Car hire in the U.S

Wormwood_Scrubs

I booked today using budget uk. The airlinenetwork/dollar cars cost was £230 for the 2 weeks. Budget was £300 but the budget site has an office in the town we are staying, whereas airlinenetwork/dollar cars can only pick up and drop off from Newark airport, and I didnt fancy landing then immediately driving 20 miles on us highways to the town.

Thanks everybody for your help.

mclaren_2

completely_lost wrote:

No my friend and I went last month and hired a car in LA. She was 21 and I am 22. We used dollar rent a car but had to pay around $20-$25 dollars a day for being under 25. We booked through airline network.

oh thats new on me i do know you have to have a full clean licence held for i think 3 years before you can get rental anyway but i thought you had to be over 25. thanks for the info

remember - when you drive in the USA, you drive on the right side which is the wrong side but the right side - oh christ, ive just confused myself lol

keepthereceipt

I am on hol in California at the moment. We hired a car through Hertz for the whole trip. I paid $66 for membership of the AAA (equivalent to the AA) and for that I got a reduced rate with Hertz. However, the CDW insurance was a lot extra but I felt it was a must have.

We have friends in the US who got us our AAA membership but I think it is possible to arrange this directly over the web via https://www.aaa.com You also get unlimited maps, guides and route planners and they have been very helpful.

The aaa membership also gave us an upgraded car.