Originally Posted by
rbakker
Worried about what they would charge me I eventually phoned Budget France and they basically said they could charge whatever they want for the extra day but couldn't tell me exactly how much because there was no manager present.
Is it really the case that rental agencies can charge anything they want if you bring back a car a few hours late? I'm renting for 13 days and paying about 23 euros a day. They wanted 150 euros extra to change it to one more day. I intend to just bring it back late and see what happens. If they overcharge me I'll take it up with Budget (USA) or Expedia.
Just so I get it right: You had a prepaid reservation through expedia, or was it "pay on return"? For the latter, I believe in most cases the charge for an additional day is similar to the average daily rate of a rental - although in my experience certainly not always! For a typical 35€/day weekend rental I've seen additional day charges between 25 and more than 100€, either directly on the rental agreement or the Avis app.