Renting Van or SUV

[mmmburritos]

Do any of you folks have any experience with this?

I need to rent a van or small suv for a trip I'm taking down to the states (North Carolina). Most of the major car rental outfits either say that their vehicles cannot be used to cross the border or want to charge me a heinous amount for a 10 day rental.

Any thoughts, tips?

 

[tboy]

I never had any problem at all renting a vehicle and taking it cross border. Things must have changed or your version of Heinous is different than mine.

A 10 day rental should be around $600 or $700. Is that heinous to you?

 

[Capital Amatuer]

What about...

rent a car at the border in the US. if you do rent a car in the states be warned that a Canadian resident cannot drive a rented car from the US to Canada if it has American plates. The car will be seized.

all the U-Haul trucks and trailers that have Arizona plates on them ? We all know the reason for being registered in Arizona, and we've all seen episodes on W-5 or 20/20. I can't see the reason that a International car rental company would restrict cross border travel, especially if you are bringing the vehicle back to the country where you started your journey.

My $0.02

CA

 

[cali]

Do any of you folks have any experience with this?

I need to rent a van or small suv for a trip I'm taking down to the states (North Carolina). Most of the major car rental outfits either say that their vehicles cannot be used to cross the border or want to charge me a heinous amount for a 10 day rental.

Any thoughts, tips?

Never had a problem with a rental car, i used BUDGET , and yes i do tell them that i am going across the border (cost is the same, no extras).

I cross the border 2-3 time a year.

 

[mmmburritos]

I never had any problem at all renting a vehicle and taking it cross border. Things must have changed or your version of Heinous is different than mine.

A 10 day rental should be around $600 or $700. Is that heinous to you?

Once I mention the whole going over the border thing the price seems to climb, to almost double that amount.

 

[mmmburritos]

Never had a problem with a rental car, i used BUDGET , and yes i do tell them that i am going across the border (cost is the same, no extras).

I cross the border 2-3 time a year.

Hmm... the folks at their reservations desk were either misinformed, or trying to pull one over on me. I think I'll be calling them back.

 

[Moraff]

Once I mention the whole going over the border thing the price seems to climb, to almost double that amount.

Funny, while I haven't done it in the past few years, I used to rent a car to go visiting relatives in the states quite often. The only difference was that they would put a note "Okay to leave Canada" on the documentation.

You wouldn't happen to be under 25 would you? That's about the only thing I could see causing your problem.