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Cheap car rental in SF bay area?
Later this month I'm going to need a car for 6 days to drive around the SF
bay area. The big name companies (e.g. Hertz, Budget, Dollar) are charging between $300-$350 total for a small car for 6 days. I found a car rental comparison site and they said a company called Pacific Car Rental charges around $200. This seems dubious as the web site for Pacific Car Rental only lets you pick 2004 and 2005 for rate checking. So should I just go with one of the big names or is there a cheaper option? |
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Cheap car rental in SF bay area?
look at sidestep or try a priceline bid
"void" a écrit dans le message de ... Later this month I'm going to need a car for 6 days to drive around the SF bay area. The big name companies (e.g. Hertz, Budget, Dollar) are charging between $300-$350 total for a small car for 6 days. I found a car rental comparison site and they said a company called Pacific Car Rental charges around $200. This seems dubious as the web site for Pacific Car Rental only lets you pick 2004 and 2005 for rate checking. So should I just go with one of the big names or is there a cheaper option? |
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Cheap car rental in SF bay area?
On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:42:24 -0500, "void"
wrote: Later this month I'm going to need a car for 6 days to drive around the SF bay area. The big name companies (e.g. Hertz, Budget, Dollar) are charging between $300-$350 total for a small car for 6 days. I found a car rental comparison site and they said a company called Pacific Car Rental charges around $200. This seems dubious as the web site for Pacific Car Rental only lets you pick 2004 and 2005 for rate checking. So should I just go with one of the big names or is there a cheaper option? Have you tried Priceline or Hotwire? A quick search on Hotwire for a week (I used 22Aug as a guess for starting) comes up with lots of options starting at $17.95 daily pre-insurance. Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/ latest: Slovenia http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/ latest: Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest |
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Cheap car rental in SF bay area?
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"void" wrote: Later this month I'm going to need a car for 6 days to drive around the SF bay area. The big name companies (e.g. Hertz, Budget, Dollar) are charging between $300-$350 total for a small car for 6 days. I found a car rental comparison site and they said a company called Pacific Car Rental charges around $200. This seems dubious as the web site for Pacific Car Rental only lets you pick 2004 and 2005 for rate checking. So should I just go with one of the big names or is there a cheaper option? Take a look at http://www.southwest.com You do not need to book air travel there in order to book a rental car. Southwest tends to have the lowest prices for rental cars. |
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Cheap car rental in SF bay area?
void wrote:
Later this month I'm going to need a car for 6 days to drive around the SF bay area. The big name companies (e.g. Hertz, Budget, Dollar) are charging between $300-$350 total for a small car for 6 days. I found a car rental comparison site and they said a company called Pacific Car Rental charges around $200. This seems dubious as the web site for Pacific Car Rental only lets you pick 2004 and 2005 for rate checking. So should I just go with one of the big names or is there a cheaper option? That company sounds like a third-tier company, which should be avoided. Use sidestep, and several of the second tier companies (Payless, Dollar,, Thrifty) have lower rates. Sidestep is a good search engine as it returns total cost, with taxes and airport fees added on, for all the different companies. I guess I'd still go with someone like Budget, for $208 or so, as I've had bad experiences with Dollar and Thrifty. |
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On Aug 6, 12:48 am, SMS wrote:
void wrote: Later this month I'm going to need a car for 6 days to drive around the SF bay area. The big name companies (e.g. Hertz, Budget, Dollar) are charging between $300-$350 total for a small car for 6 days. I found a car rental comparison site and they said a company called Pacific Car Rental charges around $200. This seems dubious as the web site for Pacific Car Rental only lets you pick 2004 and 2005 for rate checking. So should I just go with one of the big names or is there a cheaper option? That company sounds like a third-tier company, which should be avoided. Use sidestep, and several of the second tier companies (Payless, Dollar,, Thrifty) have lower rates. Sidestep is a good search engine as it returns total cost, with taxes and airport fees added on, for all the different companies. I guess I'd still go with someone like Budget, for $208 or so, as I've had bad experiences with Dollar and Thrifty. Is a rental really needed in SF? When I have driven there I could spend hours looking for a primo parking space, one that doesn't have a meter or time constraints. Then I would leave the car there for my entire stay. Drving in SF sucks. Parking is either not available or expensive. The streets were not built for cars. SF has some of the best public transportation in the world. Another place that a car can be cumbersome is NYC. Both places a car is more problem than they are worth. |
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Cheap car rental in SF bay area?
"void" wrote in message ... Later this month I'm going to need a car for 6 days to drive around the SF bay area. The big name companies (e.g. Hertz, Budget, Dollar) are charging between $300-$350 total for a small car for 6 days. I found a car rental comparison site and they said a company called Pacific Car Rental charges around $200. This seems dubious as the web site for Pacific Car Rental only lets you pick 2004 and 2005 for rate checking. So should I just go with one of the big names or is there a cheaper option? Be aware that they do NOT give unlimited mileage deals, you get 150m per day and anything above that will cost, find out how much before renting Keith |
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SMS wrote: void wrote: Later this month I'm going to need a car for 6 days to drive around the SF bay area. The big name companies (e.g. Hertz, Budget, Dollar) are charging between $300-$350 total for a small car for 6 days. I found a car rental comparison site and they said a company called Pacific Car Rental charges around $200. This seems dubious as the web site for Pacific Car Rental only lets you pick 2004 and 2005 for rate checking. So should I just go with one of the big names or is there a cheaper option? That company sounds like a third-tier company, which should be avoided. Use sidestep, and several of the second tier companies (Payless, Dollar,, Thrifty) have lower rates. Sidestep is a good search engine as it returns total cost, with taxes and airport fees added on, for all the different companies. I guess I'd still go with someone like Budget, for $208 or so, as I've had bad experiences with Dollar and Thrifty. Ditto on Thrifty. Booked a car in S.F. as it was cheaper than others, then they refused to rent without additional "mandatory" insurance. |
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Also, check up front for FEES.
I've rented in SF quite a bit and didn't seem to matter the location: airport fee , OR downtown fee.... Do you math on their website to be sure no surprises. I just went to HERTZ.com , took some defaults to show in renting from SFO: Selected Vehicle: Hyundai Accent or similar Additional Items (included in Approximate Total Charges) Tax 8.25 % Airport Concession Fee Recovery On Flight Arrivals11.10 % TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITIES FEE 15.00 USD Califonia Tourism Commission Assessment 2.50 % so a $100 "cost" for the car REALLY means: $100 + $8.25+ $11.10 +$15+ $2.50 = $136.85 or a 36 % SURCHARGE to "the daily rate" so just note the fine print. "north" wrote in message ... SMS wrote: void wrote: Later this month I'm going to need a car for 6 days to drive around the SF bay area. The big name companies (e.g. Hertz, Budget, Dollar) are charging between $300-$350 total for a small car for 6 days. I found a car rental comparison site and they said a company called Pacific Car Rental charges around $200. This seems dubious as the web site for Pacific Car Rental only lets you pick 2004 and 2005 for rate checking. So should I just go with one of the big names or is there a cheaper option? That company sounds like a third-tier company, which should be avoided. Use sidestep, and several of the second tier companies (Payless, Dollar,, Thrifty) have lower rates. Sidestep is a good search engine as it returns total cost, with taxes and airport fees added on, for all the different companies. I guess I'd still go with someone like Budget, for $208 or so, as I've had bad experiences with Dollar and Thrifty. Ditto on Thrifty. Booked a car in S.F. as it was cheaper than others, then they refused to rent without additional "mandatory" insurance. |
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