Cheapest Way to Rent Car for Under 25 Y/O?
Apr 20, 2008, 1:16 pm
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Cheapest Way to Rent Car for Under 25 Y/O?
I am 23 looking for a rental car at DTW for a weekend coming up in May. I found a few threads that have dated material as I soon found when trying to book a car through enterprise (surcharge of $14/day for 21-24 year olds). Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Apr 20, 2008, 2:58 pm
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A surcharge of $14 bucks is about as good as you're going to get. That's actually a really LOW surcharge compared to the other companies that will rent to under 25. I typically rent from Thrifty because I can often find a super cheap rate (we're talking $25/day for a convertible in Honolulu last month) and they are willing to rent to me being under 25. Good luck!
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Apr 20, 2008, 10:50 pm
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I never had a problem renting from Enterprise when aged 18-24. The few times they attemted to add a charge, I argued and said it's never been done in the past and the website honestly showed no price difference based on my age. They waived it those few times.
Apr 20, 2008, 11:36 pm
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Apr 21, 2008, 4:06 am
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Since this isn't the latest frequent flyer program buzz -- but rather a general travel question (how to rent cars inexpensively when under 25 years old) -- I'll move this to TravelBuzz.
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Apr 21, 2008, 4:56 am
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Apr 21, 2008, 8:29 am
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I under 25 but worked for an employer who has a corporate contract set up with Enterprise to allow for the under 25 fee to be waived. They provide a code for personal rentals as well. Does your employer have something set up with a rental company? The under 25 fee sucks.
Apr 21, 2008, 8:34 am
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My school's travel dept has a contract with Enterprise. There's two codes, one for personal and one for work. If you're still in school, or are an alum, check the alumni assoc. website as well for any kind of code. I took my code, and set up an Enterprise Plus account, so they sent me a membership card, and i figured that way there would be less questions about anything. It also saved me a few bucks and got me a nice upgrade (from econ to small SUV).
If you're not in school or your school doesn't have one...
http://busops.osu.edu/travel_autohotel.php
We also apparently have a contract with National Car rental....
If you're not in school or your school doesn't have one...
http://busops.osu.edu/travel_autohotel.php
We also apparently have a contract with National Car rental....
Apr 21, 2008, 8:50 am
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last year I did a google search for my son, dont remember the details.....but found a consolidator that rented 21-25 for a flat $20 per rental
Apr 21, 2008, 1:25 pm
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Originally Posted by Budget
*AGE SURCHARGE* -
25.00 USD PER DAY UNDERAGE SURCHARGE APPLIES TO RENTERS
21-24 YEARS OF AGE.
.
RENTERS WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE UNDERAGE SURCHARGE IF
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES -
-SELECT QUALIFYING CORPORATE ID
-GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE ID
-VOUCHER
25.00 USD PER DAY UNDERAGE SURCHARGE APPLIES TO RENTERS
21-24 YEARS OF AGE.
.
RENTERS WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE UNDERAGE SURCHARGE IF
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES -
-SELECT QUALIFYING CORPORATE ID
-GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE ID
-VOUCHER
Originally Posted by Avis
AGE SURCHARGE -
25.00 USD PER DAY UNDERAGE SURCHARGE APPLIES TO
RENTERS 21-24 YEARS OF AGE.
.
RENTERS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE UNDERAGE SURCHARGE IF
PRESENTING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING -
-AVIS CHARGE CARD.
-QUALIFYING CORPORATE ID.
-GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE ID.
-VOUCHER.
25.00 USD PER DAY UNDERAGE SURCHARGE APPLIES TO
RENTERS 21-24 YEARS OF AGE.
.
RENTERS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE UNDERAGE SURCHARGE IF
PRESENTING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING -
-AVIS CHARGE CARD.
-QUALIFYING CORPORATE ID.
-GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE ID.
-VOUCHER.
Apr 21, 2008, 1:33 pm
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like mentioned earlier try your school's Alumni Association
I rented with Enterprise about a dozen times in FLL, ROC, ORD and PHX with no trouble at all... you can show your school ID, but to be honest nobody even asked me for mine.
--Russ
I rented with Enterprise about a dozen times in FLL, ROC, ORD and PHX with no trouble at all... you can show your school ID, but to be honest nobody even asked me for mine.
--Russ