DFW Rental Cars
Mar 18, 2021, 12:06 pm
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DFW Rental Cars
What's going on in Dallas this weekend? Trying to rent a car from Avis, Hertz or National for a one-day rental this Saturday and no one has available vehicles.
Mar 18, 2021, 12:31 pm
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I'm looking on Hertz and I see both medium and large sedans available ($28-29/day, plus tax w/my corp ID). Perhaps it is my company ID that gets me something?
Mar 18, 2021, 2:29 pm
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Must be. I get nothing and my corporate IDs aren't helping me with National or Avis. I was able to get an (expensive) rental through Sixt.
Mar 21, 2021, 7:23 pm
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The Sixt agent thought the recent winter weather was impacting the number of rental cars available in TX. Not sure I buy that one.
Mar 22, 2021, 11:26 am
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I don't really buy that excuse either. Sure there were people renting cars because they couldn't get flights, but that was happening both in and out of Texas. And yes, more people are renting cars for roadtrips during the pandemic -v- flying. But that's been going on almost a year, and I didn't have any issues renting from my HLE.
Hertz was offering very low rates to drive vehicles to NC and FL, possibly other areas, and I don't remember them doing that before. Maybe they moved too many vehicles, too soon.