Rental Cars Becoming Scarce And Expensive For US Travelers
By Juliette MICHEL
05/06/21 AT 9:54 PM
Talk about sticker shock: The $600 price tag for Joe Pohlen to rent a car for two days was twice as expensive as his plane ticket.
The Michigan businessman was stunned, but the experience is becoming more common for US travelers, an unexpected consequence of the pandemic.
Not only have prices skyrocketed, it can be hard to just find a car at all.
Pohlen told AFP that Hertz was the only agency that had a vehicle available during a brief trip to the East Coast.
And though he chose "the cheapest possible option," the bill came to $601.59 for a vehicle rented in Maryland and returned in Pennsylvania two days later.