Originally Posted by
Concerto
Arriving evening of 5th October at Sapporo CTS, departing again late morning of 12th October. I think it is not a bad idea to spend the whole day in Sapporo plus an extra night, then get on the road on the 7th, without having to worry about a car, city driving and parking (but maybe Sapporo is not that bad).
There will be 3 of us, with medium sized bags, not anything huge. We usually travel relatively light, trying to pack sensibly, given there is always the issue of lugging bags about. My bags rarely reach 20kg, and only if I am transporting music, which always makes things heavier.
Given that the car will be returned to CTS airport prior to departure, it probably makes sense to have the pickup at the same location.
Based on pick-up 7 Oct and return 12 Oct at CTS per Rakuten Travel, I get:
Orix Rent a Car: EA Class (eg, Fit Hybrid) 22,400yen + tax (only 2 cars remain at that price)
Times Car Rental: C-1 class (eg, Demio, Note) 31,000yen + tax
Budget: "JS" class (eg, Fit, Vitz) 22,194yen + tax
Eki Rent a Car: S class (eg, Fit, Vitz, Note) 21,920yen + tax
I think those are all reasonable prices from reputable companies.
You'll see super-low prices at other agencies, but do not go for places like Ones and NicoNico and no-name operations.
I would even hesitate to rent from places like Honda Rentacar or Honda RentaLease. Those are all local operations and I've been fine renting from them before, but their coverage and fine-print policies make me lose trust in them.