5 Ways To Get the Best Deal On Car Rentals | NerdWallet

If you haven’t blocked the pandemic years from your memory yet, you may recall that car rental prices hit sky-high levels in July 2021. Luckily, car rental prices seem to have reached their top and continue to drop. But even today, rental cars are far from cheap (and they’re far higher than pre-COVID rates). Travel Nerd Sally shares 7 tips to help you save money on your next car rental.

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Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Option 1: Comparison Shop
1:38 – Option 2: Check Your Membership Programs
1:53 – Option 3: Identify Affordable Brands
2:27 – Option 4: Stick To One Driver
2:53 – Option 5: Know Rental Car Insurance Ins and Outs
3:45 – Option 6: Skip The Airport
4:40 – Option 7: Consider Car Rental Alternatives

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5 Comments

  1. @obinnambachu7631 July 2, 2025 at 12:42 pm

    Hertz Gold Member 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

  2. @RobertMiller-w1p July 28, 2025 at 3:56 pm

    Costco travel doesn’t help in for Europe especially Italy . Type in Rome absolutely nothing. If you don’t purchase rental company full coverage they will freeze your CC until car returned. Rental for$2,000 they will freeze $5000 leaving card unusable.

  3. @jacksonludwig8560 August 8, 2025 at 7:44 pm

    This sounds odd, but sometimes I’ve seen significant drops in the price if you select noon pickup and noon drop-off vs am/pm dropoffs.

  4. Lady, I promise you if you didn’t have that dumb voice, your views would go up OKhhmmm <

  5. Excellent money-saving tips

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