How much do you expect to pay for car rental in Hawaii?

[Rjbeach2003]

I just checked, Alamo rental for 15 days has gone from $728 to $1300 on Costco. I have never seen that before. Glad I reserve early.

 

[Luanne]

I just checked, Alamo rental for 15 days has gone from $728 to $1300 on Costco. I have never seen that before. Glad I reserve early.

What time period? As I have mentioned our rental went up quite a bit with Costco, but it's for next year. I imagine it will go down again. I'll keep checking. I do have a lower rate locked in (through AutoSlash).

 

[Tamaradarann]

Yes. I also don't rent cars very often. Only domestically. And typically only in the state of California. (Almost always renting in either Burbank or Oakland and driving in the direction of wineries. The last two cars I rented were in Burbank and Vallejo.)

I want my own insurance provider to be so far down the list they never know about any rental issues. That's worth $20/day.

That is a good point. We have our insurance company is off the list completely when we rent a car since we don't own a car.

 

[magmue]

I tend to book fairly early, but it really pays to check in periodically. We are going to Kauai for 2 weeks arriving 2 days after Thanksgiving. DH prefers an intermediate size SUV. When I looked in June, Costco was about $1100, so I booked prepaid through Autoslash for $953 with Avis. You can cancel for refund up until 48 hours from pickup. I checked again mid-September, and Costco was down to $835 with Budget. So I booked via Costco, canceled Autoslash and got a refund.

I checked Costco again today, and prices have dropped significantly. $615 for Alamo. Booked Alamo and will cancel my Budget reservation.

 

[Quilter]

Whenever this thread gets a post I check. I just reduced one of my rentals by a smidge. Every little bit helps.

 

[DebBrown]

Has anyone booked Budget through Amazon? I wonder if it's a better deal but I don't want to link my Amazon account to my Budget account.

 

[artringwald]

Just reserved 3 weeks in Kauai for next February. With a corporate contract (which works for retirees), a midsize is 3 Weeks @ $ 225.50, or with all the taxes, $1,079.54.

 

[Quilter]

Just reserved 3 weeks in Kauai for next February. With a corporate contract (which works for retirees), a midsize is 3 Weeks @ $ 225.50, or with all the taxes, $1,079.54.

Through Costco? Avis? Hertz?

 

[Luanne]

Through Costco? Avis? Hertz?

If it was made using a corporate account it would have been booked directly with the car rental company. At least that's how it always worked when I used a corporate account.

 

[artringwald]

Through Costco? Avis? Hertz?

It was through National. I had to use our corporate account code for personal use and enter it when I booked it through the National web site.

 

[artringwald]

If it was made using a corporate account it would have been booked directly with the car rental company. At least that's how it always worked when I used a corporate account.

Have you checked to see if you could still use the corporate rate as a retiree?

 

[Luanne]

Have you checked to see if you could still use the corporate rate as a retiree?

I was able to for awhile, then I made the mistake at some point of saying I was no longer employed and the corporate discount was no longer available to me.

 

[Luanne]

I was able to for awhile, then I made the mistake at some point of saying I was no longer employed and the corporate discount was no longer available to me.

It's okay. I've been getting decent rates through Costco and AutoSlash.

 

[Denise L]

Our full-size car on Maui for two weeks starting tomorrow went down yesterday to $513 (down from $524, which was down from $618 at one point). As soon as I booked it, I realized I was off by half an hour, so I went back to rebook, and it was $800+ and today it is $1067.00. I obviously didn't rebook at that price, but I figured they will have a car between 11:30-12:00, so I won't worry about it.