Hotwire Car Rental??

[MILOIOWA]

I have been watching rates for awhile and today I see a much lower rate than I have so far.
West palm Beach airport, standard car, for 6 days for a total of 186.00. Does this sound like a good price or should I wait and bid on priceline? The dates are for Jan 4th thru jan 10th. Thanks!

[quince]

I used priceline and was able to lower the car rate by $100 over Hotwire on a two week rental in Dec out of Tampa.

Usually use hotwire but the priceline gamble saved the $100 so why not? Worst case was to just book hotwire...

[JLB]

Hey Silo :

Have you tried searching for discount codes, promo codes, coupon codes, etc.?

Still hope we can meet up in January.

[MILOIOWA]

Originally Posted by JLB

Hey Silo :

Have you tried searching for discount codes, promo codes, coupon codes, etc.?

Still hope we can meet up in January.

Yes, I have used a bunch of codes, but Hotwire beats them all so far. I have an avenue I still need to explore. We just inherited an enterprise branch inside our Ford dealership due to the Chevy dealer they were in closing it's doors. I will let them get settled in some before I jump the guy about hooking me up.

January just recently became more complicated for us. We just learned that a couple who are very close friends of ours are being treated by their parents to a week in Orlando the same week we will be in WPB. So they are wanting to drive down and spend a day/night at the beach with us. Thus a trip to the west coast may be tough. That is unless we hit it big on the casino cruise.

[UWSurfer]

I've never used Hotwire before, so I just completed a search for a mini-van from Kona for a week during spring break. I was quoted out the door via Costco through Alamo $374.53 for the week...some months ago. Today I find Hotwire has a mini-van through some an major rental co. for $309.11.

Aside from the price difference, Hotwire wants the $$ up front with no refund for cancellation, where as Costco is simply a reservation at that rate. So for the $64 question...how close do you get to a trip before you book with Hotwire and still see savings?

Maybe for $65 difference it's worth not coughing up the $$ in case things change.

[JLB]

Que sera sera, or, in English, K Sarah Sarah.

Maybe you can come down and visit us on the lake, near Branson.

Originally Posted by MILOIOWA

January just recently became more complicated for us. We just learned that a couple who are very close friends of ours are being treated by their parents to a week in Orlando the same week we will be in WPB. So they are wanting to drive down and spend a day/night at the beach with us. Thus a trip to the west coast may be tough. That is unless we hit it big on the casino cruise.

[JLB]

The Hotwire quote for our January Florida trip was higher than using National with a contract ID and coupn code.

Priceline doesn't offer the airport we use, Sanford/Orlando, but their MCO quote is much lower.

[MILOIOWA]

Well the wife says she still would like to see sanibel. So we may still make the trip. The carrentals.com now gives me a slightly better rate through national than hotwire does. It is so strange how these prices change so often.

[JLB]

Since you are dealing with about the same dates, here's what I used with National:

Emerald Club--If you are not signed up, there are some free sign-up sites.

Contract ID--5008716

Coupon--NF2099FJS

[Denise L]

Originally Posted by UWSurfer

I've never used Hotwire before, so I just completed a search for a mini-van from Kona for a week during spring break. I was quoted out the door via Costco through Alamo $374.53 for the week...some months ago. Today I find Hotwire has a mini-van through some an major rental co. for $309.11.

Aside from the price difference, Hotwire wants the $$ up front with no refund for cancellation, where as Costco is simply a reservation at that rate. So for the $64 question...how close do you get to a trip before you book with Hotwire and still see savings?

Maybe for $65 difference it's worth not coughing up the $$ in case things change.

I looked at Hotwire prices for our upcoming trip (very close). Its price was $286.36 for a minivan on Maui, versus Priceline at $234.81 (bid at $25/day). It might depend on whether it is high season or not. November is probably low season for car rentals.

I have to book a car for Spring Break also. I think I'll wait until I get back from Maui