Sam Barricklow
EF1
Thanks for the info! I've always driven my own car while chasing, and my company dictates which rental company we must use. Your comments were very helpful.
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Rental Car Companies?
- Thread starter Sam Barricklow
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Eric Flescher
EF5
rental car companies while traveling and GPS
When we fly into Providence; our our way to Southwest and Vegas; when I traveled to KC and Salt Lake City to travel to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone and some other times we use either Dollar , Budget or Enterprise worked out well. Alamo also synchs with Southwest Airlines and sometimes use that.
I go for the price and which is the cheaper. The freq miles don't matter to me for rentals.
Many of rentals have GPS for some cars.
How much do they usually cost per day and does it vary?
Do many of you already have GPS on your cars or with your computers so you all probably don't use it .
The new iPhones and iTouches have GPS.
When we fly into Providence; our our way to Southwest and Vegas; when I traveled to KC and Salt Lake City to travel to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone and some other times we use either Dollar , Budget or Enterprise worked out well. Alamo also synchs with Southwest Airlines and sometimes use that.
I go for the price and which is the cheaper. The freq miles don't matter to me for rentals.
Many of rentals have GPS for some cars.
How much do they usually cost per day and does it vary?
Do many of you already have GPS on your cars or with your computers so you all probably don't use it .
The new iPhones and iTouches have GPS.
Cris Schroeder
EF2
I've used Enterprise a couple of times without any trouble. We have a local office close to home so I use them when the car is in the shop, etc. They don't have much of a selection but the rates have been reasonable. Basically I pick them out of convenience more than anything. I rented a specialty Jeep through them in Durango once without any issues.
I use Hertz through work. I don't have any complaints about their vehicles and they seem to have a good selection at the airport locations. However, the last few times I've rented, they have been very pushy about upgrades. They hooked my the first time, as I thought they were giving me a free upgrade. In the end they soaked me (my company, actually) for the upgrade to an SUV.
On the plus side, I missed a stop light once in Ohio and got T-boned by a dump truck in a Hertz rental. It was drivable so I took it back to the rental place and they swapped keys with me, no questions asked. I have a #1 Gold membership and they covered the damage 100%.
I use Hertz through work. I don't have any complaints about their vehicles and they seem to have a good selection at the airport locations. However, the last few times I've rented, they have been very pushy about upgrades. They hooked my the first time, as I thought they were giving me a free upgrade. In the end they soaked me (my company, actually) for the upgrade to an SUV.
On the plus side, I missed a stop light once in Ohio and got T-boned by a dump truck in a Hertz rental. It was drivable so I took it back to the rental place and they swapped keys with me, no questions asked. I have a #1 Gold membership and they covered the damage 100%.
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