Okay, I’ve traveled quite a bit in my life and I’ve probably declared more hotel rooms than 95% of the population. In fact, I have traveled to more cities than 99% of the population, and I have also been banned from more car rental agencies than I would like to recall. Why do you ask? Because in my company I spent too many miles on rental cars, no, it is not because I am afraid of flying, I am actually a pilot, it is because I am a retired franchisor, and when I build my company I would do it from the city. to the city, and I didn’t take the planes much because I had too many stops along the way.
I remember a time when I rented a car in Georgia and put 48,000 miles on it in five weeks. In fact, I rented the car for $ 260 per week. You can imagine when I returned the car how shocked and angry they were, and how they wanted to hit my credit card for $ 10,000 more. However, I had them stick to $ 260 per week, and I told them that’s the deal, that’s what I signed up for, and it wasn’t my fault that I made their car go over 26,000 miles, which is generally the point. where they trade the car because they have a deal with the auto auction.
You can understand that obviously putting almost 50,000 miles on a car in five weeks and using up half its useful life and paying just $ 1200+ costs the car rental company a ton of money. They lost and I won, but that was the deal. In fact, they felt that I was taking advantage of them, and I was banned for life from renting a car from that company again. Over the years, similar scenarios had occurred, although not so many kilometers away. I am currently banned by four different car rental companies, for life.
You might be laughing, but this is not much fun because car rental agencies and brands often merge, and there are not as many as before, so now I can only rent a few. Suffice it to say that I recommend that you try not to take advantage of Rent-A-Car companies, but still get the best deal for you.
Otherwise, Rent-A-Car companies will likely be barred as well, and that could affect your ability to travel in the future. In fact, I’ve been to some airports where three-quarters of Rent-A-Car companies had run out of cars, and the only company that had a car left, well, it was one that had already banned me rent. Perhaps you consider all this and think about it.