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Priceline car rental on the BI

Glad to help Mimi . . . and sorry it didn't work out for you Tony. Maybe it will come down still before your trip.
 
Priceline is beginning to really P me off.
When I log in, the bottom right hand side of the screen shows " deals you may like" for car rentals in Kona. Says they are deals that others have just gotten.

Well who the HELL is getting the $13/day car rentals when I can't even land something in the $16-18/day range.
Priceline is taunting me, and I'm getting angry!!!
 
Are any of you Costco members?

I looked at mid July with Alamo(costco discount) for the BI and the prices are almost dead on with Orlando/Ft Lauderdale at Easter. I'm looking at full-size and above(DH is 6'4" and my 12 yr old son is 5'6" ).
 
Twinkstarr said:
Are any of you Costco members?

I looked at mid July with Alamo(costco discount) for the BI and the prices are almost dead on with Orlando/Ft Lauderdale at Easter. I'm looking at full-size and above(DH is 6'4" and my 12 yr old son is 5'6" ).
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I have my reservations through Costco. I'm not sure if the same price as Easter in Orlando is a good rate or a bad rate. I'm assuming you're suggesting they're high. Based on my experience, I'd lock something in now. I did six months ago and am glad as they've not come down at all.
 
BevL said:
I have my reservations through Costco. I'm not sure if the same price as Easter in Orlando is a good rate or a bad rate. I'm assuming you're suggesting they're high. Based on my experience, I'd lock something in now. I did six months ago and am glad as they've not come down at all.
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Spring Break in FL gets you pretty high rental rates. I actually did better this year.

I'm not going to the BI this year, but since we are making the huge trip next I just decided to see how expensive it was to rent a car.

The prices didn't scare me as I'm a school holiday traveller.:)
 
Timeshare Von said:
I just booked a standard car for the BI 9/5/09-->9/12/09 for $144 total (inc tax) with Budget via www.carrentals.com.
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I was just able to get the price down another $12 for the week using my AARP membership through their travel service. The rental was with the same company (Budget) and the same class car.
 
THANKS TUG'ers
Using first carrentals.com, then over to Budget.com, landed a standard sized car. 21 days, total cost is $434.90.
Without tax that works out to $14.28/day. All taxes in, $20.71/day.
Priceline wasn't even close.

However, I confirmed, and printed the page on Budget.com. Went back to check on getting the same deal again, and IT WAS GONE.
So not sure if a one time thing, but I'm happy!!!
One more thing off my checklist prior to heading to the BI for 3 weeks in APril!
 
Congrats - that's a great rate!!
 
Aaron Kristen said:
THANKS TUG'ers
Using first carrentals.com, then over to Budget.com, landed a standard sized car. 21 days, total cost is $434.90.
Without tax that works out to $14.28/day. All taxes in, $20.71/day.
Priceline wasn't even close.

However, I confirmed, and printed the page on Budget.com. Went back to check on getting the same deal again, and IT WAS GONE.
So not sure if a one time thing, but I'm happy!!!
One more thing off my checklist prior to heading to the BI for 3 weeks in APril!
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Good for you!!

Have a great trip.
 
BevL and Von, thanks
I was realyl getting worried, and frustrated at everyone else getting the deals. However, persistance finally paid off.
Now I have to work on getting amazing weather during those 3 weeks on the BI. That request might be a little tougher.
 
I was just able to nail a standard size car from Budget thru Orbitz for my 2 week trip to the Big Island in mid-July. With a pickup at KOA, I'm paying $99.99/week plus tax. Total for 2 weeks is $290 including tax. :banana: :banana:

All other vehicles and companies were much higher. Booked just half an hour ago.
 
Next Week

Anyone find anything better than $350/10 days (budget direct) next week???
Alamo and National were out of cars.
Orbitz best was $521

Does that mean that arrivals are improving in HI.
The Islands of Hawaii, saved by the timeshare folks that they like to shaft.
 
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Wound up with a 4WD JEEP Grand Cherokee:banana: from Discount Hawaii Car Rentals. $285/week plus taxes and fees and stuff. But no extra sdriver fees. Car through Thrifty.

http://discounthawaiicarrental.com/

Also found a Wrangler through Alamo for $316, plus all the other charges...
Geez the taxes and fees and stuff on seem to be about 30%ish:eek:
 
Aaron Kristen said:
BevL and Von, thanks
I was realyl getting worried, and frustrated at everyone else getting the deals. However, persistance finally paid off.
Now I have to work on getting amazing weather during those 3 weeks on the BI. That request might be a little tougher.
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We rent cars 5 or 6 times per year and I feel your frustration. I've never reserved a car at over $300/week just to have one on the back burner but, lately, that's what we've been doing. I'm hoping it's not a trend that all the prices have been going UP from there.

We just successfully rented a car for Orange County for $15/day for our March trip. I currently have one reserved for Boston for $168 before taxes through Thrifty but, that was reserved originally several months ago (think June or July of last year). We won't need a rental car for our July trip as it's a drive-to destination and in October, we're on a Cruise and won't be needing a car either.

Our November trip is proving to be an issue. We have a week in Palm Beach, FL and have ALWAYS reserved a car for less than $150. Right now I'm sitting on one for $350. At that rate, I'm more likely to take a shuttle from the airport and rent a car on a daily basis for days we want to get out and away from the resort. I'm really thinking that I'm not willing to pay more for a weekly rental than I make in car payments every month.

Why are car rentals so high right now? Downsizing is one possibility but, downsizing was suppose to be due to fewer travelers and lower demand. Not increasing demand by lowering inventory.

My wife may have hit on an idea. That being that car rental agencies felt people might be renting cars to drive to their destinations. This might make sense if there are enough people out there who have taken lease agreements out on their cars and have limited milage contracts. Those contracts prevent them from putting to many miles on a car without a severe penalty when/if they turn them in at the end of their lease. One $450 rental for a car would be cheaper than airfare for 3 or 4 plus renting a car AND you're not putting miles on your peronsal vehicle. They might just be renting to get something that gets better gas milage as well, even though the price of gas has fallen off sharply.

This still doesn't explain the cost of renting at the airport. If I were to rent a car for vacation, I'd rent from a local agency rather than from one at the airport. Airport car lots often have additional taxes/fee's charged that would get the rates up a little higher.

Exacly what's changed and why they think they can increase rates 300% in this economy and do well is beyond me. All I know is it has me rethinking this part of our vacation plans.
 
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