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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / September 2004Car Rental Basics Needed
I am 35 years old, and I am about to possibly rent a car, for the 1st time ever. (Well actually I did have a rental supplied to me 9 years ago when someone rear-ended me, but that doesn't really count.) I need some basics. * Do I HAVE to have a credit card? Why should I have to have one? Is there a huge deposit associated with a rental on top of the actual rental fees? If so, does this happen regardless of whether you use a credit card or pay with cash? Can I use one of those pre-paid credit cards? * I need unlimited miles. I am driving from Tucson, AZ to eastern Texas. Someone told me that if the vehicle leaves the state rental rates go up dramatically. Is that so for every company? If so, why? Basically, I need a way--okay, call me crazy--to rent a car unlimited miles to go from Tucson, AZ to eastern TX--at a total cost of $250 or so. TOTAL. (I will drive very little except for there & back, about 5 days apart.) Is that possible, or are all you guys laughing your collective rear-ends off right about now? What are some good companies? LRH They are all good companies, it is just a matter of the dally rate. You MUST have a valid credit card and photo ID to rent a car. Most rental car companies charge by the day, unlimited mileage. There is an additional fee to drop off the vehicle any place other than were it is picked up. Usually the only addition charges are for insurance that covers the first $2,500 damage, regardless of fault. You should buy that coverage IF you do not have insurance on a vehicle that you own. If you have insurance on another vehicle it will cover that $2,500. HINT: Call ahead and order a compact car. Many of airport sites often run out of compact cars and will give you a larger car for the same price. If they ask if you want a larger car for a few dollars a day say NO, most likely they do not have the smaller car. Nine times out of ten I end up with a larger car at the compact rate. I've even been given luxury cars or specialty cars at times. If they actually do have a compact car you can still opt up to a larger car if you want a larger car. mike hunt > I am 35 years old, and I am about to possibly rent a car, for the 1st time > ever. (Well actually I did have a rental supplied to me 9 years ago when [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > LRH I do not intend to DROP OFF the car at a different location. It will be returned to the exact same location. It's just that it will cross the state line--into NM, then TX--along the way before returning home. Enterprise, for one, charges $200 a day--yes, $200 a day--if your car passes the state line. I'm guessing they have a global satellete positing (GPS) system to detect such things so you can't lie about it. Do other companies NOT charge a much higher rate if you cross the state line--even if you return it to the same location you picked it up from--or is Enterprise's practice pretty much universal? LRH > They are all good companies, it is just a matter of the dally > rate. You MUST have a valid credit card and photo [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > > LRH If that's the case with Enterprise then don't rent from them, WBMA. I have never paid anything but the $39 a day rate with Hertz and I recently drove from Philadelphia through Ohio, Indiana to Detroit Michigan then over through Ontario to NY and back to Scranton PA. The only extra charge was a $50 drop fee at Scranton because originally I was going to fly back out of Philadelphia. If I had known, and could have pick up a Scranton car in Philadelphia there would not have been any extra charge mike hunt > I do not intend to DROP OFF the car at a different location. It will be > returned to the exact same location. It's just that it will cross the state [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] > > > > > > LRH Major, Yes, I remember when renting a car from Seattle to Vancouver, they were out of a midsize car I reserved, and they asked if it would be alright if they gave us a Cadillac for the same price. That was fine with us. It sure was a pleasant ride to Canada. Scott > They are all good companies, it is just a matter of the dally > rate. You MUST have a valid credit card and photo [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > > LRH |
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