Tuesday, October 29, 2013

One Way Car Rental -- I Had Forgotten How Expensive It Can Be

I am headed to Indiana Tech Law School next week to give a presentation, and I decided to make it into a little vacation with my wife, so I arranged to fly into Fort Wayne, and fly out of Indianapolis.  It turns out that dropping off at another airport is astonishingly expensive.  It's a bit late to change stuff now, but wow.
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  1. John CunninghamOctober 30, 2013 at 3:05 PM

    Clayton, have you tried scrounging a ride from someone at the school in Ft Wayne? If I were there, I would jump at the chance to talk with you for a couple of hours on the drive.

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  2. Clayton CramerOctober 30, 2013 at 4:59 PM

    They have taxi service available, so we can delay the car rental until Saturday morning.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 2, 2013 at 7:52 AM

    Google maps says Ft. Wayne and Indy are 126 miles, about 2 hours, apart.

    I don't know who you're using but Avis' web site says $21 for pickup/return in Ft. Wayne, and $87 to drop off in Indy (intermediate size car, 24 hour rental). A 4-day rental is $63 / $261 under the same terms.

    For the $198 difference, it would make sense to pay someone $50+ gas (about $12-15 I'd guess) to drive it back to Ft. Wayne and turn it in there.

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  4. Clayton CramerNovember 2, 2013 at 9:13 AM

    If I knew anyone willing to do the one-way drive, this might make sense. But it would also require adding this person yet unknown to the car rental contract, and trusting them to actually return it on time.

    I am going to only rent the car starting on Saturday morning. That knocks it down a bit.

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