Since then, demand has continued to grow, but the pace is not as radical as what we saw.” “There was no way to grow the supply fast enough to meet demand. “The surge in demand is what created that crunch,” Mangahas says. Microchip shortages and other supply chain issues throttled supply and drove the cost of cars higher. However, as the pandemic waned and demand picked back up, these companies couldn’t quickly restore their fleets. The Avis Budget Group sold 250,000 vehicles in 2021 alone. Unlike airlines and hotels, which can’t immediately sell their aircraft and properties during a downturn, rental car companies offloaded a huge portion of their fleet.
We appreciated Nu Car’s rates, just be sure to read the fine print before you rent from them.The early stages of the pandemic decimated the rental car industry, as it did for the travel industry more broadly. We gambled again by getting another bargain deal from Fox Rent A Car in SLC for our trip to Idaho and thankfully had no issues with that company. However, apparently they’re a small company and we weren’t prepared for these quirks - we should have read the fine print.
In the end, it was hard to beat Nu Car rental rates. As we had prepaid and our booking was non-refundable, we had to eat the cost of renting a car from another agency for that portion of our trip. We had never rented a car with such restrictions before. Considering Idaho was only an hour and a half away, we were quite astonished.
Next, we found out we were not allowed to drive the car to Idaho, one of our intended destinations. Still, considering we had prepaid, we felt they should have held our car. Thankfully, a suitable car arrived in a bit over an hour. Their lot was empty and they said it could be hours or days. Nu Car said our only option was to wait indefinitely for another suitable car to arrive. Jun 2022 We arrived (granted two hours and five minutes late) to find that the car we had prepaid for had been given to someone else.
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