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Check Priceline's retail offers too


radar1
By radar1,
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I was looking for a good deal on a car rental in Las Vegas October 31 to November 2, 2011, this week. The rates were cheaper if I came on October 30 so I started bidding on those days. I bid $12 on a compact car, and then $14 on a midsize. I then noticed under additional car types to bid on the lowest retail (non bid) rate showed full size $6 a day!! I thought it had to be a mistake, but I backed up and tried the regular route. Sure enough Budget came up for $6 a day $24 total for 4 days full size car. Booked right away. Guess in pays to check bid and non bid rates on Priceline. I had been watching prices on Travelocity, but nothing near that price ever came up.

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  • 1 month later...

I use Priceline quite often to bid on hotels, but for car rentals I haven't find the deals to be very enticing at all lately. For the couple bucks that you might save, you lose a lot of flexibility. The retail prices at PL or the prices at carrentals.com are generally on par with the name-your-own-prices for the destinations I visit.

At one point it seemed that PL offered some savings on car rentals, but not quite so much anymore.

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  • 4 weeks later...

Z Kingpin,

You may want to book something that is fully refundable as a back-up reservation to protect yourself from rates moving higher over the next few weeks.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... and your searches too!

Thanks.

Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases

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