i wonder if someone who has recentley been over can tell me what the car hire companies are charging for a full tank of gas if you book a fully inclusive package without the free tank of gas, i have noticed there is quite a difference in price bewteen fully inclusive and platinum, sometimes around £60.
Im trying to decide if its cheaper to go fully inclusive and pay for a tank of gas at the car hire desk.
Alamo/National are the fairest and if you opt to pre-pay for your fuel then it's approx the pump price plus tax (Dollar charge up to double or sometimes tripple the pump price!)
If you are collecting on or after 1st April and book through us on the Silver option with Alamo or National then you can return full to avoid the refueling fee.
I would recommend paying for the full package either Dollar Gold or Alamo Silver, because when you return the car and you do not have a complete full tank they will charge you Airport prices and to give you an example, I got caught out on one of my first visits to Orlando as the local prices was $ 2.74 a gallon I was charged about $ 7.00 a gallon
Dollar also let you return the car full on the Silver option - recently returned a car with a full tank of gas. They just looked at the guage and said it was fine. When we picked up the car they asked us if we wanted to return the car with a full tank, which we accepted.
ellie
We use Budget silver package which gives you the extra driver, but not the tank of petrol, so we just bring it back full. No problem. How many times is a tank completely empty when you have that option, so you're being charged for a full tank of petrol which you haven't fully used!
Hazel.
I have noticed when you hire a car with a 'full tank of fuel' that once you reach the refuel stage, you always get more mileage from the second tank so obvioulsy 'full' is not totally full. However we do find it is cheaper to pay for a full tank rather than pay for the car company to fill it.
Not that we hire a car often now as we have our own car in Florida, but sometimes we take a 24 hour hire which is cheaper than a taxi.
Andrena
Out of interest, what size car was it? In general Alamo charge the pump price on the manufacturers tank size, then they have to add sales tax, so will be a bit over pump price overall. Another reason why taking back full is a much better option.
Originally Posted by MICKEYSDEN
It was a full size car, can't remember which Nissan but a lovely car to drive and lots of space in the boot for all our shopping bags and suit cases, I only had it for the weekend but we used the full tank of petrol and it saved us having to go to petrol stations so I didin't mind the price.
Karen
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