Comments on: Planning a USA Road Trip

By: Alyson for World Travel Family

Alyson for World Travel Family — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:57:01 +0000

In reply to Karen. We have rented cars all over the world and it just always seems to happen. They never have enough economy cars. But it's a gamble if you have your heart set on a bigger car.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 15:17:46 +0000

Fantastic blog and some really great tips you offered after comments. Thank you for being so engaged. My question is you booked an economy car but “as usually happens” upgraded to a rav4.
We are Australian family of four looking to travel in June Seattle to Vancouver and back down to lax. I was looking at hiring a Rav or other suv but would love to pay economy car $30perday.. How do you get an upgrade or how likely is “usually” ? Is this a USA thing. Or do you talk them into it? Love to get a better rate on our car hire.

By: Alyson for World Travel Family

Alyson for World Travel Family — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:52:49 +0000

In reply to Aurelie. Dollar, which is owned by Hertz. Also, we picked up at the cheapest place. New York City was the cheapest car pick up point for us. Car hire costs vary by state, Florida is really expensive for instance.

By: Aurelie

Aurelie — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 18:11:44 +0000

In reply to alyson@worldtravelfamily. Hello! Picking up on this as my husband and I are also looking for a cheap car rental deal, but we can't find anything significantly cheaper than $100 a day on the usual market comparison websites.... Could you or James point us in the right direction? Ta! Aurelie

By: Alyson Long

Alyson Long — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 06:51:58 +0000

In reply to Sherree. We never published it, but yes, we did a lot of that. We literally booked accommodation the day before or hours before, giving us freedom to drive as little as much as we wanted and stop wherever we wanted. It worked fine. For 2 people it would be even easier. DC and NYC were expensive hotels, NYC was about $150 I think, DC $70 ish. We were looking for the cheapest we could find. Still better than Australian prices. The rest were very reasonable, $50 and under. There was always plenty of availability but we did this in winter, January or February. June could be busier.