Dollar Car Rental
January 3, 2009 by Travel Info, Adventures & Travel Packages
Filed under Car Rental Companies
Not all people have cars. On occasion car owners can’t use their own vehicle. Maybe their car is being repaired. At times people shy away from driving long distances in their vehicle. Wear and tear can be minimized this way. This is a job for Dollar car rental.
Imagine this scenario. You live in the suburbs. Your job is inside the city. You live near the railroad station. A car would just sit around in a parking lot, so what have it? When you’re working you can’t drive. So it makes sense to plan errands such as shopping for a Saturday. Rent a car that day. Return it on Sunday after riding around town, doing the shopping, even driving to a restaurant for dinner. Most likely for less that $20 all your car needs have been met. Compare that cost – $20 for a day over the course of 52 weeks is $1040 – to the purchase price of a car plus all the associated costs like maintenance, insurance, registration, emissions, and more which add up to thousands of dollars each year. The rental car is a better deal.
For people who need the car every day, a purchase is a better option. Maybe the kids have a lot of activities and need a chauffeur. All the groceries may be too heavy to carry on a bus. Buying is the thing. But with a little planning there’s no purchase necessary, just rent for the short term use.
Companies pay for each mile employees drive. That cost is fifty cents per mile. Add it up – $50 a day if someone drives 100 miles. A car rental from Dollar 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. That company would do better with a Dollar car rental.





