car hire in USA

[Raphael Meade]

anyone have any experience?

i need to get from austin, tx to nashville, tennessee and quite fancy the drive. can't find anyone that will let me drop off in a different location at the moment though.. would be good if its someone that people have experience of and know they're decent too!

thanks xxx

 

[acrossthepond]

Enterprise will

www.Enterprise.com

they're ok, and not ridiculously expenisive. especially with the strong pound

They'll also pick you up at your start point and pick up the car at your final destination.

 

[desprateseagull]

saw one holiday show that featured one ways, though not much time allowed to stop to see the scenery!

europcar did o/ways when a previous firm i worked at had them as main carhire supplier- probbaly have agents statside too..

 

[Raphael Meade]

sweet, thanks.

i just looked on lastminute and its £57 for what i want, but a $300 one way charge!!

thinking of flying into nashville then driving to austin and back, then back out of nashville.......

 

[Tiptop24]

Hertz.com
Very good.........

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Look into some moving companys.

Some people let you drive there car from one state to another if they are moving, the best part is ts free.

 

[Gully]

Haven't a clue how old you are, but I went to the states in 91 for a "lads holiday", there were five of us and we intended to share the driving, but only two of us were old enough to hire a car and only muggins had the nous to bring his driving licence...would have been right up the creek otherwise, with not a paddle in sight.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Haven't a clue how old you are, but I went to the states in 91 for a "lads holiday", there were five of us and we intended to share the driving, but only two of us were old enough to hire a car and only muggins had the nous to bring his driving licence...would have been right up the creek otherwise, with not a paddle in sight.

Same sort of thing happened to us, ended up getting train - turned out better anyhow!

 

[Gully]

In 91 I would have been 25, which I have a sneaking suspicion was the minimum age required by the car hire company we were with, only one other member of the group was older than me.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

In 91 I would have been 25, which I have a sneaking suspicion was the minimum age required by the car hire company we were with, only one other member of the group was older than me.

2005 you could be 21 but you had to pay a shit load untill you were 25.

Something like triple the amount

 

[acrossthepond]

sweet, thanks.

i just looked on lastminute and its £57 for what i want, but a $300 one way charge!!

thinking of flying into nashville then driving to austin and back, then back out of nashville.......

it's got to be the thick end of 1000 miles each way. That's 18 hours driving each way - i'd spend the $300 if it were me.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Some companies operate a kind of courier service, where cars that have already been dropped off somewhere by someone need to be driven back to their point of origin. They've been known to do pretty good deals if you're able to be flexible and are going where they need you to go.

It might be worth trying a few of the usual suspects (Alamo, Dollar, etc) to see if they have anything like that going.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Dollar are very good.

 

[RexCathedra]

The rental car business is a pimple on the side of the air travel industry, and they really can't be arsed to do point-to-point rentals. Everything revolves around a.) airports and b.) loaners -- paid for by insurance companies -- during repairs.

Enterprise has been the most flexible, but no one will touch an under 25, male driver.

 

[Adam Virgo's Shirt]

Give Specific Car Hire a go. They're a small local company and will usually try their utmost to get you the deal you want.

www.specifccarehire.co.uk or 01243 866666

 

[Rangdo]

2005 you could be 21 but you had to pay a shit load untill you were 25.

Something like triple the amount

Yep, thats what we found. You could hire a car over 21 but you had to pay something stupid per day in premiums.

What we did find though was that if you had someone over 25 and paid for the full insurance that allowed an extra driver, the extra driver could be under 25 for no extra cost. Worked out much cheaper.

 

[NMH]

I rented from Alamo last December, but it was very expensive at $420 for a week (all bells and whistles i.e. insurance).
Got a flash car, and good service though.

Still, I'd probably head for Budget or Hertz next time and pay less.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

usrentacar.co.uk - they will undercut Alamo but give you Alamo vehicles. They won't add for one way hire either.