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VW Camper Rental
Car Rental for Extended periods
Inexpensive Rentals
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VW Camper Rental

June 2004

I'd love to rent a VW camper for a couple of weeks this summer to travel with my husband and 4 month old baby. Does anyone have a recommendation for where to rent one at a reasonable price in Northern California? Also, any experience traveling with an infant in a camper? Thanks!

Hi, you might look at the last couple of Recommendations Given newsletters, re. Calif. Campers (in Redwood City) tel. 650-346- 2871 www.californiacampers.com. We had mixed experiences with the Westy's themselves on our latest trip (last year). CA Campers has vintage late 1980's vans. former Westy renter

Car Rental for Extended periods

Some friends of mine (visiting professor) are coming to Berkeley for 3 mos. and they're looking for an inexpensive car rental. They received a quote for $2600 through one of the major agencies! That seems way too high. Have I just been out of touch with car rental prices, or does anyone know of a reliable, reasonable car rental agency in the Berkeley area? Thanks. Cecelia

Wendy

Dogherty's in El Cerrito will rent cars by the month. My recollection is that you can rent a car for $400-500/month, perhaps as high as $525, but this is still significantly lower than the quote your friend got through a major agency. Dogherty's specializes in moving trucks, but they have a range of Fords in different sizes for more reasonable monthly rental. Their phone number is 234-6025 and they keep regular hours of something like 7AM-6PM.

Inexpensive Car Rentals

July 2001

Hi, I need to rent a car for visiting relatives. I was wondering if anyone out there can recommend an affordable rent-a-car outfit, or would be interested in renting their own car. The dates are July 22-29 (not necessarily all days) and then again in August. We intend on doing small trips, probably 500 miles in all. Thanks a lot! Alon

We just made a trip to LA and we rented a car from the Pay Less car rental. The price was unbelievably cheap! we paid $14 a day. their office is close to the airport, a bit far, but they have great deals!!! Log on to travelocity.com and make a search there. Good luck! Alex

I got a very cheap rental via Priceline. Disadvantage is that I had to pick it up in SF. Advantage:$30 a day for something that usually is $60. Myriam

If you are interested in a used rental car - Try Rent-A-Relic in Oakland - near MacArthur BART. They have a small and helpful staff with good reliable used cars. Their prices are reasonable and typically give 100 free miles a day. The number is 510-601-6560 Mindy

I have just rented a mini-van so we can tour around some visiting relatives from Budget at 600 Gilman. Their weekend rate was 1/2 everyone else's. We are getting 300 free miles, and then I believe it was 18 cents per mile thereafter. I haven't actually rented the van yet so I can't say I've had a good or bad experience, but their rates were certainly competitive Amy

Caroline R

To the person looking for a car rental. We too found the prices very high when arriving in Berkeley a few months ago. We used Entreprise because they were around the block from where we lived, but I have since heard of a company called Rent-a-Relic, where you can, well, as you can imagine...The cars are not new, but they're supposed to work properly. I don't have their number but they're in Berkeley or Oakland I think.

Check out the travel section of the Chronicle for companies offering special deals. Also, Dollar Rent A Car has a web site that offers special deals. It is www.dollar.com. We justed to used them to rent a mini-van for $200 a week with unlimited miledge.
Jason

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