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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 2:58 pm
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Originally Posted by AustinFlyer76
IMO ...

these 5-day rentals frustrate the heck out of me.

why not make them 5 day rentals. To be honest, 5 "days" worth of rentals costs more than a single 5-day rental typically.

ugh ... i just never rent 5 days at a time.

if i do, i'm on holiday and that means, i'll use Hotwire to save a ton of $$.

oh well ... another vent i guess.
For everything I've seen, one 5-day rental is the same cost as five 1-day rentals (except maybe a few fees that are added per rental or for the first 3 days). However, with 5 short rentals, Avis has to staff their office 5x more, do 5x more paperwork and clean the cars 5x more. So for them, I'm sure they'd rather have 1 long rental than several short ones.
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