After hearing some mention Advantage Rent a Car, I took a look at their rates for my next trip. For 2/20/10, pick up at noon and drop off 2/24/10 at noon, the rate at the airport with all taxes is $105.04. The rate at their location in Main Street Station is $203.69. Quite a difference. Same car.
Sometimes a local shop is cheaper but I have found the airport location has the lowest price the majority of the time.
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I have always found it better to pick the car up at the airport and drop off at a sattelite location. Just lower for some reason, usually use dollar that has many strip dropoffs.
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From: greeklandjohnny@aol.com
To: vpfree@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:50 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] XVP, car rental airport vs local
After hearing some mention Advantage Rent a Car, I took a look at their rates for my next trip. For 2/20/10, pick up at noon and drop off 2/24/10 at noon, the rate at the airport with all taxes is $105.04. The rate at their location in Main Street Station is $203.69. Quite a difference. Same car.
Sometimes a local shop is cheaper but I have found the airport location has the lowest price the majority of the time.
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My average car rental is $13/day + tax = $20/day.
Las Vegas car rental 2/20-2/24 Fox $84 ($16/day + tax), Ace $108 ($17+), Thrifty $115 ($17.42+) without searching for rental discount codes.
1) I refare my reservations every week (e.g. if the price drops, lock it in).
2) Even though I usually rent Thrifty (to get free rental days), I check Orbitz just to see if anyone has crazy low rates.
3) If the rates are really high, I check hotwire.com & priceline.com (BiddingForTravel & BetterBidding).
4) I search for rental discount codes on FlyerTalk.com and Google.
5) It's ok to hold multiple reservations at Fox, Ace, and Thrifty because no-shows don't charge you (Double-check current rules). If one drops *really* low, you might cancel the other ones, but who's to say that Ace won't drop to $50 the day before your trip because they have a glut of cars.
6) The day before a reservation the price often either drops to $13/day (too many cars) or jumps to $80-100/day (oversold).
See some pics I took at http://ff.im/eBopX
Mitchell
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, greeklandjohnny@... wrote:
After hearing some mention Advantage Rent a Car, I took a look at their rates for my next trip. For 2/20/10, pick up at noon and drop off 2/24/10 at noon, the rate at the airport with all taxes is $105.04.
I always find the total way less with airport rental, even with the excessive taxes and fees. Prices at hotel rental counters are always MUCH higher, making the total higher than the airport total.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, greeklandjohnny@... wrote:
After hearing some mention Advantage Rent a Car, I took a look at their rates for my next trip. For 2/20/10, pick up at noon and drop off 2/24/10 at noon, the rate at the airport with all taxes is $105.04. The rate at their location in Main Street Station is $203.69. Quite a difference. Same car.
Sometimes a local shop is cheaper but I have found the airport location has the lowest price the majority of the time.
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