5 Minutes Will Save You 66% on Your Next Rental Car

Date: Jul 17 2012

Filed under: Dollar General, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Shopping

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Renting a car is a lot like buying one: You know you’re going to get taken advantage of, you just don’t know how badly.

Last week, my wife relearned this painful lesson when a rental car associate transformed her $19.87-a-day online rental into $52.77-a-day package.

Here’s how to avoid a similar fate — and save as much as 66% off your next rental.

1. Shop Around the Right Way

Even though the rental car market is competitive, there’s a wide range of rates in the industry.
All else equal,…

5 Minutes Will Save You 66% on Your Next Rental Car originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-07-16T10:38:00Z.

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