Hello,
I've been searching for hte best rental price and hotwire has the best deal, about 150 USD less than other companies i.e. Avis, Hertz. I've never used them before and was wondering if anyone has had a past experience they could share. It looks like you dont find out what company you rent thry until after the transaction is complete/final and I'm not sure if there are any hidden costs.
Thanks!
i have always used priceline to bid on a rental. there are no hidden fees and Ive always have gotten a super deal. 2yrs in a row , i won a car at $13.00 per day . One year I got an SUV for $16.00 per day. You wont know who you'll be renting from until the bid is excepted. I highly reccomend this site.
Thanks! I will give it a try today. Another question...is a 4 wheel drive vehicle needed on the island? A friend of mine who has been recommended it.
I would second using Priceline instead of Hotwire. Priceline will give you better rates because you can use Hotwire as a base price and then bid slightly below that and you will usually win.
Soontobebride:
Remember when using Hotwire or Priceline name your own bid, once you hit the button you are tied in. So my advice is go on another car rental site and reserve a car, then closer to the time of arrival check out Priceline and bid. That way if you have last minute plans you aren't locked into that deal. Costco is a good place for car rental deals and there are old threads with good car rental codes.
You do not need 4 wheel drive on the island.
No, you do NOT need a 4-wheel drive. You can save yourself some money right there.
I just used Priceline yesterday and got a medium sized car on my first bid , for $15 for use in Feb.
I have used hotwire quite a lot - for hotels and airfare as well as car rentals. The car rentals are always a major chain type car rental and that has always worked out smoothly. However, I recently rented a car via hotwire and it was with Alamo, which I didn't find out until we were picking up the car that they charge a daily fee for an additional driver - man, did that tick me off, as that was not disclosed by hotwire. Thankfully, the car rental person deleted that charge. There are times that doesn't matter, but on this trip it did as we were doing lots of driving and needed to both be listed as drivers. That would be about my only caution with hotwire. :)
no 4 wheel drive needed unless you plan to go to kekaha / polihale on the west coast
I just got $10/day on a compact at end of January on my first priceline bid!!
I knew I should have bid on a car through Priceline instead of going through Hotwire. I paid $34.95 through Hotwire for 3 days in mid January. Oh well...
