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Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated by zoomablemind on Monday December 27, 2021 @01:16AM (#29699950)
> ...For some weird reason, I was charged way less than quoted at the reservation (~$2300 instead of ~$3700).

Not sure about the rental class and duration... but seeing these totals for a rental car raised my eyebrows by surprise. I guess the prices went way way up...

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Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated by scheme271 on Monday December 27, 2021 @01:51AM (#29700130)
There was a massive spike in rental prices this year since the rental companies in the US sold a good portion of their fleets when covid hit and travel disappeared. When travel started to come back, the rental companies discovered that they couldn't buy new cars due to supply chain issues. The result were prices in the $100-$500+ range in popular destinations. It's gotten a bit more reasonable recently.
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Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated by kristofferR on Monday December 27, 2021 @09:10AM (#29702614)
I rented an SUV for 46 days, drove it across the US.
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Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated by zoomablemind on Monday December 27, 2021 @03:49PM (#29706620)
That makes sense, almost 7 wks, about $330/wk.

Weekly deals are often better than daily, not sure if there are monthly deals. Probably there should be some kind of long-term special deals too.

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