Renting a car for vacations / road trips is expensive. sure you can but expect to pay $100 per day. Also expect to arrive and be told they can't fill your reservation as they are out of cars.

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mschuster91 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Renting a car for vacations / road trips is expensive. sure you can but expect to pay $100 per day.

Indeed... but now, think of the price difference between a small-ish commute EV and a chungus EV or ICE. Easily tens of thousands of dollars, that's a lot of days worth of rent.

> Also expect to arrive and be told they can't fill your reservation as they are out of cars.

That's extremely fucking rare to happen. In the eventuality your reservation can't be filled, you'll usually get upgraded for free. Personally, got upgraded from a small VW Golf class to a VW Phaeton once, plus a day for free. And automatic, no stick shift like the Golf.

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bluGill 5 days ago | parent [-]

Over the life of a car tens of thousands of dollars isn't that hard to build up though if the car cannot do anything. And there is value in having the vehicle that does what you need when the inspiration strikes.

Not having any rental cars is very common in my experience. I'm often renting in smaller cities though (like the rental car place just a couple miles from my house), I've never heard of problems in big tourist destinations or large cities.

	▲	Symbiote 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		There's also the convenience of having the car more appropriate for day-to-day use. E.g. a family with two cars, where the smaller car is preferred because it's easier to park in the limited space available in a European city.

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kjkjadksj 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Seems expensive but in the grand scheme of a road trip that is only like a 33% increase in price when you factor in a motel room for $100 a night, maybe $100 spend on gas a day filling up twice, $100 on three meals coffee and snacks for one. Give or take of course.

That is probably why the american road trip is a dying animal. Past a days drive you are coming way behind just flying straight there.