Bill wrote:
>>On May 5, 8:39 pm, "- Bobb -" wrote:
>>
>>The CA fees for Hertz (probably all at the airport) are really
>>something:
>>
>>Additional Items (included in Total Charges)
>>Tax 18.60 %
>>Rhetorically he asked ...
>>18% tax !??
>
>
> 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
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>
> 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 ...
>
If you are using a longer term rental it can be significantly cheaper to
take a short term rental to go to a cheaper location where you rent for
the remainder of the time.
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