Originally Posted by
philemer
Due to some scheduling issues with flights we may arrive at KOA 4-5 hrs earlier. Original times and dates are: Pick up car at 10pm on 1/18 and return at 10am on 2/5. Will picking up car at 4pm or 5pm cause an issue? Increase in rate? Should I call the rental co. and ask? I have 2 rez, one with Enterprise (through Costco) and one with National.
Rebooking is not an option as current rates are 30% higher.
You don't necessarily have to rebook. Just update the arrival flight info that the car rental companies typically ask for.
If they don't know that you're arriving 4 to 5 hours early (because you don't update your arrival flight info), they're not that likely to have a car waiting for you. They may be depending on a car being returned the previous hour to
when they thought you were coming to make a car available to you, during the car shortages.
And, yes, it's possible that it will cause an increase in rate. Though since it's not changing the number of days you have the car, it's not certain.
But in any case, you may want to figure out alternate plans for not being stuck at the airport for hours
in case whatever you do in advance doesn't get a you car when you arrive.
And remember, classically, car rental rates often drop a week or two before the arrival date, so you may to check then whether rebooking to your correct arrival time will lower the rate
then, even though it raises the rate
right now.