Has anyone done Priceline for a rental

[whiterice5]

car? Good or bad experiences? Were the rates better than you could get on your own?
Chris

 

[B.Mary]

I've booked through Priceline several times. It's worked well when I've done it. Never tried it for Orlando though.

I check the prices via Orbitz first (they have a cool matrix thing so you see the prices for all the companies at once) and then go to Priceline and try and undercut it by a significant amount. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't accept the price I offer -- then I go and book the regular way.

Never had any problem with picking up the car at the destination airport.

Hope this helps.

 

[whiterice5]

I may give it a try. I will definitely check out the Orbitz site.
Chris

 

[Bill From PA]

We did very well locally. We needed a larger car for our trip from Pa to Myrtle Beach, got a mid-size fof $28/day. When picking it up, we were offered a stationwagon for $4 more and took it. Got a Taurus SE with a roof rack which was better yet. Hertz was the company. In Orlando and for our next MB trip I used Expedia and Hotwire to scout the prices then went to the Enterprise site and got a compact for 15 days for $409.

Bill From PA