Originally Posted by
harichkd
Hello,
Thanks for your response and I am sorry for multiple posts as it was unintentional by doing it on phone.
I currently have an intermediate SUV with Budget booked from Costco rental for $386.95. My wife has a separate booking for premium car for $374 from Avis. We are planning to see and request either one for a better mpg-small-mid size SUV from either one of them. I do have AARP membership (Avis standard SUV coming at $432 with their code) but did not find it better than Costco Travel. I do have the CorporateShopping.com membership signed up with my school email-ID (I am a FT student) and this one gives same Avis standard SUV for $403 (still Costco seems better).
We both are also healthcare workers, does avis/budget give any discount or perks for that?
Are the rates you are quoting before or after taxes and fees? Will you require any optional insurance (third-party-liability coverage and/or LDW), or do you have a personal auto insurance policy that will cover either or both of those items on a rental car?
Have you checked with your respective employers to see whether they have car-rental contracts, and whether employees are entitled to use those rates for leisure travel?
On the Avis and Budget AARP webpages, you can find coupons good for a $15 discount and a $10 discount, respectively, off of rentals costing $175 or more. Coupon code might not be valid in conjunction with some rates.
Edited to add: Do you have your own E-Z Pass transponder? If not, how do you plan to pay for tolls on your trip?