| New York is a popular travel destination. Whether its | | | | 5. Know your car. Check your prospect's fleet. New |
| business or tourist travelers, the state plays host to | | | | York car rentals are often classified into various |
| millions of visitors each year. Being the largest financial | | | | categories for price variations. The trick is to book for |
| district in the world, New York undoubtedly attracts | | | | a lesser, lower-classed vehicle and book ahead. |
| millions of business travelers each year. As such, New | | | | Especially during peak travel seasons, you are more |
| York doesn't only have a wide array of comfortable | | | | likely to be upgraded, never downgraded, when there |
| lodging options; it also has a whole line of car rental | | | | are glitches, switches and confusion. |
| companies. With the many options available, how do | | | | Customer Feedback and Reviews |
| you pick which New York car rental company to use? | | | | If you are shopping for New York car rentals for the |
| 1. Check your discounts. Your credit card, bank, airline, | | | | first time, the choice can be a hit-and-miss. But if you |
| hotel or other businesses you use are likely to have | | | | do a bit of Google-ing, you could dramatically tip the |
| rewards programs, promo packages and other | | | | odds to your favor. There are plenty of online forums |
| agreements with certain New York car rentals that | | | | and feedback sites that you can dig up to see what |
| provide significant discounts. You don't want to pass | | | | customers say about the service they've had with |
| this up. | | | | your options. Of course, you don't have to look up |
| 2. Check their discounts. New York car rental | | | | feedback for every single rental car company within a |
| companies routinely offer specials to snag more | | | | two-mile radius from your destination; pick two or three |
| customers. The competition is stiff and you'd have at | | | | of your best bets based on the above criteria, and |
| least ten companies vying for your business. Check | | | | then check the feedback for those. If the items on |
| their discount offers. You may get as much as 50% | | | | your shortlist do not meet your expectations based on |
| off if you take out a vehicle over the weekend. | | | | feedback, by all means scratch them from the list and |
| 3. Look for special features. Some rental car | | | | replace them with other items. |
| companies have fleets that carry GPS. Some offer | | | | Just a note on evaluating feedback and service |
| roadside assistance. They don't have to provide these | | | | reviews though. If you encounter a car rental company |
| value-added services themselves. Other services, | | | | with a half-positive, half-negative general feedback |
| such as roadside assistance can be provided by | | | | rating, scratch it from the list right away and look for a |
| affiliate businesses. | | | | better-rated, positively reviewed option. Pay close |
| 4. Consider office locations. Check company locations. | | | | attention to the negative reviews and see what areas |
| You'd want to rent a car from a company with | | | | the complaints were centered on. Some companies |
| locations in the areas you are traveling to so that if | | | | offer you discounts and freebies in exchange for bad |
| and when you have to, switching cars happens fast | | | | service. You don't want that kind of business. |
| and easy. | | | | |