Okay, our family needs to rent a vehicle to drive to Tampa (from Indiana )in March. We will be going on a cruise, so the vehicle will be staying in a secured/guarded lot the whole time were out at sea. There won't be much mileage put on the vehicle, we'll just need it for about 10 days. I can't find any places that charges by the mile, rather than charging for the time the car is rented out. Can anyone make any suggestions for rental companies who do this? Or do you have other suggestions that might help? Any help/info would be greatly appreciated.
2007-01-03 12:24:52 · 5 answers · asked by Sunnyshine 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Enterprise will pick you up and drop you off for FREE.
2007-01-05 17:07:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Places that charge by the mile will be in addition to a steep daily fee, Hertz used to do this and as an example charged mileage on top of the rental fee after the initial $100 or so per day with 100 'free' miles on things like Expeditions and Suburbans.
If you rent and return twice they'll also hit you up for two one way charges.
Isn't Indiana to Tampa rather a long drive? In the end the rental companies aren't in the business of cutting their own throat by just renting to you for the time you are actually driving.
2007-01-03 20:38:36 · answer #2 · answered by Chris H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not turn the car in during the cruise, and then pull it back out after the cruise.
Contact the agencies, and have THEM do the work, just give them the dates and times you will be dropping off, when you need to be picke up, etc.
YOU are the customer...make those bastards jump thru hoops to make the money!!!!
2007-01-03 20:30:20 · answer #3 · answered by LovePinkPuffies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rent one where you live, drive to the drop point for the car. Taxi to the ship.When returning rent another vehicle.Take to drop point in your home area.Take from there a taxi home.
2007-01-03 20:37:31 · answer #4 · answered by thresher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider a bus or train?
2007-01-03 20:28:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