Car rental, driver included

Forget GPS—customers in ten major U.S. cities can now book professional chauffeurs for their rental cars. Car rental giant Avis has teamed up with WeDriveU, a private chauffeur service, to make ... minimum, in addition to standard rental car charges—an estimated 35% less than customers might spend [more...]

Date: 2007-07-02 23:08:05
Blog: Springwise: new busines...

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Hertz Car Rental Discount Coupons - Part 2

This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com). More discount coupons from Hertz Car Rentals! ... of dollars during our car rental bookings for our forth coming cross country US tour this summer ... upgrade on a Hertz reserved daily, weekly or weekend rental of economy through Full-Size car (Class [more...]

Date: 2007-07-21 06:45:29
Blog: FIRE Finance - A Top Pe...

4 car rental scams you should be aware of

Filed under: Business, Blogs, Transportation Travel columnist Christopher Elliott is always full of great tips and useful information ... security. And now I have some more information from him: four new scams from car rental companies ... returning the car, and keep all your receipts. Thirdly, car rental companies have been caught [more...]

Date: 2007-10-21 20:45:00
Blog: Gadling...

My carbon footprint is bigger than your carbon footprint Michael Jennings (London) Arts & Entertainment • Globalization/economics [ ... Permalink to this post Comment this post (3) On Sunday evening, I returned a rental car ... where the car rental station is some distance from the terminals, and having returned your car [more...]

Date: 2007-07-03 04:48:30
Blog: Samizdata.net...

Breton cider (via Niamheen) Found at flickr.

About me Kiyo’s Blog Tumblroll Radar (alpha) Projectionist Anarchaia [ ... In pictures: St Pancras reborn | BBC permalink City Car, a Carbon-Free, Stackable Rental Car by MIT Media Lab | CubeMe City Car, a Carbon-Free, Stackable Rental Car by MIT Media Lab [more...]

Date: 2007-11-07 20:50:06
Blog: Kiyo's Tumblr...

Changing Your Commute

Changing Your Commute Finding a job may seem frustrating, but it’s getting there on time that can cause the most stress ... of leaner, greener options, here are some options besides cruising to work in your car: Rental car ... rental companies. Bottom line: If you live in an area where you don’t need a car all the time [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 04:41:09
Blog: Introducing: CeeBee! Ca...

Catching Up / Scotland / June 17 - 22 / Car Rental

Additional notes from my trip. Skip if this bores you ... National Car Rental Sunday morning we flew to Scotland. Right before we landed I realized that I had made my car rental reservations at the wrong airport (Prestwick, instead of Glasgow regular). I was resigned to a huge headache with the car rental [more...]

Date: 2007-07-08 15:49:53
Blog: Yehuda...

These days, planning a vacation in Australia is so much more easier, with numerous flight tracker sites out there to confirm austrialian airlines. Then there are sites offering information like an entire luxury resort list of the destination, both regular and luxury car rental services. For services of car rental new zealand too is famous [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 18:52:22
Blog: Yogacoffeeoutlook...

I believe them

I am definitely no expert in this area, but my instincts are telling me that Kate and Gerry McCann are not guilty in their daughter’s disappearance ... the McCann’s suspects? Traces of blood were found in the McCann’s rental car. My husband and I both ... of blood in the car, only “traces.” Furthermore, this rental car was supposedly not rented [more...]

Date: 2007-09-10 21:32:38
Blog: DesMoinesRegister.com B...

LimoRes Rentals

If you find yourself traveling often, for either business or pleasure, ... be weighing the idea of car rental services. Many car rental services are extremely overpriced, or even ... transportation. They provide service internationally, which is a quality not all rental services [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 15:39:32
Blog: Pajama Mommy » Mommy B...

Rental Car Companies Have Impressed Me

There used to be a cliche of rental car companies being shady, and having hidden fees, etc.  My perception was changed recently on a trip to Florida, in which i needed a rental car.  Maybe it’s because i haven’t rented a car in awhile but the service was so much better than i remembered [more...]

Date: 2007-11-06 19:02:22
Blog: Business and Society - ...

I Love My New Car

I get tickled when riding in my new car with my hubby. Every time he drives it he tells me how much he loves the way it rides. It is smooth ... coast, I’m sure we will check into renting a Pacifica from the car rental in Los Angeles where ... their luxury car rentals but give me a suv any day! I just hope hubby doesn’t stroke the rental [more...]

Date: 2007-07-20 17:27:06
Blog: The Pond...

miami artwork

By Mel Kirk Greetings from Miami - possibly one of the most fun, ... the perfect breakfast diner, hired a rental car, returned a rental car (it was frickin’ expensive ... % of the community in Miami are Latino, that would explain why more of the TV channels here [more...]

