Alamo, I miss "the good ole days"...
Jul 4, 2022, 6:24 pm
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 1,174
Alamo, I miss "the good ole days"...
Prior to Covid I use to be a frequent Alamo renter, regularly used discounts/coupons in conjunction with my Alamo rentals which really made it worthwhile.
However, these days Alamo never (ever) shows up in AutoSlash quotes with a competitive price. I took pricing samples this afternoon on the Alamo website for a variety of dates in a variety of US cities from which I often rent from, and the rates there are almost twice as much as I can get through Hertz.
Was thinking of pursuing some Alamo discount coupons, but given the continued elevated pricing @ Alamo, it simply wouldn't make any financial sense (for me)... crazy. If you told me a couple of years ago that I would be renting almost exclusively from Hertz and never from Alamo, I would have said that would be impossible!
However, these days Alamo never (ever) shows up in AutoSlash quotes with a competitive price. I took pricing samples this afternoon on the Alamo website for a variety of dates in a variety of US cities from which I often rent from, and the rates there are almost twice as much as I can get through Hertz.
Was thinking of pursuing some Alamo discount coupons, but given the continued elevated pricing @ Alamo, it simply wouldn't make any financial sense (for me)... crazy. If you told me a couple of years ago that I would be renting almost exclusively from Hertz and never from Alamo, I would have said that would be impossible!
Jul 7, 2022, 7:15 am
#3
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 1,174
Thanks...
Jul 8, 2022, 9:26 pm
#4
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 3,705
AutoSlash understandably doesn't want to publicize it, though they haven't discouraged anyone from discussing it.. I spoke with a person in National's headquarters who confirmed it, using corporate-speak which roughly translated to "their deals are too cheap." I politely made my dissatisfaction known.
Jul 9, 2022, 9:58 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York suburbs
Posts: 4,210
I remember AutoSlash and news articles discussing this topic several years ago. Clearly the loss of business isn't enough of a problem to change anyone's minds, especially when there's a car shortage that makes focusing on profit per car they do have much more important than business volume.