December 2015 Car Rental Rate watch

[kg66]

Nope...checked again this morning and although they do have cars available, they aren't any cheaper....more now! I guess I keep waiting....not expecting much as it is Christmas week

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

Nope...checked again this morning and although they do have cars available, they aren't any cheaper....more now! I guess I keep waiting....not expecting much as it is Christmas week

We are in the same boat. Rates for our dates (December 19th to 26th) have either stalled or gone higher.

 

[kiki02]

Christmas week still so high. Never booking this week again. Auto is $400 and small small clown car. ONE WEEK.

 

[loveswdw]

My Alamo rate dropped a $1 this morning and I rebooked it.

 

[webworm]

We are flying into Tampa and returning from Orlando. Would be like $650 for a rental from Dec 19 - 28th. We are staying in Bradenton so doing a 24hr rental for $45 from Tampa to Sarasota airport and then Dec 20 - 28th returning to Orlando for $200. Total for fullsize $245 sure beats $650 from Tampa to Orlando. Both rentals with Alamo using Costco code.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

Christmas week still so high. Never booking this week again. Auto is $400 and small small clown car. ONE WEEK.

Ouch. I guess I will stop complaining about my SUV rental for $272.

Let's think positive....maybe we'll get some awesome last minute Christmas pixie dust and rates will drop like a stone just before we travel .

 

[kiki02]

We are flying into Tampa and returning from Orlando. Would be like $650 for a rental from Dec 19 - 28th. We are staying in Bradenton so doing a 24hr rental for $45 from Tampa to Sarasota airport and then Dec 20 - 28th returning to Orlando for $200. Total for fullsize $245 sure beats $650 from Tampa to Orlando. Both rentals with Alamo using Costco code.

DAMN, I DONT HAVE A COSTCO Card or a costco nearby.

 

[webworm]

We are flying into Tampa and returning from Orlando. Would be like $650 for a rental from Dec 19 - 28th. We are staying in Bradenton so doing a 24hr rental for $45 from Tampa to Sarasota airport and then Dec 20 - 28th returning to Orlando for $200. Total for fullsize $245 sure beats $650 from Tampa to Orlando. Both rentals with Alamo using Costco code.

Just re-booked both reservations and saved $18.00 now down to $227 for the 9 days.

 

[kiki02]

Just re-booked both reservations and saved $18.00 now down to $227 for the 9 days.

which codes and which auto rental?

 

[conniehar90]

I have a rental through National for Xmas week. Midsize started out at $454 (12/18-12/26). I entered it on the Autoslash website and they have been gradually finding better prices. Today, I got an email that they rebooked it down to $276 from the last price of $374! WooHoo! I never thought I would see a 2 in front of my reservation.

 

[webworm]

which codes and which auto rental?

Alamo using costco ID 7014627 and free upgrade coupon.

 

[loveswdw]

My rate dropped about $15 today with Alamo so check your rates. Went from $178 to $163+. 12/18-12/22 Pickup TPA, drop off MCO

 

[loveswdw]

Dropped again today. Sitting at $154+ right now. Hoping it keeps dropping

 

[practicallyperfect77]

I'm getting started very late in the game and not exactly sure best place to start so looking for advice. I will in on the beach for week b/t Christmas and new years and looking to rent a car for 1 day so I can go to HS to see lights one last time. I think I'll actually need to pick up car evening of 12/28 b/c I want to get on the road early morning 12/29 so I can be in park for rope drop. I will more than likely drop off sometime on 12/30 later morning. Any advice on where to start? I do not have a Costco or Sam's membership. I do get a deal through work with National but usually budget or Alamo is cheaper. I did a hot wire and Expedia search and that is about $150 for the day and a half I'll need it.

 

[momto4obkids]

So annoyed right now. I went ahead and did the online check in on alamo. We are leaving Thursday morning and I am done searching for better rates.

I went through the check-in and the price was correct until the very end and then it jumped up 11 dollars on the confirmation.

I know it's not a lot of money but that's not the price I booked!

The weekly rate changed from 108.12 to 119.00.

Will I have to go to the counter to get it fixed or can they help me at the exit booth? I was trying to avoid the counter!

 

[loveswdw]

Check your Alamo rates. Mine dropped again. Down to $110 with Costco code & VISA coupon. Full size pickup TPA 12/18, drop off MCO 12/22

 

[robinb]

Holy cow!! We had a car booked on Hertz points but it was PITB since we have to swap cars part way through and we had to pay $60 in taxes. I just booked a reservation with Alamo using the Costco code and the coupon AD2338FDF for $30 off from 12/18-1/4 ... 2 weeks 3 days $195 all in for a Full Size car. Yes, it's more but we save 2+ weeks worth of points to use when a car isn't $72 per week.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

FINALLY! Our Christmas week rental went down!

An intermediate SUV with Budget, 12 noon on December 19th to 6 pm on December 26th, $249 Canadian (saving us more than 35% versus the US pricing!).

Booked via Royal Bank's Visa Rewards website. No codes, no coupons....just a great rate. Merry Christmas to me .

 

[pinkgirlmommy]

Wow I never saw my rate go down for Alamo on Thursday, and now I can't even select a Minivan. Strange! Flying into Orlando and out of Tampa. The rate is $237.59 which isn't bad, but that is strange that I can't even select Minivan now!

 

[prairiesarah]

FINALLY! Our Christmas week rental went down!

An intermediate SUV with Budget, 12 noon on December 19th to 6 pm on December 26th, $249 Canadian (saving us more than 35% versus the US pricing!).

Booked via Royal Bank's Visa Rewards website. No codes, no coupons....just a great rate. Merry Christmas to me .

Gina - I'm glad your rate finally went down!! That is a phenomenally good rate. Especially that is in Canadian $. I was very happy with my $238 USD for a midsize SUV for 10 days through Alamo. I'm glad I've been buying USD for several months and got some decent (relative to this month) rates in October.