Cheap Car Rental Tricks
It is pretty easy to find cheap car rental, you just know a few tricks. Did you know that it is better to rent a car in the weekend or for a week? Do you know how to get an upgrade or a few extra hours for free? Are you choosing the right insurances and are you prepaying the car. Learn all the tricks to get an inexpensive car rental.
You can save a lot of money by comparing the various car rental agencies. But it can be very time-consuming, so use an Internet based car rental search engine. Just enter the dates and location, and it will tell you, which car rental agency that is the cheapest.
It is possible for you to plan your vacation so you need the car in the weekend, you can often save a lot of money. Usually you can find special weekend offers at the car rental agencies.
Another way to find cheap car rental is long term rental. It is often possible to rent a car for a week for the same price as 4 or 5 days will cost you.
It is also often easy to get an upgrade and have a larger car. The car rental agencies want your loyalty, and they are willing to get it by offering you a little extra to please you. So just ask. Often you will get a yes. Just remember that you should not plan for it. Take it as an extra bonus.
There is a lot of money to be saved on the insurance. But before you say no to the insurance, you should read the policy closely, because it can cost you a lot of money, if you are involved in an accident and you are not insured.
On the other hand the car rental agencies earn a lot of extra money on the insurance part. So do pick the insurances, you need; no less and no more.
A normal car rental day is 24 hours. So you can save a whole day, if you keep it for e.g. 23 hours instead of 25 hours. So try to plan your vacation, so you can return it earlier on the returning day than on the day you collected it. If it is not possible, you can try to ask the car rental agency if it is possible to keep it a few extra hours for free. Normally it is not a problem.
And a final advice: prepay the car. It is normally cheaper than if you rent it at arrival in the airport. So find a good price on the Internet and reserve it. Then it is also faster when you arrive in the airport.
Martin Elmer is writing about Car Rental Copenhagen in the Copenhagen Car Rental Guide. Learn more about car rental in Copenhagen – and do also read the Copenhagen Car Hire FAQ.
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