September 2021 Car Rental Watch

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

Another drop this morning! Down from $358 to $320!

 

[holyrita]

Another drop this morning! Down from $358 to $320!

What Saturday to Saturday are you? My rate has annoyingly been holding firm for Sept 18-25.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

What Saturday to Saturday are you? My rate has annoyingly been holding firm for Sept 18-25.

September 4 to 11

 

[holyrita]

September 4 to 11

Thanks! my rate follows yours!!

 

[georgina]

I'm Sept 25-Oct 4 so hoping the same!

 

[katallo]

This budget code has been mentioned in many posts. Any idea where it is from or if it applies only to Florida rentals? S341840

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

Thanks! my rate follows yours!!

I hope so, too! And honestly, I'm pretty confident it will. Keep the faith, your rate drops should be coming soon!

 

[andigomeep]

Avis through Costco is down to $430 for my dates 9/4-9/15. It includes a $20 gift card for my full size rental so basically $410. I’d be thrilled to get under $400 now, but I’m happy with that if it doesn’t change anymore.

 

[holyrita]

I was also able to rebook my flights for $75 cheaper (and that's saying something.. I booked in Feb 2021 the morning the Sept flight schedule was released and the outlook was still pretty grim pre-vaccine and prices were low then.. I think that's telling..)

Another reminder to be checking your flights too! This morning my September flights dropped another 3,600 points ($54).

 

[andigomeep]

Avis through Costco is down to $430 for my dates 9/4-9/15. It includes a $20 gift card for my full size rental so basically $410. I’d be thrilled to get under $400 now, but I’m happy with that if it doesn’t change anymore.

Down to $417 with the $20 Costco card I’m under $400. It’s had three small price drops today.

 

[bluefunnel]

How is Avis through MCO?

I can save about $10 extra while getting a $20 Costco card compared to my current reservation but I've never gone through them before.

For now I saved about $4 through Alamo and Costco but upgraded to a full size.

 

[YodasMom]

Huge drop for me! Yesterday, I reserved Sept. 29-Oct 6 with Alamo through Costco for pick-up / drop-off at the Disney Car Care Center... $266 for an intermediate size. Was only a few dollars more for a full size car as well.

 

[andigomeep]

How is Avis through MCO?

I can save about $10 extra while getting a $20 Costco card compared to my current reservation but I've never gone through them before.

For now I saved about $4 through Alamo and Costco but upgraded to a full size.

I used them in May. I had signed up for their preferred membership years ago, since we hadn’t rented with them in a while I had to stop by the preferred desk in the garage to show ID. There was no wait to do this. This trip I should be able to skip that step and go straight to the car. I love Alamo, but I can’t justify the cost to rent with them when Avis is cheaper and nearly as convenient.

 

[littlestar]

My September 23 thru October 2 rate dropped again today. AAA rate thru Dollar for a midsize car is down to $306. Beats my Costco rates.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

We are officially two weeks away from our pick up date, and I suspect that our rate has possibly bottomed out. We locked in on Tuesday of this past week for $320 on a midsize SUV with Alamo, full 7 day rental (Saturday to Saturday), with a free extra driver. It's only gone up (and held steady) since then, and this is the longest stretch in the last 3 weeks without any rate declines. We started right around the $650 mark for a car when we booked our trip in April, and back then I was barely hopeful that we'd whittle it down to $500.....so I'm completely satisfied with $320 for an SUV. My competitive spirit wanted to say we got it down to to $299 (because that just sounds so much better! lol) but I'm A-okay with how far we managed to come.

I'll likely watch for another 10 days, then do the online check-in right around the 1st of September if there's been no further movement.

I am so happy to see the later September travelers yielding the same drops as our early month dates!

 

[Heather07438]

We are officially two weeks away from our pick up date, and I suspect that our rate has possibly bottomed out. We locked in on Tuesday of this past week for $320 on a midsize SUV with Alamo, full 7 day rental (Saturday to Saturday), with a free extra driver. It's only gone up (and held steady) since then, and this is the longest stretch in the last 3 weeks without any rate declines. We started right around the $650 mark for a car when we booked our trip in April, and back then I was barely hopeful that we'd whittle it down to $500.....so I'm completely satisfied with $320 for an SUV. My competitive spirit wanted to say we got it down to to $299 (because that just sounds so much better! lol) but I'm A-okay with how far we managed to come.

I'll likely watch for another 10 days, then do the online check-in right around the 1st of September if there's been no further movement.

I am so happy to see the later September travelers yielding the same drops as our early month dates!

That's great! Cut in half

 

[CherylCT]

Has anyone used Sixt? Their rates have dropped considerably and now are lower than Alamo? I think they have a counter at MCO? Thoughts?

 

[EACarlson]

Has anyone used Sixt? Their rates have dropped considerably and now are lower than Alamo? I think they have a counter at MCO? Thoughts?

They are incredibly well known in Europe, where they've been in business since 1912. The only thing they don't have, at least as far as I am aware, is a way to skip the counter. They are on property at MCO, I would use them over some of the other companies on site and all of them off site.

 

[Lynne G]

Returned my full size Camry bill $313 for the week. Was the only Toyota in the lane at 10am.

Oddly, they asked for our flight info when we exiting Alamo. And interestingly, the first time I got a warning on my phone that my car was to be returned in 2 hours. ( I do have the Alamo app).

 

[holyrita]

My Saturday to Saturday (+ 6 hours) reservation with Alamo has annoying held steady or gone up across all car classes. Budget has come down to beat my lowest Alamo price by $18, so I booked that (with Costco so I believe that will still let me skip the line since I provided my fastbreak number?) but am still hoping Alamo comes down over the next few weeks as I'd be less stressed using them vs Budget!!