Car Rental Quotes

Finding car rental quotes can be an intricate process.

There are several car rental companies including Alamo car rental, Avis car rental, Budget car rental, Enterprise car rental, Hertz car rental, National car rental and Thifty car rental.

Car rental quotes can be found at each of the car rental company’s websites. Car rental agencies will show quotes across various time periods and types of car. Economy cars typically are the most affordable; they are the smallest cars and may not have the same standard features as more expensive cars. Check often for any deals or coupons the individual companies may be offering to save on the price of the car rental.

Car rental quotes can also be found on travel aggregation sites such as Kayak.com, Expedia.com, Travelzoo.com, Tripadvisor.com, or Bing.com/travel. These sites will show comparisons between the different car rental companies. Searches can be done by when the car will be rented, type of car desired and location of car rental. The search sites will usually display the most affordable car rentals first.

Travel sites will also show all the available deals for renting cars. Deals include a discount for keeping the car for a longer time, discounts for booking a car rental and a hotel room together, discounts for booking a car rental and flight together or discounts for booking all three together. Travel websites are also usually aware of any individual coupons or special deals car rental companies are offering at the time and can direct you to take advantage of these specials as well.

Cars can be rented easily at the airport. When looking for car rental quotes choose the airport name such as Baltimore-Washington airport (BWI), New York airport (JFK), Los Angeles airport (LAX), San Francisco airport (SFO), Fort Lauderdale airport (FLA) or Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) airport.

A rental car can also be picked up at various locations within cities and towns. Check with the car rental company to find the location closest to you.

Car rentals can also be found for long and short term rental. Long term car rental can lead to cheap car rentals overall since discounts are applied the longer a car is rented. Long term car rental is typically chosen when taking longer driving trips. Long term car rental may also allow the driver to rent from one location then return the car to another location for no added fee. Typically with a short term car rental there would be an added fee for this service.

Each car rental company has a rewards program. Rewards can be achieved by renting cars from the same company. Each time a car is hired rewards are accumulated. When enough rewards are accumulated they can be traded in for a free or discounted rental. These programs encourage loyalty to a single car rental company since you must use the same company to accumulate rewards.

To rent a car the driver must have a valid license and be at least 25 years of age. Certain car rental companies will allow younger drivers who are at least 18 years of age to rent cars for an added fee. Universities also offer car rental programs where students of the University who are younger than 25 can waive the added fee.

A new car rental option now available in most major US cities is hourly car rental available from companies such as Zipcar. Zipcar members sign up for a car rental online. On the Zipcar website the member can choose what time they would like to pick up a car, how long they would like to reserve the car for and where they would like to pick the car up. Zipcar has cars located in parking lots all over major cities. Each member has a membership card. To unlock the Zipcar they have reserved, the member swipes their card on the car and the doors unlock.

Zipcar and other car share programs offer a cost effective program since renters can rent by the hour rather than the day. Also the services usually include the cost of insurance and gas. These programs may require a minimum monthly usage, a feature that is not required by standard rental car companies.