We lucked out!!!

[RuthieT]

We were able to get a rental car for $125 with tax, etc... for 7 days through naming our price on priceline. We were just gonna use Disneyland Resort Express and we needed to a car for a day to go to legoland and all of that would be the same if not more and so now we can have a rental and be able to have more flexiblity to drive around and what not.....

 

[bumbershoot]

Very cool! I know you've been worried about transportation, so this is terrific.

I wish I could rent a car, but they do want you to have an actual credit card (not just a debit card with the visa or mastercard logo on it), so it just doesn't work for us.

 

[bluegrizzlies1]

priceline is the only way to go with the rental car best money spent.

I think you can rent a car with just a debit card because it asks if you only have a debit card.

 

[bumbershoot]

But when you get there, there's a risk that they will refuse it b/c there's no actual credit card to show them, or they will be a huge amount on hold in case you take off or destroy the car. Just not worth the risk, to me.

 

[abby]

We were able to get a rental car for $125 with tax, etc... for 7 days through naming our price on priceline. We were just gonna use Disneyland Resort Express and we needed to a car for a day to go to legoland and all of that would be the same if not more and so now we can have a rental and be able to have more flexiblity to drive around and what not.....

What a great deal, can't wait, we only have 15 more days.....

 

[Kailua's Belle]

Wow! That sounds like a great deal. I've never used Priceline. I have a van booked for seven days for $250 with Dollar. Think I can do better? Priceline makes me nervous. What if you end up with an unreputable company?

 

[RuthieT]

we have used them before for hotels and never had a problem. we ended up with Hertz

 

[staley7580]

But when you get there, there's a risk that they will refuse it b/c there's no actual credit card to show them, or they will be a huge amount on hold in case you take off or destroy the car. Just not worth the risk, to me.

Hey! We dont have a credit card either, but we rent through Budget, they put a $300. hold on your card. We have rented from them 5 or 6 times now, and we love it!

 

[bumbershoot]

Hey! We dont have a credit card either, but we rent through Budget, they put a $300. hold on your card. We have rented from them 5 or 6 times now, and we love it!

Are you serious???? Oh wow, that's incredible. Only $300? Reading websites for our last trip it seemed like they would put a hold on something like 1K! I haven't actually rented since the CC companies and I parted ways, except for one time when the agent was incredibly rude and insulting about the debit card...but Budget, eh? I will have to look into that, thank you!

 

[bumbershoot]

Ruthie, thank you so much for starting this post; I've learned something new! And thanks to staley as well.

 

[godalejunior]

We are taking the Disneyland Express bus to Legoland on one of our days as well. I will have to check out the price difference in renting a car. I just don't want to deal with traffic and bus can go in the express lane..... Something to think about, thanks for the info.

 

[CardinalsFan]

Way to go, Ruthie!

Sounds like you did better than I did, which was about $128.40 after taxes/fees for only 5 days ($18/day name-your-own-price for a full-size car). Avis accepted our bid. I've used Priceline three times now for a rental car, and we have had Avis accept each time.

Don't forget your car seat(s)... on our trip to Idaho last month, I forgot to get the car seats out of our van and bring them onto the airport parking shuttle bus with our luggage (we were in a hurry, of course).

We had to rent two car seats from Avis, for $10 per day per seat, for three days. Plus tax. I could have bought two booster seats (once we were in Idaho) for less.

For our Disney trip in less than two weeks,
I will not forget the car seats.
I will not forget the car seats.
I will not forget the car seats.

There. That should help.

 

[RuthieT]

I know that renting a car for one day is around $40 to $50.

 

[RuthieT]

yes we are going to take a car seat along with us since it is $10 a day to rent a car seat and that adds up quick.

 

[staley7580]

Are you serious???? Oh wow, that's incredible. Only $300? Reading websites for our last trip it seemed like they would put a hold on something like 1K! I haven't actually rented since the CC companies and I parted ways, except for one time when the agent was incredibly rude and insulting about the debit card...but Budget, eh? I will have to look into that, thank you!

Hey, its what I do!