I saved over $200 on my car rental

Dollar wanted $550 for a car at the airport.

I knocked it down to $280 by going to their Swenson location. I figure a cab ride to there is only a few bucks, so it's a nice "win".

 

Nice. The title almost led me to say something like "by switching to Geico"... LOL

 

By switching to Swenson.

 

i do that sometimes with budget. if I am checking into the Orleans, I take shuttle or uber from the airport for under $10. when I get to the Orleans I just walk across the street to the budget location on Tropicana and pick up my car. I don't save $200, but enough to make it worth the effort. I would like to add, all of these little tidbits of info that we share on these message boards are great. I am a budget traveler, if I can save a few bucks here and there, that means more money for my gambling bankroll. and also, this allows me to go to vegas 3-4 times per year instead of 2. A BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR SHARING SOME COST-CUTTING TIPS!

 

Uber/Lyft is also an option to get to the Swenson location, we did this on out last trip and Lyft was a $5 ride.
bruce

 

I highly suggest checking Hotwire and Priceline the day of travel to see if rates have dropped even more for a last minute rental. I did this a couple of years back and saved quite a bit over my original reservation. Well, that is, as long as you can cancel the original rezzie without penalty.

 

Check Southwest Airlines....great rates usually !
Click on ..."SPECIALS ".........than ...." CARS "
Alamo usually has the best rates .... my particular inquiry was for 3 days , Saturday thru Tuesday in December , like $12.45 a day and total of $47.00. ...

 

Side note - if you ever want to rent a car at Denver - you can save BIG bucks. I think I save almost $400 on a weekly renter to go off airport. We were going downtown anyways, so took the airport train and got a car downtown.