Best place to book a rental car for American holiday?

[matty114]

I am going to South Carolina in August with my brother for 11 days and I am just wondering if anyone knows of a good place to look for a car rental. The only time I have ever rented a car was with Europcar for a 2 day trip in Holland so I do not have much experience with renting.

Is there any extra's I should buy and anything I need to look out for when buying? I would like to get it booked sometime next week so it's one thing I do not have to think about for awhile.

 

[matty114]

Alamo or Hertz. Book from the UK site. Most of the extras (in terms of cover) are not worth it.

P.s. there's a sticky on this

I noticed that 5 minutes after I made this thread :/ I will check them out thanks.

Have used Alamo, Budget and SixT in the past, and I would say Alamo was the best experience and normally cheapest too. I've always used this partner link and have never been asked to present the Brits guide, I do have one as its a good guide and cheap anyway, but I know many use it and from what I have seen havn't been asked to present the guide either. Also dn't forget to used Quidco or Topcashback etc for another few quid back.

www.alamo.co.uk/brits

I will have a look thanks.

Hertz want £644 for a Chevrolet Spark which is the cheapest on the list and Alamo want £334 for their cheapest car which is a Mitsubishi Mirage. I don't want something that small, I might go for something like this http://i.imgur.com/Qmyyzep.png Intermediate should be good enough for 2 people and 2 luggage bags.

 

[matty114]

How old are you? under 25 there's generally an underage premium

26

 

[matty114]

Alamo is not going to happen, my flight gets in at 19:15 and they close at 2pm. That sucks because they had good prices :/

Might get one on uscarhire.com, its £64 more for the same class but they are open when I get there and is located at the airport, Alamo for Charleston Airport is offsite 15 minutes away.