Date: 2007-10-28 03:05:24
Blog: The Future of Web Apps...

Skybus, First-Hand Experience: The Return Trip

Filed under: North America, United States, Airlines Ever since I read the comment about the Skybus canceled flight with little compensation that was ... -in and our rental car was returned. Unlike major airports, the car rental parking lot is a few steps ... to Seattle from Columbus, you land in Bellingham. You can be back home in Columbus by 4:26 PM [more...]

Date: 2007-08-13 13:00:00
Blog: Gadling...

Hawaiian Discount Car Rentals

When you come to visit me on Oahu I’ll probably take a few days off to show you the wonders of my island paradise ... for the kids or a Jeep Wrangler for off-road fun, their Car Rental Fleet has what you need at affordable ... for days on end though, so you’ll need to check out Car Rentals Hawaii while you’re making your travel [more...]

Date: 2007-06-19 12:10:25
Blog: skeet’s stuff...

Zipcar, Flexcar to Merge

Photo by Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post Photo of Capitol Hill residents Matt Clausen and Margarita Diaz heading toward a Zipcar in 2005 by Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post TO REACH THE CAR RENTAL AREA at Union Station, you must walk ... from National Car Rental. If you're looking for a short-term rental, it's much easier to sign up [more...]

Date: 2007-10-31 12:57:37
Blog: Express: A Publication ...

A Quest for a Cheap Car Rental

Filed under: Business, North America, United States As part of my family's trip to Montana via Seattle, (aka Bellingham, Washington,) finding a car rental was the next step after I picked the airline--Skybus (see post), I was particularly interested in making a car rental reservation ASAP since one Gadling reader commented [more...]

Date: 2007-06-19 15:45:00
Blog: Gadling...

The Long and Winding Road...

Whew! What a trip! I left Phoenix for Columbus, Ohio yesterday in hopes of meeting up with a friend for dinner, another friend for breakfast, ... to the rental car counter to find yet another car rental company that can't tell the difference between an SUV [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 09:04:10
Blog: The Creative Wabbit...

SunPass To Charge Rental Cars' License Plates

Rental car companies have entered into contractual agreements with companies to administer a program which uses license plate information to identify rental vehicles and electronically collect the toll using SunPass Only lanes. [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 13:56:00
Blog: cbs4.com - Local News...

Indiana Bank Sues Vick Over Unpaid Car Loans

Michael Vick’s troubles are really beginning to pile up. This week has especially been a bad one for him ... . The purpose of the loans was to finance vehicles for a car rental agency near Atlanta. The bank said ... loans involving a car rental business. The loans were made this year to a Georgia company known [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 18:40:24
Blog: News for cats, dogs & p...

“Damn, Bambi” by Jaysonic

Man vs. Wild. Man and Technology vs. Wild. We win. Sort of. THIS time. ... anonymous here, returned to New York in a rental car after a weekend in Washington, DC. Not just any rental car, this was a top-of-the line glistening white 2007… Saturn. Nothing but the best [more...]

Date: 2007-10-31 01:05:46
Blog: Glow Like This ...

When Using a Credit Card is Better Than Debit Cards

If you are traveling this 4th of July week (for those of you in the U.S.) ... up over drafting your account.Car Rentals: Simply, many car rental companies won't let you rent a car with a debit card, although I think this is beginning to change.Disputed Transactions: Some debit [more...]

Date: 2007-07-03 04:38:18
Blog: The Ad-Free Personal Fi...

Prestige Luxury Rentals review

Sponsored post There are two scenarios in which one would love to rent a luxury car ... on your honeymoon. For exotic car rental in Miami Florida, one place to call (1.888.513.9711) is Prestige Luxury Rentals. If you have a dream car, they have it. [more...]

Date: 2007-11-07 14:04:28
Blog: It matters to J Dwivedi...

Chevy Aveo

Has anybody seen one of these cars?  Bill and I are looking at rental cars, and this is one of the cheapest ... .  I personally am only 5′2″, so I do not have to worry about fitting in a car.  :) rental carsCopyright [more...]

Date: 2007-11-01 13:22:54
Blog: My Thoughts, Ideas, and...

leaving on jet plane

I don’t like to travel… Well not the way, I actually travel… pack the night before, go to work, get off early, rush to the airport, ... up the rental car and drive to our destination. it wears me out… all that rushing around… - the way I want ... , my rental car would be waiting for me at the hotel entrance when I was ready to depart. alas, that’ [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 18:25:44
Blog: Jack Hampster & Company...

Oh National... It Hertz, Doesn't It?

