Official February, 2017, Rental Car Thread

[chefmb]

Jumping on the thread. We just booked a makeup trip for early Feb since we had to cancel our December trip. Crazy high prices are all I've seen so far! Hoping to find a decent deal before we leave, but signed up for DME just in case.

 

[JohnDaleswife]

I have a Febuary trip, but I am so glad I am able to pick up on the last day of January. There does not seem to be any February deals to be had.

 

[n2mm]

Rates are high. We are doing a cruise and need a before and after rental. If the rates were good we would prefer to rent and park at the port. Since we have a two rental days before and a three day rental afterwards, I would pay a little more not to have go back and pick up up a rental after the cruise. I am lucky that I have 3 one day free rental days to use if I have to with national. I only rent from national and Alamo. Right now I'm booked to do two one way rentals.

 

[pdietz]

Just booked a trip from Feb 7-15th and I have never seen rental prices this high before.

 

[sympatico]

I've been watching the prices for Feb 20 - Mar 9 since Nov and they haven't budged except to go up. Minivans were in the high $300s per week and now it's over $600/wk. Crazy ! I know it's President's week and all but I've never seen it this high and we go around this time every year. Hopefully in the next few weeks it drops.

 

[Ariel484]

I'm looking to book for February 22-27. I just got back from WDW and had a car through Alamo for $159 (January 4-9). The best I'm finding so far for the same type of car (Toyota Corolla) is $260ish through Priceline.

I LOVED having a car so I'm trying to decide if I should just bite the bullet or wait a bit longer...

 

[NHDisneyFan]

I'm looking to book for February 22-27. I just got back from WDW and had a car through Alamo for $159 (January 4-9). The best I'm finding so far for the same type of car (Toyota Corolla) is $260ish through Priceline.

I LOVED having a car so I'm trying to decide if I should just bite the bullet or wait a bit longer...

Wait, there will be a window in the next few weeks where it comes down.

 

[Ariel484]

Wait, there will be a window in the next few weeks where it comes down.

Thanks! I have a couple of daily reminders set on my phone to check. I'm sort of a car-renting noob so I really have no idea what is and is not a good price (just comparing to what I got for January)!

 

[Jenna319]

I agree, prices are unusually high for February! We are going February 11th - 17th and the best I could find was a Premium Car through Alamo for $293, booked a month ago, using Alamo Insiders coupon code AU5224JAB and corporate code 7016220 (codes from mousesavers). I was hoping to do better but now the prices are over $100 more! Will keep checking!

 

[n2mm]

Yea, prices are still very high. My daughter is watching for a Feb. 1-5 rental and I'm looking at a Feb. 7-18 rental.

 

[JohnDaleswife]

My minivan Rental is for 1/31-2/7, with Enterprise for $250.

 

[Junebugwv]

I started searching in NOV for a Feb. 6-15 trip and the least expensive minivan I could find was 590.00 which I reserved. Finally seeing some better rates and used carrentalsavers for Alamo and now it is 381.00. I think I can breathe now.

 

[JohnDaleswife]

My minivan Rental is for 1/31-2/7, with Enterprise for $250.

I just got my rate reduced to 215.00.

 

[ashleyrm]

Just got a rental with Budget through car rental savers for a full size for $143 (2/23 - 2/27; weekly rate). Best I've found.

 

[Ariel484]

Okay, I got 2/22-2/27 for what would be an equivalent to a Toyota Corolla for $188. Got a tip to try to book through Chase Travel since I have a Chase Visa and up until then the lowest price I had found was $260 (via Priceline).

I totally forgot I could even book cars through the Chase Travel site and I had enough credit card reward points to cover the rental! So I just took it. Glad to not have to stalk prices anymore...good luck, everyone!!

 

[PatMcDuck]

My trip is early March, looking here because I cannot find anything for early March. Yikes. I have a mid SUV for about $350 for a week, all in, and that is not great!

 

[wintotty]

Where are you guys picking up the car? I can't seem to find any deal picking up MCO at all...

 

[ashleyrm]

Where are you guys picking up the car? I can't seem to find any deal picking up MCO at all...

I'm picking mine up at MCO.

 

[madaboutMickey]

Okay, I got 2/22-2/27 for what would be an equivalent to a Toyota Corolla for $188. Got a tip to try to book through Chase Travel since I have a Chase Visa and up until then the lowest price I had found was $260 (via Priceline).

I totally forgot I could even book cars through the Chase Travel site and I had enough credit card reward points to cover the rental! So I just took it. Glad to not have to stalk prices anymore...good luck, everyone!!

Can anyone with a Chase Visa use the Travel site. I know different level cards have different benefits. I have the Disney Bisa and can't seem to find anything about Chase Travel.

 

[Ariel484]

Can anyone with a Chase Visa use the Travel site. I know different level cards have different benefits. I have the Disney Bisa and can't seem to find anything about Chase Travel.

I got there through the Chase Ultimate Rewards website.