Check carrentalsavers. Thrifty has a bunch of different cars in the $350 range for those dates. We are going the same dates so I check everyday. I know I saw a full size and compact SUV for right around $350 I think the economy was about $334. The rates haven't budged in days. I filter it for the Major Agencies and Thrifty has gone up about $20 from when I booked a few weeks again (Mid size SUV at $330). They have consistently been the cheapest for that week since I started checking. I prefer Alamo, but its way more.
It’s getting worrisome that the rate I got last month is the lowest. We just traveled to Houston and the rates went up as we got closer. Vehicles were definitely sparser as there were only about a dozen available and they let us take a minivan instead of the midsized SUV we reserved.
Yes, unfortunately I agree. Low rates mean they are trying to fill those cars that have not been reserved. Low inventory + more guests = no need to lower rates since cars are being filled. But we can hopeI'm still watching rates occasionally, but I am beginning to think any big decline (to something below my existing rate) is probably unlikely. As more people are deciding to travel (because they are vaccinated, because they have reached the point where they are unwilling to wait any longer, or for whatever their reason) and more visitors want the convenience and safety of their own private vehicle, I would think inventory is going FAST if they still have B side car rental closed completely. Unless they reopen the second side and add in a whole lot of extra cars, I can't see rates declining much.
Price for my week (10-17) is over $500 now. I went ahead and linked the reservation from Costco to my Alamo app and have everything set to skip the counter and go directly to the lot to get my car. I've also canceled the reservation I have for National at the Disney Car Care center. My Alamo reservation is only $30 more for pick up/drop off at the airport so we can get some time at the parks before we head out instead of having to wait for ME.
Those are my dates, more or less but to MCO lol. Still...My 4/30 - 5/10 SFB --> CLT midsize dropped from $377 down to $270 today. Big surprise needless to say.
I was just able to secure a Camry or like vehicle with Budget for 252 everything included by using a link from a ticketing site mentioned earlier.. I had bought a ticket in February so they honored the link. So happy I was able to do that, thanks to this thread. When I did a search with Costco, and even fast break it was hundreds of dollars higher. I had to pay it at checkout, but seeing how high everything is, I just bit the bullet. Now if I could figure out budgets site so I can link this reservation with my fastbreak....oh well!
I also have a Budget rental and couldn’t figure out a way to link the reservations. I asked the ticketing agency and they said there isn’t a way to do it, which is a big bummer! I was really hoping to skip the line!
I will try to call and link my reservation and I report back If you can with a third party reservation. Have a good night!’ve read about mixed results linking your reservation on other threads. All required calling Budget and getting them to add your Fastbreak account # to your reservation.