First time car renter questions

[MAGGIED]

We have always used Magical Express or town car service but I think I would like to rent a car for our April 08 trip. I need some advice on how to get the best deals... websites to go to.... I did sign up along time ago for the EA thru National I think... don't remember... please help............. thank you!!!!

 

[sympatico]

You can try the websites for Alalmo, National, Budget, Dollar etc and can sometimes find deals. Also mousesaves has codes and coupons to use:
http://www.mousesavers.com/rentalcar.html
If your a member of Costco you can use their code and coupons or Walmart has the same deal and you don't need a membership.
The main advice I can give you is to keep checking for better deals. Our minivan rental from Alamo has gone down over $200 since I first started checking. There's no rhyme nor reason as to when the companies lower their prices. Sunday night at 10pm the minivan price went down to $179/wk and by 11pm it had gone up to $240/wk Good luck!

 

[MAGGIED]

if you book the rate and then it goes down will they refund you the money????

 

[sympatico]

I've used Budget and Alamo and when you make a reservation you don't give them any credit card numbers. You just make reservation. With the Budget one every time I checked and the price went down I just modified my reservation and it gave me the better price. But with Alamo I have to cancel my reservation and re-book at the lower price. So unless you pay in advance which I never do,then no money / credit cards change hands until you get there.