Rental Cars

American Express Platinum cardholders get access to all sorts of travel benefits, but some of the most useful ones can also be the easiest to overlook. That’s especially true with …

Choosing a rental car is not the most glamorous part of vacation planning. Most of the time, I don’t care what I’m driving — I just want something that’s not …

When you rent a car, there are almost always costs not included in the advertised price. Sales tax. Vehicle license recovery fee. Customer facility charge. Concession recovery fee. Parking surcharge. …

I remember when I first became a National Car Rental Emerald Club member. That status gave me the privilege of booking a midsize car and being able to rent any …

In a previous article, I went over the Collision/Loss Damage Waiver (CDW/LDW) rental car companies offer, ways you might already be covered, and other ways to purchase coverage. There are …

We’ve had Sirius and/or XM subscriptions in our cars for over a decade. Needless to say, when we’re renting a car for a road trip, we want to bring our …

We’ve gone over a couple of situations that involve travel, rental cars and breaking the law: If you’re in a rental car and get a traffic violation in another country, …

You know the questions you’re going to be asked at the counter when renting a car. Do you want to upgrade to a larger/nicer/fancier car? How about the insurance coverage? …

I’ve been using AutoSlash for longer than I can remember. There was a time, shortly after the pandemic, when rental car pricing went absolutely crazy. During that stretch, my corporate …

Hertz has been through it lately. First, it was the controversy over arresting customers who were falsely accused of stealing their rental cars. Then came the EV debacle, where renters …