Adding Extra Days to a Rental Car Reservation

[TiggerCat]

I need to add an extra day on the front end of my National rental for the end of this month. I booked this a few months ago so my rate is about half of what it would be if I made the reservation today. Do I need to rebook the entire reservation at the more expensive rate or can I just add another day at the rate that I was quoted when I booked?

TC.

 

[seashoreCM]

Normally if you do it on line you have to rebook the entire rental at the current price for new bookings.

You might or might not be able to add a day or two by telephoning the rental agency.

 

[lawgs]

I need to add an extra day on the front end of my National rental for the end of this month. I booked this a few months ago so my rate is about half of what it would be if I made the reservation today. Do I need to rebook the entire reservation at the more expensive rate or can I just add another day at the rate that I was quoted when I booked?

TC.

we have done this in the past by going to Modify reservation

they will bring up two "panes" side by side showing the present ressie with cost and a second pane with the modification with cost

you choose which one you want to keep

but you must confirm it when you go to the next page

usually this modification process keep the same rate as the original booking ( of course yours might be a bit more with the added day ) but the base rate would/should be the same as your original base rate....

i say usually, as we have tried modifications in the past, which have changed the whole reservation to a "newer" base rate which was "much" higher along the lines of whatever the current base rate with National is....

 

[traveljunkie2]

Be very careful with this! I tried to modify a National reservation online last year and it was a huge mess. I had booked a minivan at a great rate months before our trip. The airline canceled our original flights and we had to arrive 6 hours earlier. I tried rebooking online, but the prices were double. Then I called and was told that any change to the original reservation would result in having to rebook at the current rate. So I tried the "modify reservation" approach. I plugged in the new arrival time and the rate was the same great rate. So I printed the reservation. But when I went back to check the reservation online, it was changed to the higher price. It took me at least 6 phone calls, and numerous emails, scanning the printed confirmation, etc. to get it "resolved." In the end, I had to speak to someone in the corporate office, who did something to override the computer system. She could not offer the reservation at the same price, but offered it to me for $34 more. She could not send me a written confirmation of the reservation with the accurate price, and the online reservation number showed the higher price. I printed out all correspondence and brought it all to the airport. Thankfully it was not an issue, we got the van at $34 over the original rate, but it was an extreme hassle and very stressful. And this was just to change the reservation by 6 hours, not even an additional day.

I hope it works out better for you than it did for me! Good luck!