Rental Reservations Get Silently Cancelled Without Customer Notification
A U-Haul customer's confirmed late-night pickup reservation was cancelled without any notice, and they only discovered it after driving to the location the next morning. The lack of proactive cancellation alerts left the customer stranded with no available alternative.
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