Anyone know of a good place to rent a van/SUV for cheap? looking for 3 days - friday through sunday
edit: June 3rd through 5th not seeing anything less than about $150. Need unlimited miles too!
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Anyone know of a good place to rent a van/SUV for cheap? looking for 3 days - friday through sunday
edit: June 3rd through 5th not seeing anything less than about $150. Need unlimited miles too!
edit: June 3rd through 5th not seeing anything less than about $150. Need unlimited miles too!
Are you under 25? If you are then you'll suffer from under 25 fees. You can bypass those fees by registering a free account at USAA. You don't need to be a veteran but you MAY have to be a US citizen (I'm not sure about that).
Anyway I just showed up to the car rental place and showed them my USAA account info and they waived my under 25 fees. Saved me around a hundred bucks.
Are you under 25? If you are then you'll suffer from under 25 fees. You can bypass those fees by registering a free account at USAA. You don't need to be a veteran but you MAY have to be a US citizen (I'm not sure about that).
Anyway I just showed up to the car rental place and showed them my USAA account info and they waived my under 25 fees. Saved me around a hundred bucks.
Anyway I just showed up to the car rental place and showed them my USAA account info and they waived my under 25 fees. Saved me around a hundred bucks.
Yeah I don't have military in my family that qualifies me for USAA. I'm 29. Seems like you have to find a random site with deals
Yeah I don't have military in my family that qualifies me for USAA. I'm 29. Seems like you have to find a random site with deals
kawaUhaul, van is 50 (40?) bucks a day
But will burn twice as much fuel.
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Also most major credit cards allow you to waive the added car insurance, as they provide their own insurance for rentals.
I don't know of any specific deals necessarily, but I'd just do a google search for coupon codes or cashback offers for specific car rentals. You shouldn't be paying more than $40/day for a basic car IMO.
Also on the off chance that you have a Discover credit card, you can use any rewards points to get gift cards to major car rental places at literally 50% off. ($20 for $40 gift card etc).
[quote=kawa]Uhaul, van is 50 (40?) bucks a day[/quote]
But will burn twice as much fuel.
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Also most major credit cards allow you to waive the added car insurance, as they provide their own insurance for rentals.
I don't know of any specific deals necessarily, but I'd just do a google search for coupon codes or cashback offers for specific car rentals. You shouldn't be paying more than $40/day for a basic car IMO.
Also on the off chance that you have a Discover credit card, you can use any rewards points to get gift cards to major car rental places at literally 50% off. ($20 for $40 gift card etc).
But will burn twice as much fuel.
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Also most major credit cards allow you to waive the added car insurance, as they provide their own insurance for rentals.
I don't know of any specific deals necessarily, but I'd just do a google search for coupon codes or cashback offers for specific car rentals. You shouldn't be paying more than $40/day for a basic car IMO.
Also on the off chance that you have a Discover credit card, you can use any rewards points to get gift cards to major car rental places at literally 50% off. ($20 for $40 gift card etc).
I work at a car rental place and you probably won't find a SUV or a van for less than $120-130 a day after the huge amount of taxes car rentals recieve. Unless you have memberships to something like costco, AAA, or whatever else is out there you may be out of luck. But just as a tip, always make the revervation online since having people at a car rental place make the reservation for you will result in a higher price. The mileage should also be unlimited if you're returning the car back to the place you picked it up from, but just to be 100% sure when you make a reservation online, give the place you're picking up the car from a call and ask them to look up your reservation and actually see if it's unlimited. There have been a few customers that had to pay mileage fees (.25 per mile, first 100 are free) on minivans specifcally when booking through hotwire or priceline and they had no idea that was going on so watch out for that.
