In Bozeman, Montana, a rental car will zap you $350 a day plus gas, or $650 for something fancier than a compact. In Manchester, New Hampshire, $250 a day plus gas. In Dallas, Texas, and Denver, Colorado, it’s better at $80 but the wait times are very long. Many people find themselves without and instead take Uber. In Salt Lake City, Utah, and Savannah, Georgia, you will throw down $150 per day plus.
The only real deals out there – by which I mean not $14 per day like it was six months ago but $70 – require that you grant the agency choice over what car they give you: the answer is whatever they happen to have on the floor. Also watch for a change in terms of service. Some companies have dropped “unlimited mileage:: a woman in Denver found herself with a $28,000 bill from driving 200 miles.
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