Travel Tips: Car Rentals

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12 Phrases That Mean Big Travel Savings

Learn the magic words that can score you a deep discount, a steep upgrade, or some tasty perks.

  • 8 Ways to Save Big on Summer Travel

    Budget Travel presents insider secrets and online tools to get you where you want to be. PLUS: Our top must-have summer gear.

  • The Results are in for Budget Travel's Readers' Choice Awards!

    For our third annual Readers' Choice poll, readers weighed in on our blog, Facebook, and Twitter with their nominations and then voted here for the winners! Click to see who took home top honors for best airline, best hotel, and more.

  • How to Get a Free Upgrade

    If you want to score a gratis first-class seat, swanky suite, or high-end rental car, you can't rely on luck alone. Here are a few easy ways to improve your chances.

  • 5 Road-Tested Tips From an RV Rookie

    We sent an RV novice out on the open road with nothing but a few good friends and a self-contained hotel room on wheels. She logged plenty of bumpy miles on her maiden voyage through North Carolina's Outer Banks—so you don't have to. Here is her story—and her advice.

  • Wheel Deals

    Average rates for compact cars at U.S. airports are rising—which means it's time to get creative to find savings.

  • Secret Routes to Savings

    If you're willing to go one way, you can score big in shoulder season.

  • A Hybrid for a Day

    Renting a hybrid is not impossible, as long as you know how to hone your search.

  • Showing You the Way

    Rental-car agencies are making it harder to get lost by upgrading their fleets with the latest GPS technology. BT editors tried out five units to see which one rules the road.

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