Here are five rules we follow when dealing with sometimes maddening Hawaii car rentals.
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Here are five rules we follow when dealing with sometimes maddening Hawaii car rentals.
Aloha,
Last couple of visits,I have gone the Turo route as cheaper
Aloha,
Why didnt you look up local places like Lucky Owl? For local renters they are the best and dont make you wait hours? I suggest them to all visitors as they are usually cheapest as well.
Last time we stayed in Waikiki, we were able to rent a car for just the 2 days we planned to explore the rest of the island, and the pick up location was right on Kalakaua so it was very convenient and cost less because we didn’t rent a car for our entire stay.
We find good deals on priceline. Great for flights cars and lodging
To Beat of Hawaii: You asked where I checked for car prices and I agree I didn’t like paying in advance for a better rate and have never done it before. We booked our trip only a month in advance and I wanted to make sure we had a car. In my experience the closer to your reservation the car prices seem to stay the same or go up. I checked for prices directly on all the car rental companies websites plus Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, kayak etc and Costco. Wisecars had the cheapest rate for a van and I could have cancelled my pre-paid car reservation but I never found a cheaper rate and I checked often. (I was imagining a bunch of charges and credits on my credit card when changing car reservations) I had never used Wisecars before and after booking through them I read a lot of bad reviews but it turned out fine for us.
Hi Kathy.
Glad it worked out. We are always leery of third parties like Wisecars as well.In addition to those you checked, we’d also suggest Discount Hawaii Car Rental and Autoslash.
Aloha.
Thank you BOH!!!
After reading this yesterday, remembered rule #3, and rebooked my standard SUV rental through Enterprise last night for over $600 less than my original booking three months ago. Now $1,030 for 17 days, which I think is outstanding for an SUV. This was $2,144 when I first reserved last year.
The lower prices are absolutely wonderful, but for someone like me who likes to plan all the details, these ever-changing prices make budgeting tough. I would have visited sooner 😉
Hi Jake.
Great! Thanks for letting us know. We can’t even count how much we have saved by doing the same thing over the years.
Aloha.