Rental car suggestions?

[orangello]

I usually get cars for good prices from Hotwire, but I've got a trip to Phoenix in October and the cars are expensive- $35/day.  Do you have any sites that you've used and gotten good deals?  Not sure why these are so $$, I regularly get cars in San Francisco for under $15/day.

And Priceline is giving me the "Low, low chance of your bid getting accepted!" message.  Am I just out of luck?  Or should I want until the week before (I am an early planner, lol)?

[gt7301b]

I'd reserve a refundable deal through a car rental company and start using Priceline to bid in a few weeks. I find Peiceline works better closer to the trip date.

[orangello]

Dang, Costco is $100 more than Hotwire. Hmph. Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! I'll keep pricelining and see what pops up.

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Aug 7, 2013 15:37:05 GMT -5 gt7301b said:

I'd reserve a refundable deal through a car rental company and start using Priceline to bid in a few weeks. I find Peiceline works better closer to the trip date.

This is exactly what I was going to write!

[hz80408]

Ditto Priceline. I usually do name your own price the week before the trip and get great prices (last trip we paid $66 for Thu pm -Mon pm for a mid-size car in Denver in June).

[keweenawlove]

I just got a car for a week from Priceline for $200 less than Costco so keep trying there.