Practical Traveler: 7 Tips for Saving on Rental Cars

With prices expected to surge during the busy summer car-rental season, here are some ways to keep costs down.

7 Tips for Saving on Rental Cars

HITTING the road this summer? Better get booking. As the busy summer car-rental season begins, prices are expected to climb. “In early June through the end of August, these rates will spike,” said Neil Abrams, president of Abrams Consulting Group, which tracks the car rental industry.

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7 Tips for Saving on Rental Cars - New York Times

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7 Tips for Saving on Rental Cars New York Times Look beyond Avis, Hertz and other big national chains to independent agencies like Payless and Fox Rent a Car. Because of lower operating costs, their cars, which can be found at Web sites like CarRentals.com and CarRentalExpress.com, typically cost 15 ... and more »