rental car

Here's the loophole behind AutoSlash's clever new approach to getting you the best deal on a rental car: Rental companies don't penalize you for canceling. That means AutoSlash can book you the best price it can find today -- and then keep looking for a better one.

It's bad enough that we fork over gobs of money for all kinds of necessities, such as our mortgage payments, groceries, gas, and electricity. But it's a real shame when we fork over dollars needlessly, buying things we don't need -- like many kinds of insurance.

By the end of 2012, one-third of the world's travel sales will be booked online. But the majority of bookings still happen through the traditional brick-and-mortar travel agents, which is why Expedia's new Travel Agent Affiliate Program is a smart growth move for the OTA.

Hertz Global Holdings's says fourth-quarter profit exceeded the company's forecast as it improved the efficiency of its operations. Strong used-car prices probably don't hurt too.

Want an extended test-drive of an electric car? Hertz will offer an electric version of the diminutive Smart Fortwo for rent in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco in the coming months, the companies announced. The electric cars will be available starting Dec. 15 through a car-sharing...

Three car dealerships in New York have agreed to return more than $100,000 to customers who unknowingly bought cars previously used as rentals or failed to get their deposits back after their auto financing applications had been denied. In the first case, the settlement with Attorney General...

Nonsmokers who travel often find themselves frustrated once they unlock the car they've just rented at the airport. After a few hours of lounges, gates, and airborne cabins mercifully free of secondhand smoke, travelers slide behind the wheel and wonder how nobody at the rental agency has noticed...

Hertz is giving away a free weekend day car rental with no strings attached at participating Hertz locations. No need to rent it for another day, or any other catches, to get the deal. Go to the Hertz Web site and use promo code PC#127595 to reserve an economy through full size car for a weekend...

I hate sharing a plan that smacks of desperation, but sometimes, desperate is just what one needs. So for anyone who is desperate to buy a car but can't, here goes... I had dinner at a restaurant with a relative recently, and when we went out to the parking lot, I didn't recognize his car. It...

I know that car rental companies are having a hard time with people driving less. Their stocks are falling. But their absolute warfare against their customers fought with ridiculous fees and soul-crushing hassles can't be helping. There's hope that the gas refueling charge will go away, but it...