Comment on YSK: You might save on car rental by cancelling and re-booking over time before your rental due date
Magister@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yup, I did this every year when I was going to the states for 3-4 weeks in summer. I started booking in January, then about every week I checked the price for the same summer date, in general it was cheaper so I cancelled/rebooked, multiple times.
Magister@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Also instead of rent from airport, I rent from smaller places (that handle Hertz/Enterprise/National/etc) and I always booked a subcompact, and 50% of the time they had none and gave me a compact/full size car. I had multiple Yaris yes, but one time I got a Dodge Caravan, a Fusion Sport V6, a Flex, a Jetta, a Soul, etc.
speaker_hat@lemmy.one 5 months ago
Similar happened to me, I booked a gas car but received a hybrid instead.
I’m curious, what’s the advantage of renting not from the airport? I prefer the airport because it’s easy to locate, especially when the airport is new and I’m dizzy after long flights
Pandemanium@lemm.ee 4 months ago
If you really are dizzy after a long flight, you probably shouldn’t be driving, especially in an unfamiliar car in an unfamiliar area. Maybe you were just being hyperbolic about the dizziness, but people can make the same kinds of mistakes driving while sleep deprived as while driving intoxicated.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 4 months ago
OP just said it. Because 50% of the time they gave them a compact/full size car for the price of a compact.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I assume outside of an airport is cheaper