anybody in the bay area? i NEED to rent a car for a conference but im 18.

[phatcow]

recommendations of companies, or can someone scan the rental car sections of their phonebooks for me please?

 

[thereds]

What conference is this for?

not that I can help, just curious.

wait a sec, I think enterprise lets you rent even though you're only 18. try them.

 

[phatcow]

Im going to sanfran, then driving down to diego for toorcon.

its a security conference.

 

[phatcow]

begging bump

 

[yakko]

Are you in Green Bay or Tampa Bay?

 

[BigSmooth]

I'm fairly certain you won't be able to rent from any of the major rental agencies, including Enterprise. They will rent to people under 25 for a fee, but not at all to people under 21, I believe. I'm not 100% sure of that, so you might check it out anyway.

Try checking out Yahoo! yellow pages (list your location as SF) and call some of the local outfits.

 

[Unclemo]

it's going to be tough... i remember about 4 years ago renting from Enterprise when I was 20. Didn't pay any age discrimination premium either come to think of it. Somehow I evaded the question and didn't give them the chance to make an issue of it. Maybe I got lucky.

 

[phatcow]

DAMMIT... i NEED a car.... no way im going around in a expensiverape taxi.

 

[goofygrin]

Rent a Ranger from Budget?

Or a moving van Seriously, when I was 18, I needed to rent a car and I couldn't, but I *could* rent a MOVING TRUCK (like that's safer!).

Anyway... good luck!

 

[phatcow]

bumpi

 

[iamwiz82]

yep, uhaul will rent moving vans, and you can get one of their Chevy trucks or astro vans instead of a big ole truck

 

[CoffeeIsGod]

If your conference is in SF and you're staying in SF you don't need a car. Public transport isn't too bad and the city is small so taxi's aren't too expensive.

 

[ricerx]

I think Budget used to rent to 18 or over for an extra fee, if I remember correctly. Then again it's been about 10 years so who knows. They may have changed their policy.

 

[StageLeft]

extra fee is generally $25 extra/day for the few companies that will rent

 

[LaBang]

buy a $300 beater and hope it does break down. no joke.

 

[The Stigenator]

enterprise rents for under 21. I rented one when I was 18.. or was I 19.. ?? oh well I had an accident (someone rear ended me) and I rented a car from enterprise. I had to pay a premium of 10 bucks a day .. but not the rental price of 25 per day. So I was lucky..

Try enterprise.

 

[mrchan]

i think it varies on location, i could never find a place in the bay that would rent to people under 21

 

[randomlinh]

uhaul let me rent a truck. me 19.

 

[phatcow]

last minute bump