Any rental companies that DO NOT charge a surcharge if you under 25

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99vwbeetle

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Discussion starter · #1 · Jun 26, 2007

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Noticed that Budget and Enterprise charge a $25/day extra fee if your under 25. So if you're renting it for over a week its a whopping $200 extra.
Anyone know of any companies that DONT charge this fee or at least have very cheap weekly specials?

 

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Re: Any rental companies that DO NOT charge a surcharge if you under 25 (99vwbeetle)

Are you sure about the fee? I rented from Enterprise at age 21 without a surcharge.

 

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yea, i rented a car from Enterprise as well, when I was 22-23. The guy said he was supposed to charge me, but he didn't.. I rented by myself and with a credit card, so I think they have the authority to let the surcharge slide based on judgement of how the car is being used. I wasn't that guy renting it with 3 college buddies for a road trip to Daytona Beach. All I did was use it locally for 5 days accumulating about 120 miles.



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U-Haul?

 

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u-haul aint a bad idea
$20/day plus kilometres for a huge cube van V8 rather than paying $50/day for a Hyundai Accent

 

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Re: Any rental companies that DO NOT charge a surcharge if you under 25 (99vwbeetle)

Quote, originally posted by 99vwbeetle »

Anyone know of any companies that DONT charge this fee or at least have very cheap weekly specials?

U-Haul.
I'm serious. In-town short-term rentals are CHEAP. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif They'll rent to anyone with a license.

 

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Re: Any rental companies that DO NOT charge a surcharge if you under 25 (99vwbeetle)

Check out this thread: http://www.fatwallet.com/forum...ional
There are contract ID codes you can use when reserving that will wave the fee...

 

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Re: Any rental companies that DO NOT charge a surcharge if you under 25 (PlatinumGLS)

Quote, originally posted by PlatinumGLS »

Check out this thread: http://www.fatwallet.com/forum...ional There are contract ID codes you can use when reserving that will wave the fee...

ID Codes are your best bet. When auditioning for graduate programs, I had to fly around with two rather large instruments. When I booked car rentals through the airline company du jour, I never had a problem renting at 21 and/or paying under age surcharges.