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Pickuup tlv airport jan 31 2020 12:30am
Drop Off location:TLV airport
Drop Off Date & Time:feb 10 2020 10pm
Preferred Car Size:midsize
Age (if under 25):over 25
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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3480 on: August 30, 2017, 02:47:42 AM »
Pickup location: JERUSALEM
Pickup date & time: 3 SEP 2017
Drop Off location: JERUSALEM
Drop Off Date & Time: 13 SEP 2017
Preferred Car Size: midsize or Honda accord
Age (if under 25): 23
Credit Cards: CSR

best quote so far Midsize $28 H. A. $43
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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3481 on: August 31, 2017, 10:14:19 AM »
Surprised there's no wiki of which is the better rental places to use and which cc are best for renting while in israel.
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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3482 on: August 31, 2017, 04:09:30 PM »
Surprised there's no wiki of which is the better rental places to use and which cc are best for renting while in israel.

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3483 on: August 31, 2017, 09:26:07 PM »
Pickup location: TLV airport
Pickup date & time: Sep. 25 12:00pm
Drop Off location: TLV airport
Drop Off Date & Time: Oct 9 12pm
Preferred Car Size: van (at least 7 pass.) automatic
Age (if under 25): over

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3484 on: September 03, 2017, 04:30:12 PM »
Pickup location: Ben Gurion
Pickup date & time: 09/25 2017 4 PM
Drop Off location: Ben Gurion
Drop Off Date & Time: 10/01 2017 3 AM
Preferred Car Size: lowest Price - Manual trans. a must
Age (if under 25):
Credit Cards: Chase reserve

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3485 on: September 03, 2017, 04:53:21 PM »
Pickup location: Ben Gurion
Pickup date & time: 09/25 2017 4 PM
Drop Off location: Ben Gurion
Drop Off Date & Time: 10/01 2017 3 AM
Preferred Car Size: lowest Price - Manual trans. a must
Age (if under 25):
Credit Cards: Chase reserve
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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3486 on: September 05, 2017, 01:49:28 AM »
Anyone have experience with multiple car classes? I'm going with my wife and 3 small children, one of whom will be in a car seat. We'll need space for a decent amount of luggage, plus a City Mini. These are the models I got quotes for (listed by price, low to high):
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Any experience as to which is the cheapest I can be comfortable will fit us would be helpful. TIA
Trying to avoid going straight to the most expensive.

Anyway, I did a bunch of googling to find the listed trunk space for most of the cars offered in Israel (in liters or whatever):
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Some of these are a little hard to believe though. Like the Accent (which they sell here too as the smallest sedan) is larger at 465 than my last American midsize sedan ('15 Altima - 436)? Or the Corolla at 450, vs the current American Corolla at 368? Something seems a little off.
I know this is mostly for people requesting quotes and whatnot, but I was hoping for this info when I was booking, so I figure others might be interested too.
 
To bring the above full circle - we ended up in the station wagon category at an excellent rate through B.D.Da'ehu (rental was with Thrifty).

We got a Kia C'eed Station, which from my research was a good thing, as it was slightly more roomy than the other options in the category. It fit a Britax convertible rear facing in the middle seat, with boosters in the 2 outer seats. It wasn't particularly tight in the back, but buckling the kids in the boosters was annoying - nothing to do with this particular car, just the nature of 3 kids in the back. The trunk ended up being just big enough, with 2 full size rolling suitcases fitting flat next to each other (the long way) and a bunch of small bags, knapsacks, the stroller and my hatbox all piled on top of them. With the car loaded up, I obviously couldn't see out the rearview mirror, but the tech in the car made up for it (back up cam for parking, aftermarket lane detection, etc).

Bonus points for the guy at the return for Thrifty at 6AM who took one look at us with all the luggage and our little kids and just drove us to departures and dropped us off in the rental. Easily the fastest rental car return I've ever experienced. In retrospect, we probably would've been in serious danger of missing our flight if we would've had to go through the normal lengthy process of inspection, transferring luggage, waiting for shuttle to the terminal, etc.

