Old Subject - Car rentals

[Gigashadow]

We had "ressies" at Avis for our Christmas trip for @ $300.00 with a union discount ( the best we could get with any combo of discounts) Today when we made cash ressies for CSR, the best we could find online with our discounts was @ $280.00. Well, we are also part of The Disney Club, so after finding good prices for air/car we called TDC to make CSR ressies and asked what they could do for our stay with National - They got us a price for @ $225.00. Then we called DVC for our stay during Christmas and asked them what they could do for us - They got us @ $270.00. Both are for Intermediate cars.

It seems that the car rentals at Orlando Airport are a LOT higher from all the rentals we have done there - It has to be attributable to the economy/Sept. 11 events. We have friends and family in FLA and a car is a must for us during our stays. So, I just figured I would say like I did before, always look for any/every discount you may possibly be entitled to - every nickle and dime is more spending money on vacation.

8')

[DebbieB]

Since your trip is not until December, check the prices again in the later summer/early fall. That's when the car rental rates go down. I always book my December & May trips then. I got $114 for National, 1 week, full size, Emerald Aisle, Disney Club discount, Disney Club one free day coupon for last December. My upcoming May reservation is $137, same conditions. They go down then and start climbing again around the holidays, they really go up this time of year.

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Car rental rates are tied to the time of year you travel. Christmas is a big holiday and the rates are relative to supply and demand, it really has nothing to do wtih 9/11 or the economy.
As the previous poster pointed out, the rates will probably drop late summer early fall.