Planning Your Trip: American Car Rental

Are you traveling across the pond to get a taste of life in the United States? Maybe you’re just going to take care of some holiday shopping? Visiting a friend? Whatever your reason for visiting the States, you will soon understand why it is that most every American owns a car.

With such an enormous country, everything is spread out and cities are generally so far apart. Combine this with the fact that there is a seriously underdeveloped public transportation system, and you have the necessity for personal means of transportation. What this means for a visitor from overseas is that you will most likely want to rent a car for use while you are there.

Fortunately American car rental is easy to deal with. Because it is so common, you will find that you have plenty of options, and even smaller cities have rental companies serving them. If you have any problem at all it will be in deciding between all of your options!

The easiest way to find a car rental is to look online. Do a simple search for car rental companies and you will be given a list. Looking on their website you will be asked what car rental city you will be starting from and you will be given locations to choose from that are in that area.

Keep in mind that even though you are on vacation, it can’t hurt to shop around for the best deals. Especially now that this can be done simply from your hotel room or even from home before you leave, there’s no reason to settle for the first offer you find.

And shopping around really does make a difference! It may seem that most likely American car rentals would all be fairly similar in price and terms, but this is simply not the case. You will see quite a range of different offers, so it’s worthwhile to look at a few sites.

Another thing you will find is that there are many deals and promotions available online. Either there will be a listing of specials you can take advantage of or a voucher for an upgrade that you can print out. Also, keep in mind that weekly rates and weekends are generally cheaper than just booking a few days during the week.

Another great way to find a low rate is to visit one of the sites that offer that service specifically. You can find sites from your home country that are dedicated to finding the lowest cost car rental car. If you are using a travel agency, they might also be able to get you a special rate when booking your airfare, hotel and car rental all together.

There are plenty of tricks you can use to get a low rate on your American car rental. It won’t take you much extra time, if any and it will free up some spare cash for spending money. Who doesn’t want more of that?

 

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Lawsuit Leads to Debate on Recalled Rental Cars - New York Times (blog)

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car rapped over recalled cars policy - USA Today

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car is now under pressure from two auto safety advocacy groups to stop renting cars that have repairs pending under recall. .
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Zip Cars Arrive On Creighton Campus - KETV Omaha

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OUDaily.com | OU offers rental cars to students
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Cars available for rent to students of all classes - The College Reporter

Cars available for rent to students of all classes
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F&M has implemented a car rental system through Hertz to give students without cars (in particular first-years, who are not allowed to bring cars to campus) .

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Lawsuit Leads to Debate on Recalled Rental Cars - NYTimes.com
In May, Enterprise Rent-A-Car paid $15 million to the family of two sisters who died after their rental car caught fire and crashed into a tractor-trailer. The car had been the subject of a recall, but Enterprise rented it anyway...


 

 

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