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- From: bwong@beach.csulb.edu (Bradley Wong)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Rental Cars & Additional Drivers
- Message-ID: <Bs7zK0.EEr@beach.csulb.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 20:57:36 GMT
- References: <1255@netxcom.netx.com>
- Organization: Cal State Long Beach
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- In article <1255@netxcom.netx.com> jwc@netxcom.netx.com (Jeff Comer) writes:
- >
- >Reminds me of the time we rented a car in Atlanta for a drive down the
- >West Coast of Florida. The first thing the rental agent tells us, "You
- >can't take the car into Florida." Great; we're already a 5-mile ride from
- >the airport. So we took the car anyway ("Florida? Where's that...?").
- >Curiously, the car (and all others in the lot) has Florida tags. It's
- >like some sort of scam going on here.... But there was no Florida provi-
- >sion on the contract, just a verbal statement, so I felt we were safe.
- >And no, we didn't buy the CDW that day either.
- >
- >-jc
-
- I believe that the Florida restriction is because of the per day surcharge
- that is charged on each day a rental car is used in Florida. I think I
- paid $5 a day the last time I was there.
-
- Kind of like, "Did you take the airport bus here??"
- Yes = $~4-10 airport surcharge
- No = $0 airport surcharge
-
- Guess which answer you should give. :)
-
- Bradley Wong
- bwong@beach.csulb.edu
-