I have booked my flights from the UK to Seattle arriving on 16th June 09 and driving down to San Die

I have booked my flights from the UK to Seattle arriving on 16th June 09 and driving down to San Diego to leave on 7th July 09 back to the UK. Thats all booked now. There are two of us going, both well over 30.
What you want, I believe, are the booking search engines such as Travelocity, Expedia, Orbitz, Kayak and the like. These will let you see the total prices (for the car and one way drop-off) from half a dozen or so of the major car rental firms. The price quoted will usually include taxes and fees as well, but NOT fees for additional drivers or insurance, since those are things that you normally sign up for at the point of getting the car. I did a quick search for three weeks in June-July of this year and am being quoted prices between $1,700 and $2000 depending on the company and type of car. You will have to check with the individual companies as to what their charge for an additional driver is, but often if it is a spouse, there is no additional charge. As to insurance, you should check with your own underwriter to see if your current coverage extends to rental cars that you drive. It is also worthwhile to check with your credit card companies to see if they insure you when you rent the car on their card; many do. And if you are a member birmingham airport hotels of RAC or AA, they many also extend you coverage. Just don't buy coverage that you already have. Not only won't you need it, but in the event of an accident, it will just complicate things as everyone tries to get the other coverage to pay for it. Finally, you would be hard pressed to rent a car in America that did not come with an automatic transmission and air conditioning and, except in the cheapest models, cruise control and a CD player.
I always tend to think going directly to the company website is the best bet to get a quote that includes everything birmingham airport hotels you need. I like looking birmingham airport hotels at the big multi-company birmingham airport hotels search sites, like expedia and travelocity, to get a feel for prices and to see who might be cheapest, but then, I always birmingham airport hotels go to the rental company website, be it hertz, alamo, dollar, budget, etc. The company specific site usually has better information about those extra fees, although sometimes you have to look for them.
It will be virtually impossible to rent a car in the US that doesn't have AC and an automatic transmission. The challenge is actually the opposite, if you prefer driving a manual transmission, they are basically non-existant in the american birmingham airport hotels rental car market. birmingham airport hotels The only time I've ever been able to rent a car with a standard transmission was from an agency birmingham airport hotels in Mexico!
Ended up looking birmingham airport hotels through all the different sites on the internet and went with a Chevrolet Trailblazer through www.holidayautos.co.uk . The price was all shown on the site, we only are left with the drop off fee to pay.
Now for the drive, no planning just a drive from Seattle to San Diego. If we like somewhere we stay for a while and if we dont we drive on. We know we want to take the coastal road as much as we can and are sane enough, just, to know if we get a bit late we can play catch up on the motorway.
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