http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ BikingToronto Forum Topic: Car rental en Sun, 19 May 2013 22:25:01 +0000 http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=516#post-1939 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:24:19 +0000 Tourist 1939@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>i usually rent from discount or national. Usually last minute, so I call both places to see what kind of cars they have left and go from there. You can bypass their insurance packages if you bring in your own car insurance papers, or it is also covered if you use certain credit cards to do the rental. Saves $10-20/day right there. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=516#post-1921 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:27:53 +0000 toddtyrtle 1921@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>I rent from time to time when work sends me to suburbs not well served by transit. Our company uses National. My experience has been good but almost 9 times out of 10 I would reserve the tiniest car and would end up with a full size or luxury car. On the one hand it was a good deal price-wise. On the other hand, it definitely wasn't so good on gas as you pointed out.</p> <p>What works best for me is to rent from National and go to Terminal One at the airport. There's an extra charge for using the airport site but the advantage (at least with their frequent-renter membership) is that I can walk in and just pick out the car that I want. Usually that means I can find a small car or at least an somewhat efficient larger one (e.g. Corolla or Camry). I think most of the rental car companies have a similar setup in Terminal 1. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=516#post-1920 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:17:18 +0000 joe 1920@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>Hey Annie. Have a good trip.</p> <p>I rented from Enterprise once years (10+) ago, and I don't remember what exactly happened, but it was a bad enough customer service experience that I haven't rented there since.</p> <p>Other companies are generally better - I generally go with Avis, Budget or Hertz as they have downtown locations that I can get to easily after work on a Friday if we are taking a weekend trip somewhere.</p> <p>Having said that, they aren't necessarily better... I've often reserved compacts or mid-sized and then get there and they are out, and they give me a bigger car. They give the larger size for the same price, but you are right about gas... bigger cars use a lot more.</p> <p>When this happens, I usually ask them if I can get a discount on the car, as I reserve smaller cars because they are better on gas, and their mistake shouldn't cost me. They usually give me a discount.</p> <p>Of course, one has to be very nice to get them to consider this. My wife says I have a knack for dealing with bad customer service people, though... so I guess that helps. :)</p> <p>Related: I rented a truck on Monday from Discount Rentals to pick up some nursery furniture some acquaintances gave us... and let's just say I'll never be renting from them again. We used Budget when we moved house, and it was great. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=516#post-1919 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:33:07 +0000 AnnieD 1919@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>We finally sold our car and have been using Autoshare as needed and it's been working out very well. For the holidays, we reserved a full size car with Enterprise to use for our trip to Montreal. When Ralph went to pick up the car yesterday, he was told they didn't have it - the previous renters called in to say they wanted to extend their rental. They offered Ralph a Yaris instead (we have two kids, a labrador retriever, and two cats - the Yaris wouldn't have been big enough) and when he turned that down, they offered him a pickup truck!!!! Finally, they gave him a minivan (for the same price as the original rental) - a ***monster*** of a minivan - this thing is HUGE, it's a friekin' boat!!!! While the rental won't cost us extra, I bet we'll be spending close to twice as much on gas for this monstrosity. This isn't quite as bad as the time the moving van we reserved wasn't available - the day we had to empty our place for the people who were moving in - but it still really irks me. Are we just incredibly unlucky or is this typical from car rental companies?!? (off to Montreal in the boat now)</p> <p>Happy holidays everyone,</p> <p>A </p>