budget.ca cheaper than budget.com

[yxe dad]

Hi, I posted this on the Canadian forum but though it might help you as well.

I was checking my dates(Feb 27-March 9) for car rentals on Travelocity.ca when I noticed Budget($231)had cheaper rates than my currnet Alamo($259)ressie. I then went to budget.com and put my dates in and the rate came up as $350ish.
I then went back to travelocity.ca and checked my dates and sure enough it came up as $231.
It got me thinking that I should try Budget.ca, which gave me the rate of $231US. I used the Costco ID# and will be able use a Costco coupon for an additional $20 off for a total of $211 for 11 days.

Whenever I've made ressies for cars before I've always used the US websites and never changed the country of residence from the US. It's never been a problem for me picking up the car with a DL issued from Canada.

I hope it helps someone else save a few $$$$'s.
Shayne

 

[ducklite]

Is the rate on budget.ca in US or Canadian dollars?

 

[yxe dad]

It's in US dollars, which is pretty much on par with Canadian right now.

 

[son3disfan]

I booked with Budget after you posted on the Canadian Board..

Thanks for the tip!

I checked on both the Budget.ca, and Budget.com.

On both sites, you can put in your country of residence,and the price changes.

I put in US first, with the costco coupons, and got a price of $227 for my dates.
I then when back and changed my country to Canada, the base rate went to $107 for a total of $147( less $20) total.
Way less then both Alamo and National .

I was shocked, and tried again today...
same thing. All prices ( both on the Canadian site and US site) were in US dollars .
!!
Great info! Thanks again!