Hertz is rolling out an hourly rental car service like Zipcar's called "Connect," starting in New York City, Park Ridge, N.J, London and Paris. Best of all, no dealing with counter staff. [NYT] (Photo: Marike79)
Our buddy Better Miles over at Upgrade Travel takes Hertz's "Green Collection" of rental cars to the mat. Then rolls them up in the mat. Then feeds the mat through a Fargo-like wood chipper. Then urinates on the steaming slurry.
Here's about 385 working discount codes and coupons for National, Enterprise, Budget, AVIS, and HERTZ, courtesy of Fat Wallet. The post says they're all tested as of 6/30/07. If you have trouble using any of the codes, read through the pages of...
Hey, it's not just me and Dollar Rent-A-Car that hates the Boroughs and everything their denizenship of loudmouthed bozos and doofus hipsters stands for. Hertz does too!
Why is Hertz charging Kathy $499.48 for a flat tire? Kathy writes:
Ryan's wife is currently traveling alone with their 3-month-old son on the way to an unexpected funeral near Salt Lake, Utah. Despite the fact that she paid for the rental up front as part of an Orbitz package, the local Hertz jerks are refusing...
You may have missed it, but a number of national car-rental places amended or ended their car-rental grace periods this year. These were rules that said if you returned your car an hour or two late, they wouldn't charge you for the overtime.
Consumer Affairs has an article up called "Florida Opens Cramming Probe." They've got that the order jumbled up. Let me give you the advice my father gave me: "Son, first you probe, then you cram."
I'm sure many Consumerist readers either currently or previously had to work as a part-time wage-slave. Now that the holidays are over, what are the 'best' sickening sales creeds that management has ever given you?
One month after returning his Hertz rental car on a German holiday without a scratch, Michael Remmert found himself suddenly billed for $1000 in repairs. Moreover, when he asked to see the repair estimate, they sent him one dated 30 days after the...
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