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At $100/day, you must be renting premium vehicles. Last week, I rented a "standard-size" car for a business trip (Saturday pick-up, Wednesday return). It was ab

At $100/day, you must be renting premium vehicles. Last week, I rented a "standard-size" car for a business trip (Saturday pick-up, Wednesday return). It was about $150 total.

citruspi 10y ago
Nope. That's what happens when you're under 25 (or in my case for one of the trips, under 21) and you need to purchase insurance and all the other fancy stuff and then also pay fees for convention center surcharges, airport surcharges, etc. I've got one receipt[0] on hand for $202.98 for 1 day. I've also reserved a car for four days (4th to the 7th) for around $130 but when I picked it up, I ended up paying $450+ after insurance and the toll device was added on. The device was required because the state I live in (Massachusetts) has removed toll booths, so you can't pay by coins/cash. I was required to pay a fixed fee per day for four days for the device, despite the fact that I actually only drove on two days. The fee includes unlimited charges, so it might have made sense if I was on the highway everyday, but I was not. The frustrating thing is that there's a lot of rental companies where you'll make the reservation for like $130 and they don't tell you how much insurance and the other stuff costs because it's different in each location. So you don't know you're getting fucked until you're signing the paper at the pick up area and it's too late. If I'd known it was going to be $450+, I'd have just booked a flight in the first place. [0]: http://imgur.com/a/UmkcI http://imgur.com/a/UmkcI Edit: And then if you're wondering why I didn't just switch to two one-day car rentals instead of one four-day rental to avoid paying for insurance, the toll device, etc. for the two days I wasn't driving, it's because then the price goes up significantly because it's a one way car rental - see[0].

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At $100/day, you must be renting premium vehicles. Last week, I rented a "standard-size" car for a business trip (Saturday pick-up, Wednesday return). It was ab

by ryanhuff 10y ago

At $100/day, you must be renting premium vehicles. Last week, I rented a "standard-size" car for a business trip (Saturday pick-up, Wednesday return). It was about $150 total.

citruspi 10y ago
Nope. That's what happens when you're under 25 (or in my case for one of the trips, under 21) and you need to purchase insurance and all the other fancy stuff and then also pay fees for convention center surcharges, airport surcharges, etc. I've got one receipt[0] on hand for $202.98 for 1 day. I've also reserved a car for four days (4th to the 7th) for around $130 but when I picked it up, I ended up paying $450+ after insurance and the toll device was added on. The device was required because the state I live in (Massachusetts) has removed toll booths, so you can't pay by coins/cash. I was required to pay a fixed fee per day for four days for the device, despite the fact that I actually only drove on two days. The fee includes unlimited charges, so it might have made sense if I was on the highway everyday, but I was not. The frustrating thing is that there's a lot of rental companies where you'll make the reservation for like $130 and they don't tell you how much insurance and the other stuff costs because it's different in each location. So you don't know you're getting fucked until you're signing the paper at the pick up area and it's too late. If I'd known it was going to be $450+, I'd have just booked a flight in the first place. [0]: http://imgur.com/a/UmkcI http://imgur.com/a/UmkcI Edit: And then if you're wondering why I didn't just switch to two one-day car rentals instead of one four-day rental to avoid paying for insurance, the toll device, etc. for the two days I wasn't driving, it's because then the price goes up significantly because it's a one way car rental - see[0].