nico_suave Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I was eyeing a rental car out of LaGuardia for several weeks. Usually, if we can't get a car cheap enough at a LaGuardia, I put together a plan to take public transportation up to Westchester or Connecticut and then rent from there, with a NYC drop-off for when we visit our city friends at the end of our trip. This involves taking the M60 bus from LGA to the Harlem/125th Metro North Station and then catching a train from there. It's a pair of pretty reliable services, and being on the train is actually quite pleasant, outside of rush hour. But this kind of travelling with a 4-year-old, and now another infant, gets increasingly more difficult and less inexpensive. And these non-airport car rental places often close at around 6pm, which is tricky if we're flying in from the Western US that same day.I got a bonus cash coupon in my email this morning, which expires today, and decided to give it a try (using this site's PRICELINE link). I knew that I'd only get one bid for a 'standard car' with this coupon. (the coupon was for a standard-or-higher car), so I didn't start as low as I might have otherwise. Hotwire's best standard rate for my dates was $34.95/day. Based on the postings on this board I decided to bid $30 ($26+$4 bonus cash), and I got it. I feel like I might've been able to bid a couple bucks less and still get the car, but I can't be sure.It's still a more expensive rental car than the one-way intermediate I had arranged over a month ago from Fairfield, CT to Manhattan (a week at $187.51, after all taxes, plus there'd be $30 for bus and train fare), but the LGA rental has a substantially lower hassle factor.Offer Price SummaryBonus Cash Per Day: $4.00 (USD) (per day)Your Offer Price Per Day: $26.00 (USD) (per day)Total Offer Price with Bonus: $30.00 (USD) (per day)Total ChargesYour Offer Price: $26.00 (per day)Total Rental Days: 7 daysSubtotal: $182.00Taxes and Fees: $76.99Total Charges: $258.99Lowest Published Price: $635.31 (USD)Total Savings:* $376.32 (USD) (You saved 59%) Link to comment
AaronJB Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Congrats on your success. :)Superb discount for this rental! Thank you for sharing your win and please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.Enjoy your trip. Link to comment
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