How to Get Car Rental Deals

Knowing how to get car rental deals can save you a lot of money on your next vacation. Car rental companies will not just hand you a discount unless you plan ahead and ask for one or if you go through a discount program to rent your car.

CAR CLUB DISCOUNTS - Always ask for a discount if you are a car club member. Car club memberships usually will get you at least a ten percent discount on a car rental. If you arrange the rental through your car club, you may be able to save even more money.

COMPARE PRICES - Check out the type of car that you want to rent. It helps if you familiarize yourself with the different types of cars available to rent so that you are comparing apples to apples when you check prices. Once you have an idea on what the going rate for the type of vehicle that you want to rent is, you can then try to get a better price. When you are looking at comparing prices of car rentals, make sure you look at the bottom line. Always go by the total and not the price per day or week.

BID DOWN THE PRICE - Visit websites that allow you to bid down the price on your car rental. You can at least give it a try and not accept the offer if it is not low enough.

DISCOUNT CAR RENTALS - Use a discount agency to rent your vehicle. The cars are the same at a discount company as they are at a nationwide expensive car rental agency.

You can get car rental deals if you try.