Orlando MCO thoughts

[Little Time]

Greetings,

Renting a car at Orlando International MCO from Sat July 24 to Wed July 28. Used Mid-size, because price points are not much different, but could use any size car (2 people).

Hotwire has options starting around $23 per day.

Failed using link to PRICELINE naming my own price @ $12 per day, strangely it suggested $44 per day was fair, then offered Payless at $18.

Have a month to work on it, so will try again tomorrow. If anyone has thoughts/recent experience, its been quite a while since I named my own price for a car and would be open to tips.

Thanks!

[thereuare]

What is your maximum bid for this rental?

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[Little Time]

I will go as high as I am forced to ultimately, because we are flying in and then leaving Orlando for a few days, so absolutely need a car.

Sadly, HOTWIRE now shot up to $40 per day.

Tried PRICELINE

$16 Midsize

$17 Compact

$18 Standard

All rejected, Priceline offered me a $35 standard car from Payless after the standard car bid.

Will keep a daily eye on it and report. Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

[thereuare]

While PRICELINE is usually a little cheaper than HOTWIRE... it's not 50% cheaper so i think you'll need to raise your bids a bit.

Also, if you haven't already, i would recommend booking a cancellable back-up just to protect yourself from rates moving even higher from here.

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Keep us updated.

[Little Time]

Thanks for the idea on the backup, I will do that.

Economy - $20

Mid Size - $22

Standard - $25

All too low, will keep trying :)

[Little Time]

Turned down on midsize $25 this evening

Thanks for the advice on a cancelable backup.

I used a Free Weekend Day coupon with National, and wound up with $198 including the taxes etc. So the per day rate is horrible, but the free day puts it a bit below where Hotwire is posting now.

I'll keep an eye on it over the next several weeks.

[Little Time]

I'm now realizing I didn't post this thread in the right place, as I now have seen the Car Rentals section of the board......

Very interesting to see the win at $20 from Avis at MCO for a week in August at $20 per day......great win, happy for you!

I have continued to fail with bids in the mid to upper $20's for economy to mid size range over the past two weeks, also interesting, there is not a single blind, discounted offering on Hotwire for these dates! Everything offered is direct in the mid $40's per day.

Anyway, I sincerely appreciate the great advice to get a backup, which I did back at that point. With a free weekend day coupon from a coupon book I have, the all in cost booking direct with National was $199 for this need, so I am sticking with that.

Best wishes and happy hunting everyone!

[yellowdog]

Little Time

Thanks for the follow-up and closing this thread.

Yellowdog.

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