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Orlando Florida Cheap Car Rental

Posted on December 3, 2008
Filed Under Cheap Auto Rentals, Travel, Travel Velocity, Travelosity | 2 Comments

Looking for cheap car rental in Florida?  This post is in response to an email I received today, from Carlos.  Here’s Carlos’ travel question for me….

“Looking for car rental in FLL, on dec.26 – 29,
can you advise? $50 a day”

Ok, Carlos, glad you asked, and I’m up for the challenge!  I’m going to use Orlando as a test case, because I personally always have Walt Disney World in mind!  Since you didn’t mention, we’ll go with Orlando for now….  I’ll check a few prices for you real quick!

First let’s try Priceline:  See Winning Rental Car bids in Top Cities from $12/day!  When I clicked on this link it took me to the Priceline auto rental site, and a map of the United States was shown.  When I moused over the state of Florida, I was able to see that Orlando was displayed, so I could see the winning bids for car rentals in Orlando.  A mid size car winning bid was $17.00.  This is less than your budget of $50. a day, so Priceline would be a good place to try for cheap auto rental.  The next step would be to click through that page on the Priceline site, and go to “Name Your Own Price.”  And since you know that others have won bids for $17. you could try that price and see if you get a match.  You may have to try a couple of times, since you’re looking at a holiday season.  I’ve used Priceline quite a bit for hotels near LAX, Los Angeles Airport, and got great rates, and great service. 

Travelocity has an auto rental ad that sounds great!
Car_Renting a car just got easier! Return your vehicle as is and pay pump prices for gas!
You have a choice of auto rental companies, and the price is between $107. and $112 per day, and I did use your dates of December 26 – 29, 2008. So the prices may be a bit high due to the holiday.

So – If I were in your shoes, Carlos, and I needed to rent a car in Florida for just after Christmas, I would book ahead, and I would first try to name my own price with Priceline. Since you actually have to enter your credit card number to see if you win your bid, I wasn’t able to get a final price for you. But since you actually need to book a car, you might want to follow through the links with Priceline and see if you can win a bid. If you haven’t tried it before it’s not hard. You will need an email address (which you have) and a credit card.

Good luck and let us know how it turns out! I have a few other discount sites I can check too, if you don’t get a winning bid under $50. with Priceline – just let me know and I’ll dig around a bit more!

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2 Responses to “Orlando Florida Cheap Car Rental”

  1. admin on December 4th, 2008 12:30 am

    Hi Carlos,
    Thanks for your email. There are quite a few discount sites, and since you’re looking at a holiday time it’s probably good to book in advance. Since I publish a website I have access to quite a few of the discount travel sites, and I looked at a bunch. I eliminated some sites, and boiled it down to 2 sites that look like a good bet. Then I wrote a blog post for you with all the prices. Please check here for my answer, and thanks again for your question! Hope you have a good time in Florida!
    Penny
    http://scotgould.com/orlando-florida-cheap-car-rental/

  2. Florida Car hire on April 5th, 2010 3:49 am

    Great info, thanks.

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