breakdown is easy to find, I can find all information for my entire fleet in a simple report. I realize that without blue bird I would be doing all of this manually is saved me uncountable time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chris C.
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What do you like best about RentWorks?

How powerful the software is. Odds are, if there is something you need it to do, it can already do that, or something similar.

It handles everything from rentals, mileage-based fleet maintenance, direct billing, damage claims, and many more capabilities that it would take hours to fully discuss Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

The learning curve.

Rentworks is an extremely complex program. It seeks to be an all in one solution for almost every aspect of running a rental car company.

As such, there is so much to learn in order to fully, or even mostly, utilize it.

Thankfully, Bluebird offers many avenues of training to help users get the most out of their software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RentWorks:

Use the online webinars, and dont hesitate to contact their technical support, their support team is awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

Tracking maintenance schedules for fleet cars.

Tracking direct bills of contracts, such as in the case of insurance rentals.

Rentworks makes our business possible. There are just so many things to keep track of, that need to be linked together, that it would be impractical to do with separate pieces of software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RentWorks?

Access via the Internet. using the familiar windows based interface. tracking rates, your rental agreements, vehicles, and customers using multiple reports. They gave great tech support for the times that I had problems or couldn't figure something out. One of their advisers even stayed well after their closing time to help me out. It is dependable and easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

I have no negative issues with them. Bluebird has always been very responsive in all our requests. If there is a special feature we would like to see in the system they will consider the request if attainable and attempt to oblige. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

The system is organized to practice skill the physical rental process, so it makes complete sense as a rental agent moves from screen to screen. This not only speeds the process of training new employees but allows us to get customers in and out of our locations as quickly as possible. The reliability of the software is also a key factor that we keep in mind Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RentWorks?

The layout of fields and screens in the rental and reservations areas matches the dialog agents have with renters so the information can be filled in quickly. The tab, fill-in, process is fast with little backtracking. We love the equipment list and equipment check out/in area for GPS, child seats, EZPass etc. Reports are accurate and easy to run. Add on modules like Claims Manager and ERez are easy to get up and running and very helpful. The folks in NJ are a joy to work with! The program is reliable and works. We love stability in our operations and Bluebird is one of our most stable components of our operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

It's taken us awhile to tweak the security settings for each group of employees. It would be nice if the system was loaded with a generic security platform which you could change item by item as needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RentWorks:

It's a wonderful program! We couldn't run our business without it. The YouTube tutorials are great for helping to train new employees. The online support is easy to use and they do a good job of keeping everyone in the loop with their BarsNet newsletter. They are very approachable via phone and email. Would highly recommend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

The software allows us to rent more cars quicker with less risk by providing the required fields needed to limit our liability . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RentWorks?

Rent Works is a very easy to learn and easy to use product once you get the hang of it. We use this for back office accounting and reports. The easy of the reports and functionality are great. We use the Licensee bridge though and that tends to not play all that well with each other. This is in part due to restrictions from other avenues. If I were a standalone rental company or starting my own company for rental I would use this product first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RentWorks?

We use this for back office and front but because we don't use it for everything exclusively we have translations and timing delays. Not really the fault of the product though. Small extra steps in some process that seem annoying but could be just because I am used to a completely different system for so many years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RentWorks:

Great product for locations who are not attached to large company. I know there are restrictions based on us being attached to one of the big three. If you are getting into car rental for the first time this product will be easy to understand and use. Based on my current system, for renting the bulk of my cars, this system is what I would hope to have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RentWorks solving and how is that benefiting you?

Going paperless. Using this for rentals and having signature capture is helping us get closer to paperless. This saves on paper, Ink, wear and tear on equipment, and storage needs. This system is also great for Insurance replacement. I like the freedom to be able to create our own stuff that is tailored to my business locally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.