car rental tip! Book from .ca site :)

[mkt]

I just learned this from a friend over on "another board" and it was so good, I decided to share.

If you are booking a rental car, book from the .ca page instead of .com

For some odd reason, lower rates are available on these.

eg... 4 day intermediate (Pontiac G6) rental in Boston in May through budget.

Budget.com total is USD $250.65
Budget.ca total is USD $148.15

That's $102.50 more for booking through the .com page

And this works with National and Alamo as well... for many other dates and cities, including the one that makes this thread relevant- MCO

 

[Nemo14]

Interesting!

What is the difference between a ".com" site and a .ca" site (besides $102.70)?

 

[nolatron]

.ca is the top level domain for Canada.

In other words, domains ending in .ca are Canadian based websites.

I'd be careful trying to pull a reservation like this if you are not a resident of that country. The rental company may pull out some residency requirement for the rate, and you might end up rental-less. Just my $0.02.

Alamo.ca gives the same rate as Alamo.com btw.

 

[Nemo14]

.ca is the top level domain for Canada.

In other words, domains ending in .ca are Canadian based websites.

I'd be careful trying to pull a reservation like this if you are not a resident of that country in case the rental company pulls out some residency requirement for the rate.

Ahhh - thanks for the explanation.

 

[Monty]

Darn Canadians!


:lookaroun

 

[mkt]

Yeah, eh

damn those canadians

 

[jheigl]

The rates they show that are cheaper may be a different currency? Maybe not, but I would be careful.

 

[mkt]

they reflect the rate based on local currency