We Just Saved Additional 25% On Upcoming Hawaii Car Rental

We Saved Extra 25% On Hawaii Car Rental. It Wasn’t Costco

In our tenacious pursuit of value in Hawaii travel. Hawaii car rentals to the forefront today with what just happened to us.

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50 thoughts on “We Saved Extra 25% On Hawaii Car Rental. It Wasn’t Costco”

  1. When we went a year ago to Maui for a week, we used Costco for our rental. They had the best price for us at the time compared to everyone else.

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  2. Excellent, helpful article & exactly what I do when booking a car rental. I’ve used DHCR since 2007. Have never steered me wrong. Checking w/3rd parties & direct car rentals, DHCR always found the cheapest, no-strings attached rates.They show all the rates starting from cheapest to most expensive so you can compare & choose, giving you the confidence that you’ve got the best rate-currently. & they offer 1-2 free xtra drivers where direct might not! Auto Slash’s cheapest rates are pre-paid & I never do that (no refunds if you need to change/cancel) & they don’t show the next tier rate so you can’t choose a refundable rate to compare. *flight times can change so adjust car reserv if needed.Might save $$ !

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      1. Discount Hawaiian Car Rental. They find the lowest amongst the car rental companies and the reservation # you get through them comes from the car company itself. Free cancellations up until pick up. 👍🏽

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    1. Not entirely accurate, at least not my experience. I can’t speak to DHCR since I’ve never used them. But while Autoslash shows prepaid rates which are lower, it also offers the opportunity to see rates that are not prepaid.
      I always book them through them and use them to check rates going forward for me since I don’t. Have the time to go online every day checking. There have been many times when they have saved me money but there have been a couple of times when I have gone back and randomly checked on a slow day and found a lower rate through their site. I guess no system is perfect!

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      1. Hi Al, I guess accurate is subjective. AutoSlash has never shown other rates for me. I use my phone so if it doesn’t show others while using that than it sounds like they need a fix to their website. As such, their cheapest they show me is prepay. And they don’t offer the 1-2 free extra drivers that DHCR do. So both of those don’t help me find the cheapest rates. But if it works for you… 🤙🏽

        1. Hi Tammy, we’re not sure what you mean when you say ” AutoSlash has never shown other rates for me”. Can you clarify what you mean by “other rates”?

          We do now offer both pay-now and pay-later rates. Sometimes, the pay-now rates can be significantly less expensive than pay-later, and you can cancel up to 48 hours prior to pickup for a full refund, so we can keep shopping for better deals for you. That said, the choice is always yours on which type of deal to book. We just present the options and let the customer decide.

          Lastly, we do frequently offer deals that include a free additional driver. We clearly denote those deals on our offers page that you see when you click through from one of our quote emails.

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  3. Having visited twice in 21 and once in 22 the prices were a bit better in 22, but still outrageous as you point out. If the Rentals have ramped up with new inventory, why are the prices still so outrageous?

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  4. Costco often has the best car rental prices and you can change the reservation any time before you pick up the car – also,
    not prepaid.

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  5. Hello, I so appreciate your updates on the car rental situation. The car is our most expensive item for our yearly trips. You do not mention having checked Costco for prices. I know it is members only, but usually, our savings covers the cost of the membership plus some!
    Thanks for all you do.

  6. Airlines, car rental, etc are constantly checking prices with high end computers updating pricing databases which in turn effects what price consumers are offered. Firms don’t want to be neither to high or low and thus stuck with empty seats on planes cars on lots and even worse missed revenue by not getting the going mkt rate. It’s been this way for a generation since booking travel online became a thing. Kinda why you see the are you human checks to make it harder for bots to function.

  7. We use Costco Travel for rentals and have always been happy. I always compare it to other sources and find it to be better than most. It is a pay on arrival and no penalties for cancelation right up to arrival. We got a 12 day full size rental Sept 15 – 27 for 725. No notification process that I know of but if you watch prices you can cancel and rebook; that is what we did as our original reservation was going to be 1200.

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  8. Great advice, Mahalo. A long way from the ’80’s and ’90’s for $89/3-Days and $149/Week for a Mustang Convertible @ Budget.

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  9. Love, love your articles. I, too shop over and over for car rentals just as you. I am curious as to why you don’t mention COSTCO? It is rare that I find someone to beat COSTCO but it does happen. Discount Hawaii Car Rental being that one most often. The first price you see from COSTCO includes all the extras. When you search providers you mention, the first number looks to be a winner, THEN adds in all the taxes and fees so I end up back with a COSTCO reservation. Mahalo for the help!

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    1. Hi Kay.

      Thank you. It’s been updated. Yes Costco was checked but wasn’t the one that worked this time.

      Aloha.

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    2. Costco hasn’t been competitive at all for the last 2 years – for my previous trips + an upcoming trip in November. I keep checking but $2-300 higher for KOA.

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    1. I hope they’re tearing their customers better. My s-I-law reserved through them for Oct 2019 and they cancelled his reservation two weeks before his trip. Not fun to have to scramble last minute and rent at higher pricing. We won’t use Turo again.

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