Rental Rates Better or Worse? NOV CAR RENTAL at Disney Car Care Center vs. Airport???

[Mai Ku Tiki]

Trying to book car for mid-Nov. It seems there are FEW deals at Car Care Center vs. OIA. Is this common???

 

[Brian Noble]

From a post of mine in another thread:

Car rental agencies have been very aggressive at cutting back on their fleet size to help profitability. As travel demand continues to recover, they have been very cautious in expanding. And, so, prices have risen and inventory is tight.

Hopefully things will loosen up eventually. But for right now, expect to pay more for rental cars than you have in the past.

It seems that, these days, discounting (if any) happens only at the last minute, relatively speaking. But, that happens only if they don't manage to sell out their cars. Have a reservation you can live with now, and keep checking.

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

Thanks....yes, I have a decent ressie but at Airport! I was hoping to get similar at Car Care Center?

Also, can you pick up at one but drop off at the other WITHOUT it costing more???

 

[gmeh1]

Thanks....yes, I have a decent ressie but at Airport! I was hoping to get similar at Car Care Center?

Also, can you pick up at one but drop off at the other WITHOUT it costing more???

Sometimes it costs more, sometimes it does not. Run a reservation using those parameters.

 

[gmeh1]

From a post of mine in another thread:



It seems that, these days, discounting (if any) happens only at the last minute, relatively speaking. But, that happens only if they don't manage to sell out their cars. Have a reservation you can live with now, and keep checking.

Brian, Enterprise Holdings, Inc. has over 5000 cars at their Orlando locations. That is a lot of cars.

 

[Brian Noble]

Relative to the number of people flying into that airport every day? Maybe. Maybe not.

http://www.orlandoairports.net/statistics/

 

[Brian Noble]

After a little digging, it looks like national average rental rates have dropped somewhat---the robust used car market is providing an incentive for rental agencies to increase fleet sizes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/b...-car-rentals.html?scp=1&sq=rental cars&st=cse

Hopefully, we'll see that at MCO eventually. Hasn't really happened yet, though...