{"id":63212,"date":"2017-08-09T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rentalcars-com-drives-me-to-the-brink-with-us-car-hire-surcharge\/"},"modified":"2017-08-09T13:21:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T06:21:23","slug":"rentalcars-com-drives-me-to-the-brink-with-us-car-hire-surcharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rentalcars-com-drives-me-to-the-brink-with-us-car-hire-surcharge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rentalcars.com drives me to the brink with US car hire surcharge"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe fee of more than \u00a3100 to drop the car in a different city was not mentioned when I bookedI booked car hire for a day in the US through Rentalcars.com. I was to collect it from Philadelphia and drop it in Cleveland. I paid \u00a335.05 and bought non-refundable tickets to a concert in Cleveland and an overnight return ticket to Philadelphia on a Greyhound bus. I then received an email from Rentalcars saying there would be a $150 (\u00a3113) surcharge for dropping the car at a different depot. This was not mentioned when I booked. My budget is tight (hence the bus) and I cannot afford to pay an extra $150. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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