Practical Traveler: 7 Tips for Saving on Rental Cars

With prices expected to surge during the busy summer car-rental season, here are some ways to keep costs down.

7 Tips for Saving on Rental Cars

HITTING the road this summer? Better get booking. As the busy summer car-rental season begins, prices are expected to climb. “In early June through the end of August, these rates will spike,” said Neil Abrams, president of Abrams Consulting Group, which tracks the car rental industry.

New Website Finds Applicable Car Rental Coupons for You

A new website www.Zalyn.com keeps a database of affiliate- and user-submitted car rental coupons that users can then search for based on applicable criteria, which means that the site analyzes the terms and conditions of each coupon to determine whether it applies to each user, according to website founder Sorab Bhardwaj.

Let the deals come to you

Between the time you book a trip and the time you take it, there's a good chance that the hotel, rental car company, or airline lowered the price. These websites (one of them just launched) watch your purchase and rebook you at a lower rate automatic...

Ways 2 Save: Car Rental & Airfare Deals

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Usually when I tackle a savings topic, like laptops or TVs for example, prices are at their lowest and I'm deal blogging about the top offers in the country.