philemer

They are a lot higher on the B.I. now. $50+++

ladyjaneMN

I've heard good and bad about all of the major car rental companies. I'm using Chase points for an upcoming trip. Only 13,000 points for a 10 day rental. Prices have been going down recently.

YWGtoAnywhere

If you are a Costco member try using the Costco travel site. I did that last year for a week trip to Maui and you usually receive a 10-20% discount on the regular price from the major rental companies.

LillianJ

Thanks all great info

seaduck79

Best tip I can give you is to keep checking the rate after you book. It's likely to go down (especially in non-peak times) up to the last week before you get there. You can update or rebook at the lower rate at no charge. I've saved hundred$ that way.

cblaisd

If you put in your booking details at www.autoslash.com/track , they will automatically track and offer to re-book you if the price lowers or there is a lower rate at another company.

They've saved me hundreds of dollars over the last few years.

gaobest

I use Budget (via Costco) and just joined their free Fast Break program so that I too can avoid the long Budget line after taking the shuttle bus. Last year it was about 30 minute long line to get Budget car without Fast Break but I'll admit that OGG / Maui is a relaxing place to be if we don't have to be in a rush. But hopefully in 2017, budget will have fast break and I can save time for my OGG trip in a few weeks :-)

LillianJ

We do not rent a lot so thanks for the info

Boraxo

I have always found that you need to go to the counter with a voucher (which unfortunately many of us get as part of package deals). Has that changed?

Please update on whether this works with a Costco reservation. I have found Costco often has the best deals, usually better than autoslash, though it is worth checking again within 30 days of travel as Hertz will often lower rates as the dates approach.

As for waiting, to each his own, but the last thing I want to do when I start a vacation is spend ANY time waiting in line. My goal is to get to the beach ASAP! In fact I structure my life (Clear, Precheck, GE, etc. just to avoid lines as much as possible, so it is extremely annoying when I have a voucher that can't be handled through the express service (or to wait in line at TSA checkpoints in Hawaii).

ILuvParis

Keep on checking until the morning you leave. I check every time I think of it. A couple of months ago, I made a reservation for $404 (Costco) for 10 days beginning later this week. Then the rates went to well over $600. Suddenly, it started dropping. By Saturday morning it was $385 and in the afternoon, it dropped another $10.

ILuvParis

And dropped another $13 today (2/6).

LillianJ

Would never have thought that. We are travelling middle of June and need a car for one week.

gaobest

With Costco / budget, the reservation is a Budget-numbered confirmation matched with a Costco confirmation number, so I strongly assume that the fast break line would work for a Costco reservation. That line was definitely empty so the agent just helped people in the general line.
Next time I rent for OGG, I'll definitely check auto slash and budget themselves just to compare. I'm paying around $450 for a small SUV for 12 days, which I booked around may. I checked Costco on Sunday and rates had tripled. I can't imagine rates improving at this point!

gaobest

Budget and Avis bus shuttle from OGG to car rental lots was already huge with a long line.

When we got to budget, the crowd was so huge that a staffer hand wrote number tickets and people had to wait just to get to enter the long line at Budget.

Fast Break helped avoid line but inputting my FB number with Costco rental didn't help - the desk person still had to manually create my reservation or something like that. It's good that I had my FB plastic card! I probably saved myself from a very long line.

I know that this is a busy holiday week but I definitely will now just use budget fastbreak website directly instead of Costco - the time saved was huge. Wow.

GL everyone renting at OGG - not sure how busy it is but that fast break line helps

cgtechuk

I booked with Dollar, I used to get an upgrade at the desk as it worked out cheaper (Usually) but in this case there is literally a low selection of any other cars other than what you booked so dont rely on that either, I was served pretty quick though was about 4 back in the queue . 2016.