The free service Autoslash uses your memberships in clubs like Costco and services like AAA to find discount rentals and then tracks them to see if the price drops.Įlectric vehicles are one way around gas hikes.
To save, consider a Costco membership ($60 to $120) for access to its travel department’s rental car deals a recent search found a daily savings of $30 on a rental in San Francisco. The travel search engine Kayak recently put the average rental car price at $101 a day in summer, up 67 percent over 2019. Rental car prices are expected to remain high throughout the year, as agencies run short on inventory after selling much of it at the height of the pandemic and unable to replenish their fleets because of supply chain challenges.
