Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated
by garaetjjte on Monday December 27, 2021 @11:04AM
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Isn't car sharing significantly more expensive?
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Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated
by wheels on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @12:06AM
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Yes, but not insanely so. A compact car for a week with Share Now is €42/day, and with Sixt it's €32/day. In a lot of cases, I'd happily pay that for the 1-2 hours of saved time in not dealing with the rental company, or booking things in advance.
I know specifically a lot of my friends who basically fall into that category: don't own a car, and decide same-day that they want to do a weekend trip, and would rather pay €20 more to not deal with contract, aggressive up-selling, pick up and drop off, refueling, inspection, etc.
Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated
by alibarber on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:20PM
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It usually is, but there is a reasonable ‘convenience factor’ that sometimes tipped it.
Of course, multi-day long road trip in another country that I plan in advance, hit up Kayak and the major agencies, no question.