Car rental for Easter

[ddawg]

Has anyone been able to get a good rate for a car rental for Easter (April). I am looking at Alamo or National. The rates are really high . If you have any codes that would work for that time it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[poohbear2]

I have been looking also with pretty poor results. Right now I have an intermediate booked with National. I am using the old DC code and a coupon. I am renting from April 19-April 28 and I have a total price of 250.00 and some change. Anyone got anything better??

 

[kimmie]

Hi poohbear2 and ddawg,

If you try Dollar and use some of the codes, you should be able to get a deal of somekind. Keep trying the codes because some are better than others. Persistence is the key. I have talked to Dollar and they said more discounts should be out in Feb.
Try this site:
pcpages.com/rentalcodes/

I am not really good at giving web addresses, but this should work!

Pixie dust to you both!!

Kimmie

 

[ddawg]

How did you get such a low rate? I have been checking for months and it has come down a little to around $540.00. I have used the old DC code as well.

 

[johnpaulsw]

I got a full size from Budget for 10 days in early April for about $270 after code and coupon. Got the codes from : pcpages.com/rentalcodes/

Reserved it a couple weeks back. It was and still is the best deal I could find for that class of car. Still looking for a better deal though!

 

[disnurse]

I'm waiting, better deals seem to come out closer to the time. I have been able to get midsize and vans for 199 over the past 3 easters so thats what i'm hoping for this year. Most of the codes don't seem to work right now

 

[johnpaulsw]

Pretty sure the weekly rate for my full size was $199. I'd rather have a mini-van at that rate though. Lets hope...

 

[poohbear2]

ddawg:

I used the Old DC club PLUS a coupon from The Vacation Outlet.

If you don't have a vacation outlet in your area, I believe they are on line and the coupons are available on the website. I think the site is www.vacationoutlet.com. I booked this in the end of August. I have been going on line almost every day to check rates!! I know if I was using the same codes and coupon now, I would be paying about 100-125 more! I will continue on!! Thanks johnpaulsw and kimmie for the website info.

 

[MELSMICE]

Best rates I've found with $ so far has been:

$249.99 for Jeep Cherokee
$249.99 for minivan
$181.99 for Dodge Intrepid

These rates are all for 1 week during peak Easter time. Can't remember what codes I used, but I tried all the ones listed on mousesavers.com.

Sounds like more rates may come out so I'm going to keep checking.

 

[disnurse]

just got minivan for 249$ 13th -20th with dollar using fltvl. Didn't work yesterday and today it did. hope to do even better but grabbed this for now

 

[johnpaulsw]

Thats a pretty good rate but the $50 per extra days kills me as I need it for 10 days.

John

 

[Pinnie]

I just got off the phone with Alamo and got a compact car for $216 from April 18 (picking it up at 12:30 a.m.) until April 24 with an AARP discount. DH is the AARP member


pin
remember the magic
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[DonnyFan]

Hi all, and thanks for the info and any additional info.

To disnurse, did you call the 800 number for Dollar, use their website, or etc., to get the $249 weekly rate?

To Melsmice, what rental company are your great rates from?

thanks again..

 

[MELSMICE]

DonnyFan - I got my rates from Dollar. I just punched in all the codes that they list on mousesavers & went with the best available.

Actually, last year I got a better rate for the Intrepid, but I thought they were pretty good considering it is peak season.

Good luck!

 

[disneydiz]

We rented a mid-size thru Hertz for April 19-26, but are picking up the car at a Hertz location about 15-minutes from the airport. The rate for a 7-day is $149. Cab fare to and from the off-site rental is $15-20 each way. Still cheaper than an airport rental.

 

[MELSMICE]

Actually Dollar is right on site & you can get the Fastlane privelege & go right to the front of the line.

The full size is the Dodge Intrepid which is $188 (doesn't include taxes) for the week, so with a $20 cab ride to Hertz & then another $20 back when you return the car puts you at about the same price.

For us it's just less hassle & headache to pick it up on site. JMO.

 

[MELSMICE]

Yipee - saving myself another $50.

Just checked mousesavers again & used the code KISS3 with Dollar & got a minivan for $229.99/wk. We'll be staying for 15 days so it saved us $50. So excited.

 

[disnurse]

DonnyFan
sorry for the delay in answering. I used flvtg code found on mousesavers. just check the site for exact code. it worked for me. the others were well into the 400's.

 

[disneydiz]

Melsmice,

I tried all the codes but can't come up with anyting even close to my $149 (which includes tax) for Easter Week -- even with cab fare of $40. The base rate was $129 for a mid-size.

 

[MELSMICE]

disneydiz - my mistake. I thought your rate was without tax & without the cab fare. Good for you.

However, for us, we did the off-site once & that was enough. It is too much of a hassle to cart the luggage for 5 people and have to sit around and wait for the shuttles to arrive & transport us.

As soon as we plan a WDW trip the first thing DH says is "make sure the rental car agency is on-site & I prefer Dollar".

Just what works for us.