- Joined
- Mar 5, 2011
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- Location
- U'alapue/Kaunakakai, Hawaii
- Resorts Owned
- Pono Kai, 20 wks; Maui Schooner, 1.5 wks; 1 week Ke Nani Kai; WaveCrest Condo, Molokai, HI
Wow, I just dodged a bullet. We have a week set up for Maui for 08-14-21 to 08-21-21. We had this set for months. I booked the Maui Schooner and booked the flights. I know I checked on cars and they were $700 for the week for a mid-size. I could have sworn I booked it in case the rates increased but I looked all over and couldn’t find a confirmation email. I keep all those in my email files but I couldn’t find anything.
So I started looking yesterday and the best I found was almost $1,200 for a compact. Costco didn’t even list any cars. I checked Discount Hawaii and they had the same prices. I quit looking and I was trying to come to the realization that I would be paying a ton.
So I started looking again today and I was looking everywhere. It was real frustrating because when I looked at my corporate travel app the price is only $150 for the week. We can’t use that app for personal travel but I remembered that we do get a employee corporate discount from either Enterprise or Hertz. I checked Enterprise and they showed no cars available.
When I went to Hertz, my benefits website had two promo codes to use. The first one I put in came back with an error to use a valid code. So I tried the second one and when I submitted to search, it asked if the reservation for business or leisure so I clicked leisure and then it started searching. I was really hoping it would bring something less than $1,000.
it came back with $296 all in for a mid-size sedan.
The next best option I saw was a pay now through Dollar for $950 for a compact. So of course I am ecstatic to get so lucky. I know I have tried these employee discounts before and Costco has always been my best price. I kept this confirmation email and even printed it out. I got very lucky this time.
So I started looking yesterday and the best I found was almost $1,200 for a compact. Costco didn’t even list any cars. I checked Discount Hawaii and they had the same prices. I quit looking and I was trying to come to the realization that I would be paying a ton.
So I started looking again today and I was looking everywhere. It was real frustrating because when I looked at my corporate travel app the price is only $150 for the week. We can’t use that app for personal travel but I remembered that we do get a employee corporate discount from either Enterprise or Hertz. I checked Enterprise and they showed no cars available.
When I went to Hertz, my benefits website had two promo codes to use. The first one I put in came back with an error to use a valid code. So I tried the second one and when I submitted to search, it asked if the reservation for business or leisure so I clicked leisure and then it started searching. I was really hoping it would bring something less than $1,000.
it came back with $296 all in for a mid-size sedan.
The next best option I saw was a pay now through Dollar for $950 for a compact. So of course I am ecstatic to get so lucky. I know I have tried these employee discounts before and Costco has always been my best price. I kept this confirmation email and even printed it out. I got very lucky this time.
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