Dollar Car Rental -Information and Tips
Written by man on September 30th, 2009 in Other.
Not everyone owns a car. Some people who own them find themselves in positions where they don’t have access to their own car. This could be while on a vacation, or while their car is being repaired. Sometimes people don’t want to drive their own car on a long trip. They want to avoid the miles of wear and tear on their own vehicle. That’s where Dollar car rental can enter the picture.
Let’s play make believe. You’re a suburbanite. Your job is inside the city. You live near the railroad station. Since you spend so much of your time at work, why have a car sitting in a paid parking space? Nobody drives the car while you’re at work. Run errands on Saturday. Go to Avis or Hertz for a car for the day. Drive it around town to do all the things needed for that day, use it to drive to the local movie theater that evening, then return it on Sunday. That adds up to about $20 for all the necessary car use. Owning a car and paying all the insurance, registration, garage and parking fees, is a lot more than $20 x 52 or about $1040 a year. The car rental is a bargain.
For people who need the car every day, a purchase is a better option. Maybe the kids need a lift to school each day, but the school bus isn’t convenient for the family and it doesn’t get them to sports practices and music lessons. Maybe the typical daily tasks and errands require more travel and carrying than would be workable on a bus or train schedule. Then it’s like the song lyrics “Buy buy buy” a car. But with a little planning there’s no purchase necessary, just rent from Dollar car rental for the short term use.
Businesses for which employees travel a lot have to pay mileage reimbursement. That’s often in the neighborhood of fifty cents or more per mile. If someone drives 100 miles that adds up to $50 each day. Renting a car from Dollar car rentals or Budget is only $20 each day, plus $12 for a few gallons of gas is still only $32 for that same 100 mile day. It makes sense, then, for companies to consider a Dollar car rental instead of having employees drive their own cars on business.
