Just a tip: If your intentions are to rent a car for 3 days around Portland, then drive it one-way to Seattle, I would try do a 3-day local rental, return it, then rent a car for the one way to Seattle. Generally, one way rentals have both a drop-off fee AND they charge per mile. So if you had the car for your 'tour' plus the one-way, it would add up FAST!
I'd suggest looking at each company individually, and to rent AWAY from the airports, that's another way to save money.
www.carrentals.com appears to do one-way's, but be VERY careful of the fine print on drop-off fees AND mileage charges.
By the way, Troutdale is a bit of away from Portland and rather, uhmn, "quiet".
HTSC
Originally Posted by
Tanya934
The reason we're taking the train to Portland is because we want to explore the Columbia River Gorge area. We're booked in at the BW in Troutdale for a few nights. We're then driving up to the Olympic Penninsula for 3 nights before spending a night in Seattle & taking the train back to Chicago.
We've been to Seattle on the train before & fancied trying it another way.
We managed to drive up to Johnson Ridge on our last trip in excellent weather so are not fussed about doing Mount St. Helens this time.
Is there a site where I can compare rental prices in the Portland area?