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Sept 19, 2007 13:04:10 GMT
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is it cheaper to hire a car over the net from the UK or wait and get something in person at the airport in Boston (cos of the great exchange rate?)
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Sept 19, 2007 18:31:15 GMT
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I find online places here much cheaper than Car Hire offices in the States. www.uscarhire.co.uk/That's where I use. |
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Sept 19, 2007 18:49:53 GMT
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Me too, but watch for hidden things - we hired a car from here only to find we were charged a one way drop off fee of $300 because we were picking the car up in Manhatten and dropping it off in Chicago - they didn't tell us when we booked only when the confirmation of booking came through.
We've been lucky in the past as well - booked a compact 5hitbox and ended up with a people carrier because they'd run out of small cars. Happened more than once too.
Also, when you've booked over here, you know it's sorted since, by the time you've got off an aeroplane, the last thing you really want to do is concentrate over your car hire deal, let alone stand in the queue with all your luggage - not much fun!
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Mk1 Cortina Wagon
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Stu
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Sept 19, 2007 19:24:53 GMT
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Interesting thread, I'm off to the east coast of the US in December and plan to get a car in Boston, drive down to Rhode Island for a few days and finally onto New York. Did something similar a few years ago but the opposite way around so starting in NYC, interesting experience driving out of Manhattan!  I fancy an interesting or posh car this time, had a Chevy Cavalier or something last time which was 'economy' to say the least! |
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Last Edit: Sept 19, 2007 19:25:22 GMT by Stu
'89 BMW E30 325i Sport, '04 MINI Cooper S, '09 Volvo V70 D5
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Sept 19, 2007 19:29:02 GMT
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i hired a caddy de'vile in 1997 when i went to canada,it really made the holiday memorable!
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Sept 19, 2007 20:19:52 GMT
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We pre booked a hire car at Vegas for our trip to Bonneville last week.
All great I thought until I found that the Alamo pre book machines that you use to save all that queuing only work if you have a US driving license.
1 3/4hrs later we finally got our car and even managed to get it upgraded to a convertible, unfortunately it was a Pontiac G6 GT which had the most remarkable scuttle shake and twist I've ever seen in a convertible and was quite scary. The other problem was a counter assistant who was Mexican and hardly had any ability to speak English.
If you pre book, make sure that you can short cut the system using an English license otherwise be prepared to wait and wait and wait.....
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Aircooled is cool.......
But V8 is great!!!!!!
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Sept 19, 2007 20:30:54 GMT
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We pre booked a hire car at Vegas for our trip to Bonneville last week. All great I thought until I found that the Alamo pre book machines that you use to save all that queuing only work if you have a US driving license. 1 3/4hrs later we finally got our car and even managed to get it upgraded to a convertible, unfortunately it was a Pontiac G6 GT which had the most remarkable scuttle shake and twist I've ever seen in a convertible and was quite scary. The other problem was a counter assistant who was Mexican and hardly had any ability to speak English. If you pre book, make sure that you can short cut the system using an English license otherwise be prepared to wait and wait and wait..... Its uncanny this thread came up. I'm just looking into a road trip round American or Europe and I was just looking at alamos website. Good job you told me about this! |
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MR TIKI
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Sept 19, 2007 21:28:29 GMT
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it kind of depends where you're going and what is available but I crossed America doing 'drive aways' (delivering cars) in '95. I had to pay $300 bond for which I got a car with a full tank of gas,a map,a time frame,a mileage quoter (that you could haggle!)and an address.when I got the car to its destination I got another car to take or my money back.ultimately my only out goings were on gas once the tank was out which is as we all know too well super cheap in the US.I drove coast to coast in a then brand new Pontiac grande prix for less than Greyhounding across Utah!
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Boldly driving faster than a tin worm can wiggle.
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