Let s go through a real life example together to illustrate the mechanics of booking a discounted re

One of the most frequently asked reader questions is How do you get a rental car for $10 a day? If you guess Priceline or Hotwire , my answer may surprise you. I normally book our car rentals directly with Hertz , one of the leading car rental brands and generally considered the most expensive.
Let s go through a real life example together to illustrate the mechanics of booking a discounted rental. Suppose that I need a rental car at the Baltimore, MD (BWI) airport for Easter weekend. Pick-up will be 9am on Friday, April 6, 2012, and drop-off will be 5pm on Sunday, April 8, 2012.
Now, let s move onto Hertz . Notice that the yellow bar menu includes a link to Discounts Coupons. If you click through to the AAA/CAA Offers menu, you will notice that there is a $40 off or upgrade offer we can use.
I would rather save $30 instead of getting a double discount hotels in new york upgrade, so I select my offer by clicking on the yellow Quote It button, which takes me to the following booking window with the necessary coupons all pre-filled. All I have to do is to fill in the pick-up and drop-off information.
Tada! We just cut the Hertz rental car price in half, from $89 to $45, for a three-day discount hotels in new york weekend rental, including all taxes and fees (I am mostly paying taxes and fees, as my daily rate after the $10 off a day coupon is less than $5).
Unlike bookings made on Hotwire or Priceline, this rental car booking can be cancelled any time. After I confirm my Hertz booking, I go to Hotwire, enter my rental information, discount hotels in new york and use the Watch this trip tool.
If Hotwire prices drop, I will get an email notification. I go through the Hertz booking steps again to see if I can get a better price. Sometimes, Hertz daily rates could drop to around $10, which means that you will only need to pay taxes and fees after the discount coupon is applied. This could mean a very cheap rental with a top-notch car rental company at a small regional airport that does not charge a lot of fees. You could now also sign-up for Hertz #1 Club Gold membership for free (normally $60 a year). It gives you free upgrades and allows you to skip counters at busy airport locations.
There are of course a lot of other car rental companies that you may prefer or have had a lot of successes with. Feel free to share with us your story in the comments section. Occasionally, discount hotels in new york I also use Alamo or National , both of which are owned by Enterprise . In our Baltimore example, the final rates are not as competitive (about $63 all in, with Alamo Insider discount), so I am not going to bore you with the booking detail.
I do, however, want to mention a new car rental booking site that has been getting a lot of praise in the online travel community. Autoslash tracks your car rental booking and automatically re-books for you if rates drop. I personally have not had much success discount hotels in new york with the site, but if other channels fail to get you a good rate, give Autoslash  a try. Just for kicks, here is what  Autoslash  came up with for our Baltimore example.
Hi Kristian, great question! We do have the AAA membership, as we get all our insurance products from AAA. In my own rental experiences, I was never once asked to show my AAA card. As you might find in many travel forums, this question falls into one of those gray areas (where you use a shared corporate ID or discount code for car or hotel bookings). That being said, there is usually a similar $10 off per day coupon in the Hertz non-AAA section. You can then use an airline CDP in combination with the coupon, giving you a similar final price.
Hi, HF, you cannot use AAA and an airline CDP at the same time (only one CDP allowed). If there is a non-AAA $10 off per day coupon, you can then enter any other non-AAA in the CDP field (such as an airline, or American Express Platinum) to get additional benefits.
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