You also don't need to take the insurance car rentals offer you, and some credit cards (pretty sure discover) have their own insurance that you can use with rentals. In most cases if you get into an accident your insurance company will give you a deductible and you're kind of responsible for paying the damages of the car. If the damages cost $5000 for example, you/your insurance will need to pay that plus whatever the thing is called that they charge you for that car being out of service (in a garage just sitting not being rented). Where I work insurance will cost $30 a day for an SUV, but I've seen some places that only charge $5 a day for full coverage so it depends.
dollarlayerI don't know of any specific deals necessarily, but I'd just do a google search for coupon codes or cashback offers for specific car rentals. You shouldn't be paying more than $40/day for a basic car IMO.
Only way to get discount codes is if you previously rented from a car rental place and you let them send promotional emails to your email, otherwise you won't find anything unless you seriously get lucky. And yes, $40 per day for a basic car (we're talking compact, maybe something like a ford focus), can run you $40 per day on a weekend rate.
But it really depends what state you're renting the car from and what actual car rental place it is, so I could be wrong. You might be able to get SUVs/Vans for just $100 a day but take it from me, I highly highly doubt you'll be able to find that. $150 per day for a car of that size isn't terrible.
I work at a car rental place and you probably won't find a SUV or a van for less than $120-130 a day after the huge amount of taxes car rentals recieve. Unless you have memberships to something like costco, AAA, or whatever else is out there you may be out of luck. But just as a tip, always make the revervation online since having people at a car rental place make the reservation for you will result in a higher price. The mileage should also be unlimited if you're returning the car back to the place you picked it up from, but just to be 100% sure when you make a reservation online, give the place you're picking up the car from a call and ask them to look up your reservation and actually see if it's unlimited. There have been a few customers that had to pay mileage fees (.25 per mile, first 100 are free) on minivans specifcally when booking through hotwire or priceline and they had no idea that was going on so watch out for that.
You also don't need to take the insurance car rentals offer you, and some credit cards (pretty sure discover) have their own insurance that you can use with rentals. In most cases if you get into an accident your insurance company will give you a deductible and you're kind of responsible for paying the damages of the car. If the damages cost $5000 for example, you/your insurance will need to pay that plus whatever the thing is called that they charge you for that car being out of service (in a garage just sitting not being rented). Where I work insurance will cost $30 a day for an SUV, but I've seen some places that only charge $5 a day for full coverage so it depends.
[quote=dollarlayer]I don't know of any specific deals necessarily, but I'd just do a google search for coupon codes or cashback offers for specific car rentals. You shouldn't be paying more than $40/day for a basic car IMO.[/quote]
Only way to get discount codes is if you previously rented from a car rental place and you let them send promotional emails to your email, otherwise you won't find anything unless you seriously get lucky. And yes, $40 per day for a basic car (we're talking compact, maybe something like a ford focus), can run you $40 per day on a weekend rate.
But it really depends what state you're renting the car from and what actual car rental place it is, so I could be wrong. You might be able to get SUVs/Vans for just $100 a day but take it from me, I highly highly doubt you'll be able to find that. $150 per day for a car of that size isn't terrible.
You also don't need to take the insurance car rentals offer you, and some credit cards (pretty sure discover) have their own insurance that you can use with rentals. In most cases if you get into an accident your insurance company will give you a deductible and you're kind of responsible for paying the damages of the car. If the damages cost $5000 for example, you/your insurance will need to pay that plus whatever the thing is called that they charge you for that car being out of service (in a garage just sitting not being rented). Where I work insurance will cost $30 a day for an SUV, but I've seen some places that only charge $5 a day for full coverage so it depends.
[quote=dollarlayer]I don't know of any specific deals necessarily, but I'd just do a google search for coupon codes or cashback offers for specific car rentals. You shouldn't be paying more than $40/day for a basic car IMO.[/quote]
Only way to get discount codes is if you previously rented from a car rental place and you let them send promotional emails to your email, otherwise you won't find anything unless you seriously get lucky. And yes, $40 per day for a basic car (we're talking compact, maybe something like a ford focus), can run you $40 per day on a weekend rate.
