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Location: Brisbane Australia | Hi All,
As some of you know we are coming to the US to attend the NW Jam.
We have decided to hire a car in LA and drive up the coast.
We were originally going to just drive to San Fran and then fly to Seattle but have now decided to drive all the way up.
Any suggestions as to a fair and reasonable car rental company.
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Wow, what a trip! Can't help with the rental car. I use Hertz due to my corporate discount. But I don't know how competitive they are price-wise.
I'm pretty familiar with the coast from San Francisco up through Oregon, and parts of Washington. Let me know where you're planning to spend the nights and I can give you some suggestions on where to stay and what to see.
When do you touch down in LA? |
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Location: Jet City | James, plan on the coast trip taking 2-3x longer than driving up the interstate.
Maybe try Budget or Enterprise for car rental. Hertz and Avis usually run a bit more. |
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Location: Jet City | Actually, I remember looking recently on priceline.com and Alamo was the one with the deals |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | DVD we arrive early morning Sat 28th
Plan on being in Mt Vernon Friday 4th
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
AJ |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Jim, I did that trip in reverse in 1988, from Vancouver to SF. Fantastic trip, take your time and don't be in a hurry to 'get there'. Good decision to drive instead of fly.
You need someone to mind your UKII's while you're gone?
Off on another tangent... looks like Friday night's out of the question. You up for grabbing a beer somewhere in Brizzy on Saturday afternoon? |
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| We used National last year on our trip from DC to Richmond to NYC to Boston and everything was fine. We got a deal when we booked through United when we booked the air tickets. Most airlines have some sort of deal with a particular carhire company. Usually competitive. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Don't you guys in the States have a rental company called 'Rent-A-Wreck', or something along those lines? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Sorry... you won't find a "Rent-a-Wreck" franchise at a major international airport. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Even less likely to find a 'Rent-A-Bomb' outlet, I guess. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Thanks guys I'll check them all out
Yeah Muz can do a quick beer Sat arvo
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Try EZ Rent a Car (310-216-7049). They work out of a trailer in a parking lot behind a big hotel (no kidding) aout 2 miles from the airport. Get there via free hotel shuttle. I rented a PT Cruiser convertible in January, drove down to San Diego and all over the southland for about five days. Cost was less than $35 per day. Smaller cars were even cheaper. Booked it through Travelocity (888-872-8356). |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | AJ, I've got lots of questions and suggestions about an itinerary, I'll take it PM. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Ooooo.... go for the PT Cruiser! Get a convertable if you can. |
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