Question about car rental from someone who has never rented one before!

[japanese maple]

We have a back-up reservation for a car from the car care center at Swan/Dolphin through Alamo for the day we are scheduled to fly home. This is in case flights are chaos due to shutdown and we need to drive home.

What are the chances of us going to pick up the car and being told there are none? I keep reading horror stories on reddit, but, it's also reddit.

Just making decisions on any back up plans, thanks!

 

[jimmymc]

If you have a reservation, it's pretty rare that there's nothing available.

 

[japanese maple]

If you have a reservation, it's pretty rare that there's nothing available.

Thank you!

 

[sam_gordon]

It is possible you may have to wait for a car to be returned and detailed before you can get in it though. That happened to me a couple of months ago at LGA. Had a reservation, got to the counter, and they didn't have cars ready yet. I ended up waiting about an hour to get my car.

Not saying it's going to happen, but the chances, while close to, are not 0%.

 

[japanese maple]

It is possible you may have to wait for a car to be returned and detailed before you can get in it though. That happened to me a couple of months ago at LGA. Had a reservation, got to the counter, and they didn't have cars ready yet. I ended up waiting about an hour to get my car.

Not saying it's going to happen, but the chances, while close to, are not 0%.

Thanks! We don't mind waiting as long as we get one.