Virtual Car Rental: Reservations Online

There are numerous car rental venues on the Internet. You can check out the individual car rental companies' websites one at a time, or you can use a clearing-house-type of website to find the cheapest car rental available. Whichever on-line car rental avenue you decide to take, you will undoubtedly end up finding a great deal on a cheap rental car.

Making on-line car rental reservations are easy. Normally, a renting reservation website will ask you for the city or airport from which you will be renting, the type of car rental you want (i.e. compact, mid-size, standard, full-size, minivan), the dates you'll be renting, and the time you will pick up the car rental. You also need to know the car rental drop off location, date and time. Make sure to keep in mind the time you will need to be at the airport to catch a flight, usually about two hours before the scheduled departure time.

The renting reservation web site will probably also ask you a few questions about the name of the person who will be driving the car, and possibly the age and gender of the driver. You may also have to choose whether or not you want to purchase insurance on the car, in case you are in an accident during the car rental period.

In addition to ease of making a car rental reservation on line, the Internet offers many easy-to-find rental discounts. Some web sites allow the person wishing to rent a car to compare prices of specific brand-name car rental companies. Some claim to offer the "best price guarantee." And some even let the renter "enter your own price!" They all claim to offer the best possible prices, so it can be assumed that no matter which Internet site you use, you will be happy with the price you are offered for your car rental.

Renting a car on-line is easy, fast and cheap. With a just few clicks of the mouse, you instantly know the price of the cheapest car rental available. You are also automatically made aware (on most web-sites) of renting discounts, specials, free days, and free upgrades. In other words, you won't have to spend a lot of time researching where to get the best deal, promotion, or coupon. In most cases specials will automatically pop up on your screen.

When you rent a car, they'll ask you to enter your credit card number in order to complete your reservation. Once the sale goes through, you will be sent, usually via e-mail, a car rental confirmation, which is what you will use to obtain your car on the day in which it was reserved.

Most, if not all, top car rental companies participate in car rental comparison sites. So using a well-known car rental/reservation site pretty much guarantees a hassle-free experience, both when making the reservation, and when picking up the car at your destination. Using well-known companies means fewer problems with car pick-up, drop-off, and condition of the car.

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