Car Rental Question

Moving cross country, and U-Haul is expensive beyond belief. Thinking of renting a van instead...what car rental companies are the cheapest?

 

I rented a van from Enterprise for the day at $55. If you think you can do the move in one day, that might be a pretty good deal, since you get unlimited mies. But I nearly fucked up my bed jamming it in there.

 

what would you do with your car?

 

My spouse usually prices moving trucks when we need them (because I'm too busy putting everything in bubble wrap), but one thing you want to keep in mind if you get a van from a car rental company is that usually they'll tack on a hefty one-way rental fee, which I'm assuming you'll encounter since you're moving cross-country.

 

don't get a small pull-behind rig that you'd attach to your car. Google U-Haul LA times and see what I mean. They just did a gnarly expose on how U-Haul doesn't perform maintenance very well.

 

http://www.rentawreck.com/

 

U-Haul has a horrible safety record up here. They're routinely pulling their trucks and vans off the road. And I mean serious stuff, like brakes.

 

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If you can fit all stuff into a van how much value does it really have? Sell it and start fresh.

 

If you're moving yourself never, ever use U-Haul.

They are the Spawn of Satan. Their trucks Suck with a capital S.

 

I used Budget trucks to move myself cross-country and it was pretty pricey, but a lot cheaper than U-Haul and the truck was relatively new and had no problems climbing the Rockies. I think Penske was cheaper, but they didn't have any dealers where I was moving from.
If you do rent a truck and are going to tow a car, let me just tell you get the trailer where you put the car up on it. Not the kind where the two front wheels are the air and the back wheels are on the ground.
Near Amarillo in crazy wind, one of my wheel straps came undone. I am still not sure why my car didn't roll on the trailer. Very lucky that day.