USA TODAY
Maria Ball hasn't been on a plane in more than a year, so she and her husband booked a flurry of flights as soon as they were vaccinated against COVID-19.
First up: a visit to Maryland to see family they haven't seen since Christmas 2019.
Ticket prices to Washington, D.C., for the late April trip were reasonable, but the 29-year-old California woman did a double take when she shopped for a rental car.
Costco Travel, her go-to source for rental car deals, wanted $750 for a three-day full-size car rental in Washington, D.C., more than four times the price she usually pays for a weekend rental in the district.