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Car rental help PLEASE
« on: March 24, 2013, 05:25:35 PM »
car rental help- wondering if you have any ideas i am fresh out of them:

i rented a van for my borther in law who is coming in from vancouver for pesach, it was $300 cheaper to rent it starting Thursday instead of Monday. So i picked up the van for him on thursday and the plan was i was going to pick him up from the airport monday morning and i was going to add him as an additional driver so he can take his family to rochester.

PROBLEM happened that i just found out that it is supposed to snow 7-10 inches where i will be for the  first days and i therefore need to leave tonight. I rented the van from budget and they are being impossible about adding a driver unless the renter (me) and the driver (my bro in-law) are present at the time of adding. Being that i am leaving tonight and he is not coming into ny till tomorrow morning, that makes it impossible to happen.

Do you have any experience with this? and/or do you have solution?



TIA

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2013, 05:32:43 PM »
An idea would be  -
for you to be at a budget location, and him to be at a budget location at the same time, and have the location that he's at scan his licence etc and get him added to the contract.

If the other location can't add him since they didn't initiate the contract, ask your location if they can add him since the other location has done the  verification already.

I have no experience with this, but i've heard of someone doing tt\his idea in the past.
I have no idea if it worked out for them in the end, and I don't know if it was with budget.

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2013, 05:35:33 PM »
An idea would be  -
for you to be at a budget location, and him to be at a budget location at the same time, and have the location that he's at scan his licence etc and get him added to the contract.

If the other location can't add him since they didn't initiate the contract, ask your location if they can add him since the other location has done the  verification already.

I have no experience with this, but i've heard of someone doing tt\his idea in the past.
I have no idea if it worked out for them in the end, and I don't know if it was with budget.
i don't believe that would work, anyone with experience know if that would work?

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2013, 05:37:51 PM »
car rental help- wondering if you have any ideas i am fresh out of them:

i rented a van for my borther in law who is coming in from vancouver for pesach, it was $300 cheaper to rent it starting Thursday instead of Monday. So i picked up the van for him on thursday and the plan was i was going to pick him up from the airport monday morning and i was going to add him as an additional driver so he can take his family to rochester.

PROBLEM happened that i just found out that it is supposed to snow 7-10 inches where i will be for the  first days and i therefore need to leave tonight. I rented the van from budget and they are being impossible about adding a driver unless the renter (me) and the driver (my bro in-law) are present at the time of adding. Being that i am leaving tonight and he is not coming into ny till tomorrow morning, that makes it impossible to happen.

Do you have any experience with this? and/or do you have solution?



TIA
What corporate did he rent it under?

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2013, 05:40:32 PM »
What corporate did he rent it under?
he used capital one a talmid of his did the work for him

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2013, 05:44:10 PM »
he used capital one a talmid of his did the work for him
I'm unsure of how to proceed but a $20 bill into someone's pocket should do the job. I have done with Hertz countless times by fax...

If all else fails call executive CS.

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2013, 05:50:32 PM »
 do  you  know  the  executive  office  number  by  heart?

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2013, 06:00:09 PM »
do  you  know  the  executive  office  number  by  heart?

6 Sylvan Way
PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054
United States - Map
+1-973-4964700

If you ever need a "better" #, I try searching the company on Google.om/finance, the executive office # is usually listed on the bottom right.

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2013, 06:56:49 PM »
Not going to snow....

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2013, 10:11:59 PM »
Need car rental help ASAP PLEASE!!!!!!!

I have a flight to Miami tomorrow and we were supposed to be picked up but just found out no one is available so we need to rent a car. Besides it being crazy expensive it seems everyone is sold out. We are 4 adults and 2 babies. Obviously a deal would be great but any leads on a car at all or something big enough to fit all of us would be amazing. We would want to keep it until sunday if it was too expensive per day. If not we would just return it the next day (in boca if we could but if not in miami).

Thank you in advance!

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2013, 10:29:10 PM »
Need car rental help ASAP PLEASE!!!!!!!

I have a flight to Miami tomorrow and we were supposed to be picked up but just found out no one is available so we need to rent a car. Besides it being crazy expensive it seems everyone is sold out. We are 4 adults and 2 babies. Obviously a deal would be great but any leads on a car at all or something big enough to fit all of us would be amazing. We would want to keep it until sunday if it was too expensive per day. If not we would just return it the next day (in boca if we could but if not in miami).

Thank you in advance!
maybe try calling the location. Your best bet is at Avis use coupon code tuea002 for 2 free weekend days

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2013, 10:56:07 PM »
maybe try calling the location. Your best bet is at Avis use coupon code tuea002 for 2 free weekend days

Thanks so much.

I just called and sold out!

Thanks anyways.....

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2013, 08:51:14 AM »
Did you try Sixt?

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2013, 11:34:27 AM »
Did you try Sixt?
They seem to be sold out online but PUTPAC, Dollar with Chabad corporate usually has $60 a day for a mini-van

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Re: Car rental help PLEASE
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2013, 11:52:56 AM »
They seem to be sold out online but PUTPAC, Dollar with Chabad corporate usually has $60 a day for a mini-van
dollar always does ime