What is the absolute cheapest Minivan rental? Budget? Somewhere else?

[ethanwa]

So I used the X474200 code on Budget and I am getting decent prices on minivan rentals... for example:

• 5 days in DL is $300.69 after tax
• 7 days in Hawaii for Aulani is $347.50 after tax
• 11 days in Orlando for WDW is $527.90 after tax

Does anyone know of any better deals than that? The reason I ask is because Budget doesn't really have a loyalty program like Enterprise or other rental places do, and I'd like to earn status with them (I am another minivan rental in Phoenix too).

Thanks!

 

[ain0004]

I have seen better deals, but not recently. Cheapest minivan was an upgrade with alamo for 8 days 151. Next cheapest 201. with avis and had a one way drop off to cape canveral. I refuse to pay for a mini van to sit in the parking lot and pay to fees. Currently I am looking at budget for Oct 10 day rental 410.00 with taxes. Which is insanely high to me.

 

[ethanwa]

I have seen better deals, but not recently. Cheapest minivan was an upgrade with alamo for 8 days 151. Next cheapest 201. with avis and had a one way drop off to cape canveral. I refuse to pay for a mini van to sit in the parking lot and pay to fees. Currently I am looking at budget for Oct 10 day rental 410.00 with taxes. Which is insanely high to me.

Back in 2008 I was able to get a minivan in Orlando for only $150 for about 10 days... but I haven't seen anything near that in a long time. I am just wondering if I got lucky back then or if my prices are just normal.

By the way, the prices I listed above are after taxes/fees... before that (as in the listed price) they are much cheaper. For example, my Hawaii price above is listed at $245.

 

[h&D3]

for sometime now and it always seems to give me a really good rate on a mini van.

We are going this summer for 15 days and I got a rate of about $600 after taxes. The closest thing I could find to that was about $1200 for that same time period.

Now as it gets closer to the time of actually going, I can usually find things close to this same price, but I'd rather book things and know that I actually have a reservation, rather than waiting until last minute.

Budget has been great to work with in the past. I think actual time from arriving to getting in the car and driving off was less than 10-15 minutes. Which is really nice when traveling with kids.

I'd be currious too if anyone else has found any other mini van rentals cheaper than this. If I see of anything else out there, I will cetainly follow-up with another post.

~D