Here is the last of a series on car rental tips:
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
* Consider waiting a day
If the only use you plan to make of a car on your first day
at a location is to drive to the hotel and sleep, why not
take a shuttle or a cab to the hotel, and rent a car the
next morning? It could save you the cost of a full-day's
rental.
Also, car rental prices tend to drop the further you get
from an airport and the agencies' captive customer base.
* Explore cyberspace
Shopping the Internet can be the quickest and best way to
compare many rental car rates.
Hit the websites of all the major agencies. You should also
check out a couple of the brand-name consolidators like
Orbitz (http://www.orbitz.com) or Expedia
(http://www.expedia.com). They may have special deals not
available to solitary keyboard punchers or clue you in to
companies that you hadn't thought of.
Remember, rental rates can vary between agencies serving
the same market. There can even be striking differences
between different locations of the same rental agency in
the same city, especially if one of its sites is at an
airport.
While you're at it, if you are planning to buy extra items
such as a damage waiver or insurance, you should also
comparison shop those rates.
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