How to ensure you always have a rental car – Rental Car Best Practices
by Captain G on Mar.18, 2009, under Rental Cars
It has been awhile since we have written about rental cars. Similar to hotel reservation rules (see previous post), rental car companies do not penalize you if you do not show up for your car reservation. Since some rental car companies are using the Yield Management model to price their cars, we highly recommend you make your rental car reservations weeks in advanced to avoid higher fees. Unlike hotels, you don’t even have to cancel your reservation. Most rental car companies will just void your reservation without penalty if you don’t show up.
There are however exceptions to this rule. On major holidays like Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc., some rental car companies will make you pre-pay for a day or the entire reservation. Check with your rental car company before confirming your reservation.
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May 3rd, 2010 on 7:21 pm
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October 28th, 2010 on 11:56 am
i always get my hotel reservations in advance specially during peak seasons~`*
November 17th, 2010 on 2:36 am
i always make sure that i got a hotel reservation at least 1 week in advance to ensure that i got a reservation ,-.
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