Car rental question

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H and I are going on vacation and will be gone about 5 days.  We need a car for 2 of those day (mid-week).  Is it cheaper to pre-book or would it be okay to just rent one once we get there?  

[ladyk]

Get a reservation. It takes 5 minutes and it will save you time and potential headaches if you get there and some random convention is there and there are no cars.

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Sept 23, 2014 7:28:33 GMT -5 milsaroo said:

I remember someone posting on MM about getting a car rental for $7/day. I think it was on Priceline?

Oh maybe I will try that. For that price I would get it for the whole week for convenience sake. 

[gt7301b]

Do not rent the car when you get there, it WILL be more expensive.

To get a price in the $7 range I use the name your own price function on priceline. I've had luck getting the $8-$10 rates tend to be for weekends and not mid-week.

[itsme]

Some companies let you pay upfront when you reserve and it gives you a discount on the price.