Bottom line, the station wagon category is a great option if you don't need more than 5 seats, but still need a good amount of trunk space.

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3487 on: September 07, 2017, 12:47:09 PM »
Pickup location: TLV airport
Pickup date & time: October 2 - evening
Drop Off location: TLV airport
Drop Off Date & Time: October 9 - morning
Preferred Car Size: Small
Age (if under 25): Over 25
Credit Cards: Chase Ink/Amex Biz Plat

Prefer to drop off back in Terminal 3

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3488 on: September 07, 2017, 02:20:36 PM »
Pickup location: TLV airport
Pickup date & time: October 2 - evening
Drop Off location: TLV airport
Drop Off Date & Time: October 9 - morning
Preferred Car Size: Small
Age (if under 25): Over 25
Credit Cards: Chase Ink/Amex Biz Plat

Prefer to drop off back in Terminal 3
Booked.

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3489 on: September 07, 2017, 02:30:51 PM »
Pickup location: TLV airport
Pickup date & time: Nov 15 - 9:30 AM
Drop Off location: TLV airport
Drop Off Date & Time: Nov 22 11:00 PM
Preferred Car Size: 4 people / 4 suitcases
Age (if under 25):
Credit Cards: AMEX platinum, Barclays


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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3490 on: September 07, 2017, 02:31:33 PM »
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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3491 on: September 07, 2017, 03:33:33 PM »
Pickup location: TLV airport
Pickup date & time: Nov 15 - 9:30 AM
Drop Off location: TLV airport
Drop Off Date & Time: Nov 22 11:00 PM
Preferred Car Size: 4 people / 4 suitcases
Age (if under 25):
Credit Cards: AMEX platinum, Barclays
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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3492 on: September 07, 2017, 04:04:21 PM »
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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3493 on: September 10, 2017, 01:16:53 AM »
 Pickup location: TLV airport
Pickup date & time: September 28th 4:00
Drop Off location: Jerusalem  (prefer rommema)
Drop Off Date & time:  October 3rd 4:00
Preferred Car Size: 6-7 people
Age (if under 25): +25
Credit Cards: AMEX biz platinum, Chase saphire  (no fee)

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3494 on: September 10, 2017, 06:13:03 PM »
Pickup location: jlm
Pickup date & time: oct 2 10am
Drop Off location: same
Drop Off Date & Time: oct 20 10am
Preferred Car Size: mid
Age (if under 25): 24
Credit Cards: us visa

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3495 on: September 10, 2017, 06:14:47 PM »
Pickup location: TLV airport
Pickup date & time: oct 2 6pm
Drop Off location: TLV airport
Drop Off Date & Time: oct 16 6pm
Preferred Car Size:  seater
Age (if under 25): over
Credit Cards: us visa

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3496 on: September 11, 2017, 10:15:24 AM »
I would liked to rent fur two weeks pick up in Jerusalem and drop off in the airport. Is there a one way fee? How much?

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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3497 on: September 13, 2017, 11:28:35 AM »
Pickup location: TLV airport
Pickup date & time: 11/19/17 5pm
Drop Off location: TLV airport
Drop Off Date & Time: 11/26/17 9pm
Preferred Car Size:  Need for 7 people + bags
Age (if under 25): over
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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3498 on: September 14, 2017, 08:17:44 AM »
I would liked to rent fur two weeks pick up in Jerusalem and drop off in the airport. Is there a one way fee? How much?
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$39 drop off fee.
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Re: Israel: Need help finding a rental car? Post here!
« Reply #3499 on: September 14, 2017, 08:23:06 AM »
Pickup location: TLV airport
Pickup date & time: OCT 1 3:30pm
Drop Off location: TLV airport
Drop Off Date & Time: OCT 15 3:30PM
Preferred Car Size:Mazda 3, Mazda 6, or minivan
Age (if under 25): over
Credit Cards: AMEX plat, United Presidential, & UMPE.

Preferably return at Hertz unless it's a significant difference in price
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