Hats off to Hotwire.com where I just booked my BWI rental car for more than half off the rate quoted moments later at Hertz. 8 days for $200 vs $406 at Hertz.com. Note that at Hotwire I did not get to choose my car company – I just specified my dates and car type. But who cares about the company? I’ve rented from most of them and had similar and mostly positive experiences.
The 200 is a fantastic rate. I’ve been looking for a few weeks, mostly using Kayak, and have seen mostly prices in the $300 range. I think the lowest I found at Kayak was 276 and today it’s about 300, so Hotwire really came through for me.
The moral of this story was “if at first you don’t get cheap, try, try again”
Joe Duck 