> On May 5, 8:39=A0pm, "- Bobb -" wrote:
>
> The CA fees for Hertz (probably all at the airport) are really
> something:
>
> Additional Items (included in =A0Total Charges)
> Tax =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 18.60 %
> Rhetorically he asked ...
> 18% tax !?? =A0
This is actually not bad compared to some other places. There was a
USA Today article on highest rental car taxes at airports and I think
Houston was the "winner" with 73% tax. Several others were between
30-40%, including the city I live in, where rental car taxes help pay
for our shiny new football stadium.
> An 11% CONCESSION charge
Usually you can avoid this one by picking up the car off site ... as
an example I think in Anchorage there's a 15% state tax, 10% city tax
and 8% airport tax (these may not be exact but pretty close) and you
can avoid the 8% tax by picking up the car by picking it up at a site
nearby but not *at* the airport ...
And so it goes ...
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