Driving on the 407 ETR Toll Road in Toronto?
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The $17 administration fee from AVIS strikes me as steep. . . . not unexpected but unreasonable. I suppose this is a caution to all of us about driving on toll roads with rental vehichles.
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So I was actually pleased in this situation.
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Interesting. When I drove my own, Massachusetts-registered, car on the 407, going in I expected I'd be paying a toll taker, then saw the apparatus at the same time as I was beginning to contemplate the beautiful highway. (All in, so to speak.) Curse word. But I never received a bill. I guess, with a rental car, they know they have you ...and they do. Regardless of which side of the border you rented it.
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They should allow a way to pay by plate number PROACTIVELY. Utter pain in the rear to use the 407 with a rental car. NO way to prevent a rental agency from gouging you. Other toll agencies worldwide allow you to pay by plate/register a car being on the roadway. For the amount of money the toll road folks waste on paper bills you would think they would move to electronic proactive payments... Better yet allow me to input my plate number and date and let me pay ANY outstanding tolls within 14 days and charge me a surcharge for doing that - still got to be cheaper than letting a rental agency charge their nasty fees.
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(I realize this was a year ago, but in case anyone looks this up ...)
They do. Go to www.407etr.com, set up an account, and register the plate number. Then when there's a charge, it'll go straight to your account and you can pay it directly. It's the same price, but at least the rental car agency isn't tacking on nuisance fees.
I have a New York plate and in my experience, about one time out of 5 they don't bill me, presumably because the plate read failed. Rumor says that if you have Vermont plates you travel for free because Vermont, having no toll facilities of their own, declines to cooperate with out of state toll collectors so they can't get the billing info.
They do. Go to www.407etr.com, set up an account, and register the plate number. Then when there's a charge, it'll go straight to your account and you can pay it directly. It's the same price, but at least the rental car agency isn't tacking on nuisance fees.
I have a New York plate and in my experience, about one time out of 5 they don't bill me, presumably because the plate read failed. Rumor says that if you have Vermont plates you travel for free because Vermont, having no toll facilities of their own, declines to cooperate with out of state toll collectors so they can't get the billing info.