Car Rental Age Query

[GhandiInstinct]

So, for someone to rent a car, they have to be 21.

Now, does the driver have to be 21? Say someone's mother rents it under her name yet lets her 18 year old son drive.

 

[ElFenix]

yes.

 

[neutralizer]

Driver must be 21.

However, you can just go rent U-haul or something. I think you only have to be 18 for that.

 

[ajayjuneja]

not if you work for IBM, Microsoft, or HP or other big companies, then you can be 18!

 

[EKKC]

get ready to get royally bitched. as long as you are under 25 you will be hit with a underage surcharge.

i travel frequently for work, whenever i rent a car i always get 'no renters under 25 except those on our "corporate partner list"' or ' 25 or below, theres a 15/day surcharge'. But at least i get a car, and its not like i have to pay for it.

Enterprise is one of them who allows 25/below renters with a 15 dollar surcharge.

im a month away from 25 now and last month i went to florida for work and rented a car, somehow they did forego the surcharge rule. i was glad because that trip was half personal and half business, but i ended up writing off the whole car rental fee because my boss was out so i had his boss sign my expense report

 

[imported_Mike]

At some places out here, you have to be 25.

 

[sash1]

at enterprise, you only have to be 18

 

[GhandiInstinct]

Thanks guys. Good feedback.

I ask because several friends of ours are planning a road trip and the driver is 18.

And at the Enterprise website, when you select 18 as your age they say you cannot rent a car.

Why did they have the option then in the first place?

 

[Deeko]

Yep. A lot of places are 25 too. Its because insurance rates drop a lot at 21, and then again at 25.

 

[Apathetic]

I thnk Enterprise will rent to you if you are under 21. You pay more though.

Dave

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
At some places out here, you have to be 25.

At almost all place you have to be 25.

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: Kauru
at enterprise, you only have to be 18

Yeah, but they charge you something like extra $50 a day if you're under 25.

 

[Otaking]

This reminds me of the jackass skit where they rented a car and took it to the demolition rally.

 

[MrChad]

It depends on the state. NY allows rentals for drivers 18 and over, but drivers under 25 will generally pay an extra surcharge.

If your company has a corporate account with a particular agency, your underage fee will usually be waived or reduced. My company has a corporate account with National, and I only have to pay a $10/day under-25 fee (reduced from $50-60/day).

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: EKKC
i was glad because that trip was half personal and half business, but i ended up writing off the whole car rental fee because my boss was out so i had his boss sign my expense report

Smart move.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Kauru
at enterprise, you only have to be 18

This is true. I rented a car there when I was 19. However, they wouldn't let me have the new GTP.