New to Car rentals

[cdn_shopper]

Hi,

I've bid on rooms on priceline and hotwire but never for a rental car. I reserved a full size car on Enterprise for about $26/night. I was wondering what kind of rate I'd get if I booked it on priceline. I booked the car today. The other car companies (Avis, Hertz, Budget) were quoting prices in the 50s and 60s.

I am looking to get the car from Nov. 2nd and returning it on the 5th. We don't need a car for the whole time so we want to return it. Will we have to return it to the airport??

[thereuare]

What city are you renting in?

Almost all of Priceline and HOTWIRE's rentals are from airport locations (you can try non-airport locations, but usually it defaults to their 'retail' car rental product)

What are the best rates you're able to get thru the Car Rental Checker tool? What is the best rate thru HOTWIRE?

[cdn_shopper]

Actually I figured out a better situation for us. We are just going going to rent it in Waikiki. I found prices on Hotwire for $17/day for a full size. Pretty cheap! I wonder how much gas is.

But I still have the same situation for the Maui portion of our trip. I won 4 nights at the Westin Maui in Kaanapali from the 7th of November till the 11th. I think most of the time we'll stay in Lahaina and Kaanapali. We're flying into the Kapalua airport so we don't need a car. But we are flying out of Kahalui airport and we'll need to take a shuttle. I think it's about $110 for 2 people to take an airport shuttle. I think renting a car on Hertz is about $58/day. Then we'll have to pay for parking probably. So it's worth it almost to get a car for that last day so we can drive to the airport. But I was wondering if we can rent a car and return it to a different location on Priceline or Hotwire.

Sorry do I need to start a new topic?

[thereuare]

I was wondering if we can rent a car and return it to a different location on Priceline or Hotwire.

Usually not, one-way rentals are only available in a few select areas... input your locations into the car rental screens at Priceline and HOTWIRE and see if you are given the option to bid/purchase... or if you're taken to a 'retail' purchase screen, which would indicate that a one-way rental is not available between the two ares selected.

Please also follow-up your previous Hotwire Los Angeles and Hotwire Chicago threads with whatever was done for each.

Thanks.

[cdn_shopper]

I just followed up on those past posts. Sorry about that!

In regards to our car rental, I can actually do a one way rental for our Maui trip. Hotwire doesn't do one way rentals and I checked Priceline and they offer reservations through National that are pretty cheap. We are flying into JHM airport and staying in Kaanapali at the Westin Maui. We plan in staying around Kaanapali and Lahaina for most of our honeymoon so we don't want to have a car. But we fly out of OGG. So it's cheaper to do a one way rental with parking at the hotel than get a ride for 2 people on the airport shuttle to OGG airport.

So I've actually just made a reservation through National ($40 with everything in) because it's a few bucks cheaper. Thanks for all your help anyway!! Regards.