Why is there a rental car shortage? How to get around it.
Tanya Rivera
This is an Instagram post. It shows a U-Haul pick-up truck.
And the post says:
There's a car rental shortage in Maui right now so prices are insanely expensive like $1,400 a week. Catch us driving this baddie around the island on our honeymoon in July. We legit just booked a U-Haul truck for the week for about $330.
What in the world is going on? I caught up with a local travel agent who happened to be on vacation.
“Usually when I come down, I get a car, but in DR, you can't. There were no cars to rent at all in the Dominican Republic,” said Joshua Purkett from Get Away Travel Group in Greensboro.