January 2024 Car Rental Thread

[andigomeep]

From hanging around at $690 for the cheapest, Alamo dropped to $557 for 1/27-2/6. It’s still higher than I’d like but I booked it just to have something.

 

[ADisneyQueen]

I just booked a Hertz standard size SUV from carrentalsavers for one week in mid January $477. It's more than I thought I'd spend, but the best deal I could find. I was actually looking for a full size sedan/car but the SUV was cheaper.

 

[SkyGuy]

I just booked a Hertz standard size SUV from carrentalsavers for one week in mid January $477. It's more than I thought I'd spend, but the best deal I could find. I was actually looking for a full size sedan/car but the SUV was cheaper.

I have a large sedan booked for second week of Jan through Hertz for under $300. It was closer to $600 when I first booked, and I’ve been modifying for the last 8-10 weeks. Just dropped below $300 around Black Friday. Keep checking!

 

[Herding_Cats]

Prices through Chase dropped another $35ish dollars today for our rental, which comes out to about $4/day off the daily rental price (9 days.) We are now down to $460 for 12/31-1/9, Thrifty, Intermediate.

By comparison, we had started with $606 for 1/1-1/9, Hertz, Int. SUV (the cheapest non-compact/economy option at the time.)

Rebooked again on Friday (yesterday) for $359.



I've been finding that when I check prices between 3-4pm EST, that's when I'm finding the largest price drops. When I check in the morning, it's usually back up $10-40 from the previous afternoon.


Eta: just rebooked again for $349. $39/day.

Cancelled and re-booked a few more times, and got it down to $282. Prices have since gone back up into the mid-300s for the same car/company, and only economy/compact cars are still at or below $300.

 

[andigomeep]

From hanging around at $690 for the cheapest, Alamo dropped to $557 for 1/27-2/6. It’s still higher than I’d like but I booked it just to have something.

I’m down to $515 with Alamo through Costco

 

[LuvLDM]

My rate with Alamo dropped significantly for 1/24-1-28 this morning.
Picking up at MCO, dropping off at Disney car care center. With the different drop off point quotes were higher to begin with.
When I started stalking rates a few weeks ago they were hovering at about $570. I'm reserved at $441 for a full-sized vehicle. I'll continue to stalk right up until we leave...

 

[nekonekoneko]

I got another drop today through carrentalsavers. I'm now at $300 for a full size SUV for 8 days.

 

[leebee]

My 4 day rental in January just dropped. I'm at $141 for a midsize SUV at Thrifty. Autoslash isn't finding anything for me (except at the off-airport unaffiliated sites) but Carrentalsavers came through! I could shave another $20 off it and drive a compact car but we prefer something a bit bigger, if the price is decent. I had this same vehicle at the same company for $276 back in October, so I'll pay the extra $20 more for an SUV than I'd have to pay for a small car, happily!

 

[ADisneyQueen]

I just booked a Hertz standard size SUV from carrentalsavers for one week in mid January $477. It's more than I thought I'd spend, but the best deal I could find. I was actually looking for a full size sedan/car but the SUV was cheaper.

My rate went down to $553 today!

 

[ADisneyQueen]

I just booked a Hertz standard size SUV from carrentalsavers for one week in mid January $477. It's more than I thought I'd spend, but the best deal I could find. I was actually looking for a full size sedan/car but the SUV was cheaper.

Sorry, meant to say my rate went down to $353!

 

[SplashMom]

Mine is down to $730 for a minivan for two weeks (Jan 15-29). This is with Costco and Alamo. I'm happy but hoping it drops a bit more. I have rebooked at least twice a day for the past four days because it continues to drop!

 

[andigomeep]

Has anyone seen much movement in prices dropping? I’m a little more than two weeks out and usually this is when I would start to see decent swings in price, but so far nada.

 

[ADisneyQueen]

Has anyone seen much movement in prices dropping? I’m a little more than two weeks out and usually this is when I would start to see decent swings in price, but so far nada.

Mine has held steady at $322 for the last several weeks.

 

[Ralph&Pam]

Has anyone seen much movement in prices dropping? I’m a little more than two weeks out and usually this is when I would start to see decent swings in price, but so far nada.

I just rebooked after a $40 drop for a week long rental beginning 1/27. Now at $280 for the week with Budget, full size.

I prefer Alamo, but they continue to be so much higher that I’ll put up with some of the Budget annoyances. We always use Budget Fastbreak and Alamo Insider when available.

 

[SplashMom]

We saw some movement about two weeks ago but nothing since. I have a Minivan from Alamo for 15 days for $718. I'm pretty happy about that.

 

[andigomeep]

I have some drops with Alamo through Costco today. Not the class of car I’d prefer but I grabbed an intermediate suv for $500 for 10 days.

 

[disneyfan123]

Had a mini van book from Jan 25-Feb 4 for $642 (Budget via Costco), but now Alamo (via Costco) is down to $594 for the 10 days. I'll take it!