Originally Posted by
elCheapoDeluxe
Weekday evening rental: ES had a few Sonatas, a few Chargers, and a Regal. There were a few mid-sized SUV's. EA had lots of selection. Altimas, Malibus, the usual.
An aside - National's inventory management at this location drives me crazy sometimes. Last week I tried to book a five day rental starting 12/14 and a standard res was coming out to $400+. Booked with Dollar for $140 all in instead. The next day National said it had no cars at all. For the heck of it today I re-checked, and with the current promo for $25 off a weekly rental before 12/20, the exact same res at National priced out to $104.33, all in. I've found it very hit or miss on the pricing here. They will alternately tighten things WAY up, and then dump things on the market cheap, then tighten things way up again. The pricing here is really bipolar.
Lookin to head into the SFO area for an anniversary trip so I was checking on cars in the area and came across this post. I know it's on the other side of the continent, but I have the same issue with my location in YYZ. I've actually found that it's often a question of when during the day you're pricing your reservation. For example, a 3 day weekend right now prices at $40/day on FullSize, about $170 taxes in for the weekend. In the evenings (10/11pm EST) that same reservation drops to $15-17 a day, which, with a $20 coupon puts me at $25-27 for a full weekend reservation. It's unreal.