Cheap Car Rental Orlando?
Dec 15, 2008, 4:22 pm
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My usual strategy would be to check it on Hotwire, then use that as a ceiling for Priceline bids. Unless there's some event in town I'd even try for single figures per day on the Priceline bid, as MCO is really huge in terms of car numbers available, so any softening of travel demand (as may well happen, due to the economy) leaves a lot of cars just sitting on the lot. Car companies hate to drop prices, so they use PL to quietly do discounts for the most price-sensitive. This assumes your plans are firm.
Am generally very negative about using companies other than the big names (Hertz, Avis, National, *maybe* Budget & Alamo). The further down the food chain you go, the more likely you are to get the pressurized insurance bit (& making you show proof thereof if you try to decline) or the nitpicky damage bit or other things to pad revenue.
Am generally very negative about using companies other than the big names (Hertz, Avis, National, *maybe* Budget & Alamo). The further down the food chain you go, the more likely you are to get the pressurized insurance bit (& making you show proof thereof if you try to decline) or the nitpicky damage bit or other things to pad revenue.
Dec 15, 2008, 10:23 pm
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I rented recently through Carrentals.com for Budget, but then saw slightly lower rates through Hotwire. If you have auto insurance of your own, stay away from insurance fees - a total ripoff!!!
If you need a rental in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver or Washington DC., you might consider joining Zipcar - the car sharing agency where you can rent by the hour. Zipcar pays all fuel and insurance fees. They rent imports only and many are hybrids.
If you need a rental in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver or Washington DC., you might consider joining Zipcar - the car sharing agency where you can rent by the hour. Zipcar pays all fuel and insurance fees. They rent imports only and many are hybrids.
Last edited by Daawgon; Dec 15, 2008 at 10:30 pm