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Old 05-12-2010, 10:10 AM
 
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My mother is coming to USA and she will be travelling a lot. I live NorthWest and she will be travelling towards SouthWest. Houston does not have good transportation system and even then I would not want my mother to sit in the METRO BUS.

Anyway,

Is there any place where I can rent a car for a month? Do they give good deals if I am renting for a whole month.
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Old 05-12-2010, 10:28 AM
 
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Priceline, lots of different reservations for a week at a time say.

Main issue is going to be the cost of a months full coverage insurance. If possible can she be added to your car insurance and therefore have coverage on the rental? Or through AMEX or other credit card offering free CDW/liability?

Hertz do a monthly rental but it didn't look cheap to me.
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Old 05-12-2010, 10:35 AM
 
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Thanks GRUNN for the advice!

Yeah I also checked various websites and it seems pretty expensive!

For curiosity I called METRO and asked a route from location A to location B. Location B is my office from where I can take my mother with me on a bus to a parking ride near my house. But it takes 1 hour and 30 minutes for her just to travel 14 miles. This is unacceptable. I wish Houston had a better transportation system but then Houston is a BIG city.

Looks like I will be driving 100 miles a day and I HATE driving!
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Old 05-13-2010, 08:01 AM
 
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A friend of mine came to US for a month and rented a car from budget. It's around $5xx something, definitely < $600 for a month for standard sedan(not the smallest one). They were using coupon from Entertainment book.
Hope that helps!
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Old 05-13-2010, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Pearland, TX
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My mother is coming to USA and she will be travelling a lot. I live NorthWest and she will be travelling towards SouthWest. Houston does not have good transportation system and even then I would not want my mother to sit in the METRO BUS.

Anyway,

Is there any place where I can rent a car for a month? Do they give good deals if I am renting for a whole month.
Call any major rental car co. They all have monthly rates. You want "cheap", call Rent-a-Wreck. they have acceptable vehicles.
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