I think most of the national chains that are renting out of the ANC airport are OK, or at least simi

We are flying into Anchorage the first week of June. I have read a few poor reviews of certain rental companies. Does anyone have any experience with the local companies? Or advise at all in reference to renting a car. We will be needing it for 10 days. The last thing I want at the end of a beautiful vacation is a problem with the car rental. I have read horror stories of free upgrade not being free, etc, etc. Thanks for all your help! We are so excited to go. We almost hotels in key west florida have all our plans finalized. I will share all soon.
I've had every all manner of problems with car rentals, including a return line that took 90 minutes! I've had problems with all companies in all manner of cities. There's no reason to think one location is as bad (or better) than another, or that one major company would be more likely to present a problem.
The only advice I can give is to (1) go with a major company, (2) read the contract carefully -- and understand the words "or comparable model", and (3) get everything in writing. Assurances you get over the phone are WORTHLESS.
I think most of the national chains that are renting out of the ANC airport are OK, or at least similar. I've rented cars in Anchorage 8 or 9 times and the only major problem I had was with an independent company off-airport, who was closed the day I was supposed to pick up the car even though I had a 2 month old reservation. Had to scramble to find something else or I'd have been screwed.
Some general hints for ANC ... the taxes are ridiculous, I seem to remember around 33-38% total last time ... this includes state and city taxes you'll have to pay anywhere but also an "airport" tax, I forget whether it was 8 or 11% but something like that. So if you can find a place off-airport, even a mile away, you can save that 8/11% (whatever).
So what I typically do when researching ANC cars is go to a clearing house site like, say, Priceline and first search for ANC (the airport) and note the prices, then try an off-airport search and compare hotels in key west florida prices. Sometimes the variations are major and surprising, sometimes not.
thank you for all of your replies. We did not find a xceed car rental in anchorage only in Canada? thanks Bill for the information on the tax. We will be checking hotels in key west florida into that. All the final details are very important.
So you can avoid the 11.11% airport tax plus $6.50/day airport facility charge by renting off-airport. What we always did when renting off-site was stay at a nearby hotel on Spenard that offered free airport shuttle service, hotels in key west florida then pick up the car the next day.