deals on rental cars?

[lady400]

Biyanna;

Don't go through the Disney links. Visit www.nationalcar.com. Since you are already an EA member, just set up a sign in for the site.

The res form on the site will have a spot for both the contract id# and the coupon id. In many cases, both of these can be used on the res (one each, not multiple contract id's or coupons). You will probably have a contract id "default" already filled in on the form, but you can change this easily. Try different configurations of contract id's (the DC contract id is usually best) and coupons, viewing your quote each time. Make the res using whatever comes out cheapest.

Good luck!!

 

[lawgs]

are you still flying southwest Gail...or did that change too

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Was going to fly Delta this trip, but, changed that to Southwest.
Now I have a credit on Delta. But, I won't loose the one I had on Southwest, which I received because my brother did not use his tickets last Feb. Delta's credit is good for two years, while SW is only good for one year. With the airfare being only 75.00rt via SW, it seemed like the logical thing to do. I am sure this makes absolutely no sense to anyone but me.

 

[lawgs]

we just jumped at the buf- tpa fare of 94$ r/t....

for nov 30 - dec 7

national is cheaper out of tpa which is nice ( we could have dropped at mco) for same price and flown home from mco but the times for tpa are a lil later coming in and going home but with in the 7 day rental so we will do the tampa thingy this time


plus DVC MS was able to book most of what we wanted for DVC (although we are on a waitlist now for a couple of places we really wanted)....all in all another trip "snuk" into Orlando this year......by the way we are going at the end of august too for a week....

 

[andychris14]

I am not going until aug of next year. How far in advance did you get these great prices. Should I start looking now or is it too soon. I did hear that for airfare it has to be only 361 out. I guess I will start checking flights after aug of this year. I am going for almost 2 weeks(aug 21-sept3) Does anyone know what I will expect to pay for a rental car? Its for my family of 4(dh, me and 2 kids5&7). I used to care about size, but now we are down sizing no stroller, etc. Thanks for all the advice!

 

[chris1gill]

AndyChris - My flight plan would probably scare you... last year I bought our SWA tickets 3 weeks out... Our opinion, was that we were going to drive unless we got some killer fares.. well last year was the first year these 98.00 fares came out I think, and 3 weeks before our September trip, I booked the tickets!

This year, I decided I'd wanted to go just for the weekend over labor day... Well, I bought the tickets, and wouldn't you know the very next day all the 98.00 fares came out... I was able to get a credit, but now I have to use the Delta credit within the year... what a pain...

I've been waiting for about a month to book our December fare... nothing has extended for our return date.. then SWA extended to January, but the rates didn't drop... just this past Saturday our flight went down to 75.00 round trip... completely unheard of!!

The moral of the story... you need to have a strong stomach and just wait!!!

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Have done the "tampa thingie" a few times and it is really easy, and if you get good airfares and car rentals well worth the extra 30 mins. travel time.
Actually, I like the Tampa airport as much as MCO. Both are lovely and easy to navigate.

 

[SalandJeff]

I just booked an intermediate car for September thru Avis for 131.99 and thought I had a good deal...but I'm starting to wonder. (That was on line with Costco discount - thanks Mousesavers!)

Is there a cost to join EA? I'm not particularly fond of National, but if the rate were really cheap I might be persuaded.

Gail - where how did you get a discount coupon from Delta? We are flying Delta from Hartford and didn't get any coupon.

Thanks.

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

The discount coupon came in my skymiles statement.

 

[Beckyts]

I reserved a Ford Focus for $18 a day! The rental company is Interamerican. I check on them and they have been in business for 20 years. They are only one mile from the airport and they have a courtesy phone at the airport. You just pick up the phone and they send someone over immediately to pick you up. The woman on the phone was very helpful. I asked her a lot of questions about the Orlando area. Very professional.

 

[DreamingofDisney]

Just in case you aren't aware (I wasn't) National, Budget, and Avis (not sure about others) all have pick-up and drop-off locations either in WDW or near Downtown Disney. There are no additional fees apparently for dropping off in a different location than from where you picked-up. We will be using rental car transportation to get from airport to WDW (6 in our party) and then we will drop off. 4 days later we will pick-up another car and then return to Port Canavaral for cruise. Then after the cruise we will pick-up again near the port and return to the airport. Until I started checking, I had no idea that there were drop off locations at WDW (with free shuttle service)! Good luck!