But it really depends what state you're renting the car from and what actual car rental place it is, so I could be wrong. You might be able to get SUVs/Vans for just $100 a day but take it from me, I highly highly doubt you'll be able to find that. $150 per day for a car of that size isn't terrible.
heroYeah I don't have military in my family that qualifies me for USAA. I'm 29. Seems like you have to find a random site with deals
This doesn't apply to you since you're over 25 but for anyone else who's interested in USAA:
I have no military in my family either and I was able to successfully create an account. And I didn't find any random deal beforehand, I simply reserved a car online for a week then showed up at the desk and told them I have a USAA account, in which they gave me a discount on the spot. Not sure if this will work for everyone but it's worth trying if it could potentially take a hundred dollars off your price
[quote=hero]Yeah I don't have military in my family that qualifies me for USAA. I'm 29. Seems like you have to find a random site with deals[/quote]
This doesn't apply to you since you're over 25 but for anyone else who's interested in USAA:
I have no military in my family either and I was able to successfully create an account. And I didn't find any random deal beforehand, I simply reserved a car online for a week then showed up at the desk and told them I have a USAA account, in which they gave me a discount on the spot. Not sure if this will work for everyone but it's worth trying if it could potentially take a hundred dollars off your price
This doesn't apply to you since you're over 25 but for anyone else who's interested in USAA:
I have no military in my family either and I was able to successfully create an account. And I didn't find any random deal beforehand, I simply reserved a car online for a week then showed up at the desk and told them I have a USAA account, in which they gave me a discount on the spot. Not sure if this will work for everyone but it's worth trying if it could potentially take a hundred dollars off your price
edyOnly way to get discount codes is if you previously rented from a car rental place and you let them send promotional emails to your email, otherwise you won't find anything unless you seriously get lucky. And yes, $40 per day for a basic car (we're talking compact, maybe something like a ford focus), can run you $40 per day on a weekend rate.
Cashback is regularly available but won't save you much. Sites like mrrebates, topcashback etc, have 3-5% rebates on most major car rental companies.
I have seen car rental deals pop up on slickdeals, but they are not too common. The other way though to get coupons/discounts on car rentals would be to buy a coupon from ebay for a couple bucks. One might save you $20-30 and can be had for $2-3.
Then my final tip which i've not mentioned, is you can pretty regularly obtain gift cards for a lot of places (including car rental places) for 5 to 20%+ off face value. Stack that savings with cashback and a coupon and you'd have a good deal lol
[quote=edy]Only way to get discount codes is if you previously rented from a car rental place and you let them send promotional emails to your email, otherwise you won't find anything unless you seriously get lucky. And yes, $40 per day for a basic car (we're talking compact, maybe something like a ford focus), can run you $40 per day on a weekend rate.[/quote]
Cashback is regularly available but won't save you much. Sites like mrrebates, topcashback etc, have 3-5% rebates on most major car rental companies.
I have seen car rental deals pop up on slickdeals, but they are not too common. The other way though to get coupons/discounts on car rentals would be to buy a coupon from ebay for a couple bucks. One might save you $20-30 and can be had for $2-3.
Then my final tip which i've not mentioned, is you can pretty regularly obtain gift cards for a lot of places (including car rental places) for 5 to 20%+ off face value. Stack that savings with cashback and a coupon and you'd have a good deal lol
Cashback is regularly available but won't save you much. Sites like mrrebates, topcashback etc, have 3-5% rebates on most major car rental companies.
I have seen car rental deals pop up on slickdeals, but they are not too common. The other way though to get coupons/discounts on car rentals would be to buy a coupon from ebay for a couple bucks. One might save you $20-30 and can be had for $2-3.
Then my final tip which i've not mentioned, is you can pretty regularly obtain gift cards for a lot of places (including car rental places) for 5 to 20%+ off face value. Stack that savings with cashback and a coupon and you'd have a good deal lol
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