[twinsljo]

I'm renting a car during my August visit. I've been fishing around the net here and there for car rental pricing and couldn't believe how horrible the rates have been for a week's rental.

The other night, DH found a travel agent on E -BAY who is saving us $70 or so by using his own discount codes as a licensed travel agent. Here's how it all worked:

First and foremost I checked out his reputation and feedback..which was a 100% excellent rating with all wonderful comments from happy customers.

Then we gave him our travel dates and times and asked what he would come up with for a price (he did not ask us for any information other than our first and last name...he did not need our address or credit card info).

He got back to us later that day with an actual email confirmation for Budget Car Rental with a price about $70 lower than what I've been seeing (it included the taxes and fees in that price as well).

I then called Budget myself, and sure enough they had me in their system already with my confirmed discounted rate (and I made sure as well that the rate did include all taxes and fees..and it did). All I have to do is show up at the rental counter on my arrival date and provide my license and credit card.

I then got back to the EBay seller and paid him through paypal...his fee was ONLY $14!!!!

So, it is all legitimate, and I got a great savings. Just thought you'd like to know in case you were searching for car rental rates. If you're interested, send me a private message, and I'll pass the info along to you.