One time, I flew into Frankfurt, Germany, took a train to Trier, spent a few hours touring Trier and

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In previous McCool Travel  blog and Facebook posts, I showed that for rental cars I typically use discounts from AAA , Entertainment books , and Costco , get great value renting from Emerald Aisle (National Car Rental)  and Hertz (but sometimes use Avis or other brands), and how to use Auto Slash to further lower your rental car rate. And I showed you some creative and stealthy rental enterprise rent a car discount codes car maneuvers.
One time, I flew into Frankfurt, Germany, took a train to Trier, spent a few hours touring Trier and researching their archives , and picked up a car at their Hertz office just before their 6pm closing time.
Still another trip, I flew into Seattle, spent a few days downtown, picked up a car at a downtown location, used that car for two days to visit Portland and Mt. St. Helens, returned it to a Tacoma enterprise rent a car discount codes location, and then rented an RV. Whew!
A sort-of brilliant side effect to the first two scenarios was that I was able to return the cars to the airport location for the same rate as the rental location. That was much more convenient that I did not have to take a cab ride, shuttle, or bus.
Allow me to explain. To rent a car at Ft. Lauderdale, everyone must take a shuttle bus to a central rental car facility; all car firms are there. When I have a Hertz Gold or Emerald Aisle reservation and can bypass the line, it still often takes 20-30 minutes to get to a car after I exit the terminal.
If, instead, I exit the terminal and immediately get in a taxi, I will likely be in my car at the off-airport location within enterprise rent a car discount codes the same 20-30 minutes. However, I am now 10-15 minutes closer to my intended destination. Brilliant! Of course it takes a minor bit of planning to select a location in the same direction as where you intend to go.
Taking public transportation often costs less and usually (but not always) takes more time. Depends on the traffic. For instance, the light rail in Seattle is super convenient, clean, speedy, and inexpensive. It can get you from the airport to downtown in less time than driving, during rush hour.