So a couple weeks ago I railed against National rental cars and their insistence that I pay them $50 over what I had already been shelling out to ... for an alternative, which turned out to be Hertz car rentals.  Having not used them before, I could only hope ... them, so they could come jump-start the car in a situation where I had nothing to do with [more...]

Date: 2007-07-25 23:43:42
Blog: Typeset - Vox...

Ramage Found Guilty; Faces 2-5 Years In Prison

From TSN.ca: Former NHL player Rob Ramage was found guilty Wednesday on all five charges he faced in a fatal crash that killed a former Chicago Blackhawks player. Keith Magnuson, 56, died instantly on Dec. 15, 2003, when a rental car driven ... to Michelle Pacheco, the driver of the vehicle that Ramage's rental car struck head-on, and having a [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 01:43:01
Blog: Joe Pelletier's Great...

Dulles Taxi Driver Income

Wayan: Photo by DC Metroblogger Hopping of my United Airlines Swiss express from Zurich, I had hopes for a quick Dulles exit ... many round trips are possible? What is the car rental cost. And what would the per hour take ... and after his $100 car rental plus gas costs, expects $100 a shift in take home pay. Or around [more...]

Date: 2007-06-01 20:12:07
Blog: Metroblogging DC...

A New Bird In Town

Invitation design: Fine Stationery Greetings to all you current bees, future bees, and not to forget you awesome readers ... !!! As we were returning our car to the car rental company, we were talking to the guy saying we were looking ... . When we arrived, the weather was gorgeous, the beach was spectacular… better than what we imagined [more...]

Date: 2007-10-27 16:41:52
Blog: Weddingbee ...

Strategies for Saving Money on Travel

The following is a guest post. See the end of the article for details on the author ... necessary, so they lower prices. In September, the rental car companies are going through “downfleeting” ... . Take advantage of “upfleeting” and “downfleeting.” For car rentals, the two best times [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 15:10:15
Blog: Free Money Finance...

Writer's Island - Unforgettable - Part Two

Fourteen years after the intense and terrifying rainfall of East Texas, we once again found ourselves in Texas, this time travelling west, ... when we connected with the storm. Unlike last time, we were driving a rental car - a Lincoln Town Car circa 1993. The comfort and luxury of this car cannot be praised enough. It was like driving your own [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 18:16:38
Blog: Scenes from a slow-movi...

Ethical aspects of professional conference-going

It is not a mystery that a sizable part of the yearly budget of physics research groups -and those I have had experience of are of course no exception- goes in plane tickets, hotel rooms, car rental companies, restaurants, and per-diem ... transportation (plane tickets, transfers to and from the airport, rental car); alternatively [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 19:48:23
Blog: A Quantum Diaries Surv...

I'm outta here! (pfblogs.org)

At long last, DH and I are off to the Catskills for our fantasy trip! And of course it's raining! ... for the rental car, although I just had to give Enterprise my company credit card since they refused ... it with him anymore.Then the car rental place tried to trick me into buying additional insurance, but luckily I had a fast [more...]

Date: 2007-10-27 16:45:44
Blog: The Ad-Free Personal Fi...

Leaving for Sweden

My Managing Director is offered a scholarship for a Strategic Business Management course in Sweden by the Swedish government ... services are the car rental and flights booking services. This is very good, coz in a way it helps your boss save time from going to car rental website or other airline websites. They can also arrange [more...]

Date: 2007-09-05 09:03:40
Blog: in His time......

Lost in Auckland

Lost in Auckland October 1st, 2007 A fairly eventual evening.  I flew up to Auckland on the 3 pm flight, getting in at 4 pm.  Now I had managed to lose my drivers licence which made picking up the rental car a small ... to my office so they could start polling at 6 pm.  So I ended up sitting in the backseat of the rental car [more...]

Date: 2007-09-30 23:30:57
Blog: Kiwiblog ...

Planning That Much Needed Vacation

One of these days I promise that I am going to take a real honest-to-goodness vacation ... flights, hotel reservations, and car rentals right at your fingertips. One of the best places I've ... a flight and/or rental car. To make the whole process even easier, they offer complete vacation packages [more...]

Date: 2007-09-09 21:39:00
Blog: Are We There Yet??...

“You’re going to take the crap I give you and like it” or Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, Season 2 Episode 6

Previously on The Most Important Show Ever, the candidates spent an obscene amount of time at a Hilton Hotel attending an etiquette class and ... , driving to work in my banged up car, enduring a rental car for two weeks and the $500 deductible than ... is like “being hit by a Mack truck”.  So true story: I was once hit by a Mack truck (actually my car [more...]

Date: 2007-10-21 00:59:47
Blog: Just a Simple Girl wit...

