Car Rentals, do prices fluctuate?

[cheter]

I just posted a thread about airline flights-Is there a best time of the week to buy tickets? What about car rentals? I'm thinking they probably don't change. Am I correct? Thanks.

 

[225chs]

I rented a car from Enterprise, very reasonable, in Edinburgh. One month later I thought about upgrading, went back on line and the prices had skyrocketed. obviously,I did not upgrade. I know I didn't book during a sale or promo. It was the first time I thought rental prices may in fact change

 

[fnewman]

Car prices definitely do changes in real-time. I have seen them change on-line between the time I first loaded a page and when a reloaded it a few minutes later. This is expecially noticable on site where they show you the rates in price order.

 

[PStreet1]

They change, both up and down, hugely. I always book at a price that is acceptable to me and keep checking right up until a day or so before we're leaving. It costs nothing to cancel, so you lose nothing by booking and continuing to check.

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[JLB]

Rental car rates fluctuate based on availability. We booked our January Orlando vehicle for three weeks for $600 before at least the last hurricane, maybe more.

Because of hurricane damage to the Florida fleet, that same rental went up to $1300 the last time I checked.

We paid the $600.