Car Rental Tips
Clubs and programs
Some free clubs allow you to have most of your rental information on file in their computers before you show up to speed up the rental process.
Some offer Premium Clubs where you can sign up all your rental information in advance to shorten the time you’ll spend at the counter or eliminate it all together. This can include keeping your vehicle preferences on file, as well as, your decisions on insurance coverage and fuel replacement.
Some Rental Companies Premium Club’s charge a membership fee. The fee is generally around $50.00 a year.
If you ask, some Rental Companies will waive this charge for the first year just to get you on board.
Some Premium Clubs may be available to you for free if you rent enough or belong to the right company, association or group.
If you plan on renting often, the membership fees will seem small considering the time saved.
These Premium Clubs can help you skip lines all together and are the quickest way to get on the road.
Sometimes extra fees, such as those for certain additional drivers, are waived for members of Premium Clubs.
Some Clubs will reward points that can be exchanged for free rental days, upgrades or even gifts.
If it looks like the company has overbooked and will have to break reservations, they usually will take care of their Premium Club members first and break the reservations of regular customers.
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