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When is renting a car for a road trip worth it?
Posted on 10/3/19 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 10/3/19 at 3:41 pm
Financially I mean? So assuming you can get a free mileage rental car, if you were to take a road trip when does it make sense to rent it? Has anyone done the math? The other topic got me thinking, if you do 6,500 miles in 2 weeks. You could get a rental car for what $600? That's under 10 cents a mile, worth it probably right?
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Posted on 10/3/19 at 3:45 pm to baldona
Walk from LA to Vegas and let me know if you ever wished you had rented a car instead
Posted on 10/3/19 at 3:51 pm to baldona
This is easy if MB > MC then get the rental if MB < MC then don’t get the car.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 4:06 pm to baldona
Back when gas was more expensive than it is now, I routinely rented a car for trips. I drive a truck that gets 14mpg and would have rentals that got 35+mpg. I would always run the math to see if it were worth it though.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 5:00 pm to baldona
I guess it all depends on what kind of car you have
Posted on 10/3/19 at 5:17 pm to kciDAtaE
If you have Costco, they have the best deals around.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 7:20 am to baldona
Forget the math I rent a car Everytime. The convenience of not having to worry about a break down, or anything else is worth it imo
Posted on 10/4/19 at 8:22 am to baldona
frick that, we always have one nice vehicle to take.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 9:46 am to Gaston
I do this all of the time.
MY RULE OF THUMB:
Lots of miles - Short # of days = I rent
300+ miles per day
100-200 miles per day only -Long # of days
Drive my own.
Also weekend rates are low, so more justifiable in the weekends.
MY RULE OF THUMB:
Lots of miles - Short # of days = I rent
300+ miles per day
100-200 miles per day only -Long # of days
Drive my own.
Also weekend rates are low, so more justifiable in the weekends.
This post was edited on 10/4/19 at 9:48 am
Posted on 10/4/19 at 5:57 pm to CenlaLowell
Do you get the insurance from the rental place?
Posted on 10/4/19 at 8:10 pm to baldona
My dad always did this when we took road trips as a kid.
He was the type to keep his vehicles until the wheels fall off so he didn't want to put all the mileage of a road trip on his car.
He was the type to keep his vehicles until the wheels fall off so he didn't want to put all the mileage of a road trip on his car.
Posted on 10/6/19 at 9:26 am to baldona
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The other topic got me thinking, if you do 6,500 miles in 2 weeks. You could get a rental car for what $600? That's under 10 cents a mile, worth it probably right?
I would like to know where you’re renting a car with unlimited mileage for two full weeks for just $600. In my experience, that’s very cheap.
Posted on 10/6/19 at 3:27 pm to baldona
I rented a car to drive to Tennessee for the LSU-Vandy game. The reason I did is because I recently bought a car that gets 18-20 mpg the highway and I didn’t want to put all those miles on it. From Thursday to Monday, I paid 136 plus gas which was worth it to me.
Posted on 10/7/19 at 6:00 am to Nodust
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Do you get the insurance from the rental place?
I usually do not, but check w your own insurance company as to coverage.
...you will have a decision to make.
TX does not allow for partial ins purchase.. all / none.
Do not know in LA
Posted on 10/7/19 at 7:05 am to Globetrotter747
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I would like to know where you’re renting a car with unlimited mileage for two full weeks for just $600. In my experience, that’s very cheap.
$600 may be overly cheap but I’ve rented cars for $280-$300/ week plus taxes before. I’ve never done over a 8 night rental but I assumed it wasn’t more then twice what a 1 week rental cost.
Eta: just looked and for 2 weeks from my local hertz off airport location (without even trying to look for a deal) it was anywhere from $229 to $313 for a mini van per week. A minivan was $735 and there was a standard SUV and multiple cars for $635 or less for 2 weeks after taxes all said and done.
This post was edited on 10/7/19 at 7:09 am
Posted on 10/7/19 at 7:12 am to baldona
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$600 may be overly cheap but I’ve rented cars for $280-$300/ week plus taxes before. I’ve never done over a 8 night rental but I assumed it wasn’t more then twice what a 1 week rental cost.
But where? I rent almost exclusively at airports, which is probably more expensive. I think the only non-airport rental car I had was in Anchorage, Alaska, in peak summer.
Posted on 10/7/19 at 7:32 am to Globetrotter747
When I rent it’s usually a week at a time, and from airports. Within the past two years I’ve rented from Sacramento, Bozeman, Sioux Falls, and Sioux City for $250-$300/week. Usually compact cars, once an SUV. I’d think $600/ 2 weeks is reasonable.
Posted on 10/7/19 at 8:10 am to Globetrotter747
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But where? I rent almost exclusively at airports, which is probably more expensive
Non airport, but I was talking about renting a car for a road trip which would be more likely to be a local non-airport rental. Yes airport rentals are usually more expensive.
Posted on 10/7/19 at 10:13 am to CenlaLowell
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Forget the math I rent a car Everytime
me too
living in south LA theres nowhere i really want to go that i can drive to that i havent been already. we fly to a major airport, rent a sled, and drive thru and to the places we want to see.
drop the car at another airport and fly home
Posted on 10/7/19 at 3:11 pm to Globetrotter747
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I would like to know where you’re renting a car with unlimited mileage for two full weeks for just $600. In my experience, that’s very cheap.
Lots of places.
Carrentals.com shows renting a car with unlimited miles in Orlando for 10/16-10/30 at $283 with all taxes and fees.
This is similar to the price I got recently for a 2 week rental. (I went with an SUV for $313 not in Orlando)
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