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Old Jun 5th, 2011, 02:46 PM
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Anchorage car rental

Any ideas to get reasonable car rental rates for 2 weeks starting in Anchorage in August?
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Old Jun 5th, 2011, 04:49 PM
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Best place to start: Kayak.com

Get rates of the car you want, with the features you want, for the dates you want; either at the airport or within the city.

One of the options of Kayak is to simultaneously get rates from Hotwire and Expedia. In some cases you get only the rate, not the company, but a car's a car.

With this info, you are a lot more likely to make an intelligent use of Priceline and get the best possible rate.
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Old Jun 6th, 2011, 01:16 AM
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And you may have to redefine what your preconceptions were about "reasonable" in Alaska for car rental - most expensive place I have ever rented a car.
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Old Jun 6th, 2011, 12:26 PM
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Gail, yes I am seeing that so much so that I'm thinking about pushing my trip to late August early September , the car rates appear to drop dramatically. Thanks
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I just booked a week in Sept on Hotwire. It's very expensive from the airport, but more than 1/2 the price if you book in the town of Anchorage. I got a week for just over a $100 instead of $300 or $400. You will need to take a taxi, but it is only 3.5 miles from the airport.
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