I was checking car prices for an upcoming trip and noticed that the customer facility charge at McCarran has increased from $3.00 per day to $3.25. Daily add on fees are now 30% + $3.25 + $1.35 if you pick a car up at the airport. A $10 rental now casts $17.60. Hope they don't kill the golden goose.
XVP-Increase in rental car fees
Does anyone have any rental car codes for a discount?
We are planning a trip in Oct.
Thank You
I was checking car prices for an upcoming trip and noticed that the customer facility charge at McCarran has increased from $3.00 per day to $3.25. Daily add on fees are now 30% + $3.25 + $1.35 if you pick a car up at the airport. A $10 rental now casts $17.60. Hope they don't kill the golden goose.
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We should have a link to a 'rental car tips' page. Although the information changes quite frequently, much of the basics stay the same.
My best tip is book a car as soon as you can and keep this as a backup. You can check the sites every couple of days and the prices change daily and in some cases more often than that.
carrentals.com is a good site. Travelocity and orbitz are also good. Carrentals has some stuff that the other 2 don't.
I have found the major players will not price match. Fox ( a much smaller company) often will.
Discount codes come from everywhere. Doing an on line for "rental car discount codes Las Vegas" will turn up a lot of junk and only occassionally a gem.
Like anything else, it's work and you have to figure out how much time you want to spend to save the money. I have found the savings to be significant ( for $140 for 4 days to $70 for 4 days) but then again, I have rebooked to save $3 on the whole rental before.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, RSe4149104@... wrote:
Does anyone have any rental car codes for a discount?
We are planning a trip in Oct.
Thank You
I was checking car prices for an upcoming trip and noticed that the customer facility charge at McCarran has increased from $3.00 per day to $3.25. Daily add on fees are now 30% + $3.25 + $1.35 if you pick a car up at the airport. A $10 rental now casts $17.60. Hope they don't kill the golden goose.
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Hotwire is also an option, although with Hotwire once you book your credit card is automatically charged with no refund. I've also booked a few cars through the Costco "Travel" link, if you're a member of Costco.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "johnnyzee48127" <greeklandjohnny@...> wrote:
We should have a link to a 'rental car tips' page. Although the information changes quite frequently, much of the basics stay the same.
My best tip is book a car as soon as you can and keep this as a backup. You can check the sites every couple of days and the prices change daily and in some cases more often than that.
carrentals.com is a good site. Travelocity and orbitz are also good. Carrentals has some stuff that the other 2 don't.
I have found the major players will not price match. Fox ( a much smaller company) often will.
Discount codes come from everywhere. Doing an on line for "rental car discount codes Las Vegas" will turn up a lot of junk and only occassionally a gem.
Like anything else, it's work and you have to figure out how much time you want to spend to save the money. I have found the savings to be significant ( for $140 for 4 days to $70 for 4 days) but then again, I have rebooked to save $3 on the whole rental before.
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I've added a "Rental Car" link to "vpFREE Links" where I'll compile
rental car info that is posted on vpFREE.
Direct link:
http://members.cox.net/vpfree/Rent.htm
<a href="http://members.cox.net/vpfree/Rent.htm">
http://members.cox.net/vpfree/Rent.htm</a>
vpFREE Administrator
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On 13 Jun 2010 at 14:42, johnnyzee48127 wrote:
We should have a link to a 'rental car tips' page. Although the
information changes quite frequently, much of the basics stay
the same.
I have been renting thru Thrifty, joined their fast pass club and usually get an upgrade. Their prices are about the lowest I've found. Just a word of advice, avoid their cheaper cars, get an upgrade for a few bucks a day. The cheaper cars are really cheap, lacking stuff like power windows, power door locks, remote door openers, outside rear view mirror controls and the most underpowered motor you can imagine.
Their upgrades are still less expensive than others and I've never been hassled by them.
CK
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Hotwire is also an option, although with Hotwire once you book your credit card is automatically charged with no refund. I've also booked a few cars through the Costco "Travel" link, if you're a member of Costco.
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The compact and economy cars from Dollar and Enterprise are similarly powerless. I recently had an Intermediate from Enterprise (a Pontiac G5) which did have some get-up-n-go, but also lacked any powered features.
When renting a car in Vegas is, you might also want to consider how much you plan to use it and whether you hotel has a rental car agency onsite. I have a trip coming up where I am renting a car from Dollar at McCarran and dropping it of at the Mirage the next day. Dollar doesn't charge extra for picking up and dropping off at different locations in Vegas (at least airport and hotel locations). For slightly more than the cost of a cab ride from the airport to the Mirage I am getting a rental car for 24 hours (which will allow me to go off-Strip to pick up a number of trip supplies that will be a lot cheaper then they are in the hotel or on the Strip).
Take Care,
Mark
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, chet Klyn <chetkl@...> wrote:
I have been renting thru Thrifty, joined their fast pass club and usually get an upgrade. Their prices are about the lowest I've found. Just a word of advice, avoid their cheaper cars, get an upgrade for a few bucks a day. The cheaper cars are really cheap, lacking stuff like power windows, power door locks, remote door openers, outside rear view mirror controls and the most underpowered motor you can imagine.