Getting A Deal: Look For Travel Bargains On Country-Specific Websites (pfblogs.org)

When you're looking online for flights or car rentals, consider trying the country-specific versions of popular travel websites, ... to be within that country, so you'll have to already be there in order to take advantage of cheap flights. There can also be hidden costs in extra liability fees that don't show up until the car rental [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 17:31:16
Blog: The Ad-Free Personal Fi...

Car Rentals Become Cheap at 25

If you've ever tried to rent a car before age 25, you know what a pain it is. You'll have to pay an underage driver fee. Depending upon the car rental company, this is anywhere from $10-25 per day. Some companies won't even rent cars to people under 25, and you definitely can't rent a car if you're not 18. Yep [more...]

Date: 2007-06-06 03:10:11
Blog: Reviews and Previews...

Five money saving tips for renting cars.

My family and I are going to be making a cross country trip next week to attend a wedding and due to the fact that we have a 2 year old and a 3 month old we decided it was probably better to rent a van than cram everyone into my wife’s Accord ... of rental cars through the big auto rental chains, but the location tends to be at the local airport [more...]

Date: 2007-10-20 12:52:01
Blog: My Financial Journey...

Many Things, but not Boring

School has been cancelled today due to concern about air quality from the wildfires ... . 9. The Ridiculous Rental Car Experience: Have you ever stood in water reaching above your thigh while pushing your rental car into a parking lot? You're not missing out. 10. Drunk Man at Juan's Flying Burrito [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:30:36
Blog: All Rileyed Up...

Mass Auto Writers Begin Product Differentiation

With the faint scent of the promise of future deregulation wafting through the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, ... to the Boston Globe: Starting Jan. 1, Liberty will begin offering its 200,000 customers who have collision coverage better car replacement and rental car coverage. Currently, Liberty offers [more...]

Date: 2007-11-03 02:10:09
Blog: Mike The Actuary’s Musi...

Budget Car Rentals - Discount Coupon - April 07

... We found this great coupon from Budget Car Rentals that will save you up to $30 Off A Weekly Rental! Highlights BudgetRentals-$30Off Please mention coupon MUPZ039 to take advantage [more...]

Date: 2007-05-23 14:44:43
Blog: FIRE Finance - A Top Pe...

Lord of the Drinks: The Fellowship of the Rental Car

I recently had the opportunity to return down-under to visit with some esteemed colleagues at Evolution 2007.—I last visited the Evolution meeting in 2005 when it was held in Fairbanks, Alaska.—Prior to the start of this meeting, I blazed across the South Island, in a stylish “rental car”— [more...]

Date: 2007-08-26 11:14:21
Blog: The Panda's Thumb ...

No Flexcar for Tourists

Outfit called Not For Tourists has just published a guide to Seattle ... neighborhoods (Belltown to Redmond), each with a map that mashes up Essentials (banks, car rental, coffee ... and video rental stores). Copy-wise, each nabe also gets a couple of 60-word blurbs. According to Beldin [more...]

Date: 2007-10-31 16:55:39
Blog: Cornichon.org...

Summit 2007: The Summit ends. And not with a whimper.

The sun sets, bringing an end to another successful Summit. Friday, final day of the Summit ... , an Orson Welles impression, and palpable bitterness toward the car rental company that retrieved his car by mistake the night before. We’re even treated to a sample from Tamtam, the music production [more...]

Date: 2007-05-14 18:12:57
Blog: Red Hat Magazine | Frid...

A visit to Malta - Part 1

This post is brought to you in association with the year’s obligatory holiday reading matter is the exquisite League of Gentlemen Book of Precious ... to avoid the multitude of puddles and bumps along the curb edge. When they see your Avis car rental sticker on the back of your car, they will snuggle up to your butt, poised ready to overtake [more...]

Date: 2007-10-21 20:58:36
Blog: a minor technicality ...

Driving the World's Hottest Cars

Filed under: Festivals and Events When travelers arrive at a destination they often rent a car. For some people, however, the rental car is the destination. That's the idea behind World Class ... automobiles which most car enthusiasts can only dream about driving. WCD makes it a reality. The company [more...]

Date: 2007-09-01 08:02:00
Blog: Gadling...

Land of Magical Thinking: Oahu, Part I

All I want is total control, and a map. Is that too much to ask? My sister is behind the wheel of the rental car and everything I knew would happen was happening ... , but there I was, stuck in a rental car with four women and nine suitcases, asking wearily, for the hundredth [more...]

Date: 2007-10-24 04:33:41
Blog: She Never Shuts Up...

$20 Coupon for Budget Car Rentals!

Citi AAdvantage credit card is offering a cool discount for Budget car rentals. This offer ... account number at the time of rental. [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 23:17:29
Blog: FIRE Finance - A Top Pe...

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