Getting car-rental deal is weird science
January 16, 2004 |
As everyone from rental companies to online travel agencies fiddle with features and pricing strategies, it's getting tough even for seasoned travelers.
Getting the best deal on a rental car has always been complex. These days, it’s getting trickier.
As everyone from rental companies to online travel agencies fiddle with features and pricing strategies, it’s getting tough even for seasoned travelers to decode the best deals.
Cendant Corp.’s Avis Rent A Car offers six different types of insurance and damage waivers. Ford Motor Co.’s Hertz has 26 different car classes, eight of which consist of a single vehicle. Due to a lack of industry pricing standards, companies can, and do, charge differently for the exact same cars.
Meanwhile, add-on fees, designed to finance projects like airport expansions and new sports arenas, are multiplying like stale fries on the floor mat.
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