Question by ¢aaaait.™: avis car rental: “FREE of daily time and kilometre charges”? In early January my family went to Queensland, Australia for a holiday and we rented a car from Avis. When we came back from our holiday, The car company “Avis” sent us a letter saying “Congratulations blablabla ……. We’d like it award u with a FREE weekend day rental certificate. ….. blabla …. FREE of daily time and kilometre charges!” Then it gave me a coupon number and a date that i had to use it between. So now I’m on it website and I’ve already put in the coupon number in but the price doesn’t seem to change, I’ve compared the prices with the same car but without the coupon number on it but the prices don’t seem to change.
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Answer by Lori J For most car rental companies, the value of a coupon that you plug in, will only be taken off at the END of the rental, provided you met all the terms and conditions of the certificate. It wont show the value of the coupon in your price quote online.
To calculate the value of the coupon, just take your base daily rate before taxes… that’s will be be subtracted from your total at the end of the rental when you return the car. (If you’re only given a base period rate before taxes, just divide it by the number of days of the rental to get the coupon value. ) The value of the coupon will be taken off at the end, after all the taxes are surcharges are added. Example
3 day weekend rental is .97 + for taxes/surcharges = 4.97
divide .97 by 3 to get your base daily rate of .99
4.97 – .99 = .98 — this would be your total due when you returned the car.
Make sure to check all the terms and conditions of the coupon and you must usually turn in the coupon at the beginning of the rental when you pick up the car.
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Just when I thought we had hit bottom (travel deals, I mean), the rates are getting lower! I have outlined the best deals I have seen through out the Caribbean, airfare sale and a special Tahiti deal that will blow your mind!
This is a MUST READ if you are thinking of taking the family on vacation between now and next Fall.
There are more kids stay free deals than ever seen before. I also notice the additional costs for upgrading to suites or having connecting rooms are being cut up to 60%!
Another change I notice is the increase in resort and cruise credits. Cruise ships always made their real profit by what they sell on the ship such as alcohol, clothes, tours, etc. Now more than ever before, the cruise lines are offering up to $300 on board ship credit.
The trend for resorts to also offer credits is growing tremendously. Resort credit used to be something I saw in the low season or an infrequent special. Resort credit can go towards spa, tours, golf, drinks and food if it is not an all inclusive, or simply fun nick knacks.
When you see these credits in the deal, always check what it is for and make sure it is valid on the dates you are going. Once verifies, just think of it like someone handed you cash towards spending money on your vacation.
Here are a few very new amazing deals for families this Spring, Summer & Fall! Some of these deals have not even been published yet, so take advantage of them and happy traveling!
Caribbean Family Vacations: I had to check this one a few times because it looked to good to be true, but it is correct:
CheapCaribbean’s 48 hour sale, all inclusive three star resorts for $48 per person, per night. Yes, all inclusive – meals, taxes, drinks, activities, kids activities, etc…many of these resorts allow children under 12 free, so all you have to pay is the airfare! I would compare the resorts on sale to a nice Holiday Inn, this resort is midway between deluxe and moderate. The deal is for travel from May – June 30, a perfect family trip before summer activites begin.
Check out all of the $48 deals for families! This sale ends 11:59pm Friday, April 3.
Apple Vacations’ Spring Savings Sale! If you do not see your gateway, they may still have it, using the booking engine on the top of the page. It is really cool as you can specify your needs when you begin (airport, amount of people, budget, amount of nights, etc) and that will reflect every deal you click on. This eliminates the irritating task of having to fill out your information over and over to shop around. The lead pricing is $459+: 60% off: All-Inclusives w/Air.
Apple Vacations charters their own planes, so the airfare is very reasonable. The add-ons for different gateways are reasonable as well. $499 per adult for 3 nights all inclusive five-star resort including airfare, two kids under 12 stay and fly for $199 per child! Not interested in the all inclusive, ok, there are resort deals for $599.99 including 7 night resort stay and airfare!
Future Vacations is running my favorite kind of deal – up to $300 in Spa and/or Golf Credit! Ahhh, I would have no problem using up that Spa Credit! The resort is Cancun Palace, a Four-Star beachfront, all inclusive. I stayed here years ago and it was ok, a bit run down and a little big for my taste. Now the resort has had a fuill make over, ready to impress.
The make over includes a redesigned pool, modern spa, five fine dining restaurants, six bars including two swim up bars and a Kid’s Club. All rooms have a double Jacuzzi, balcony, first class amenities and 24 hr room service. 24hr room service at an all inclusive is the coolest – you can feed the midnight munchy attack without having to worry about exhorbanent hotel bills!
BookIt.com, one of the best web sites I have found for extra amenities and all sorts of goodies is running a Dominic Republic All Inclusive Sale. All Inclusive start from $59 per person, per night with tons of kids free deals, room upgrades and more.
Airfare sale:
American Airlines has a major sale domestic right now with travel through August 14. Airfares are starting at $49 each way. What is extra special about this sale is tround trip is not required. So if you want to fly somewhere and go back rfom a different gateway, you dont have to deal with all of the extra charges. For a listing of all the gateways and prices, click here.
The top value of the week (drum roll…)
Tahiti – the trip of a life time, suddenly became more affordable. Air Tahiti Nui is also offering slashed rates and free air from Los Angeles for kids! Add-ons from other cities are reasonable. The feature sale is $1698/per adult+: Air, Breakfast & 5nts Manava Suite Resort Tahiti- there are other options, more nights – this is the lead rate (best deal) and it is specifically designed for family vacations!
Happy traveling!
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One of the great debates raging across the travel industry at the moment is the future of cheap flights. With the advent of low-cost airlines at the end of the 1990s, new vistas of travel opened up for many households who had previously regarded flying as way out of their price range.
Nowadays, with carriers such as Ryanair, Monarch Airlines and easyJet dominating the market, cheap flights are an everyday part of life. As the global economic downturn continues to put strain on households’ pockets, they are increasingly being used by business travellers, as well as budget-conscious holidaymakers.
Many within the sector point to the increased amount of market share taken by the low-cost carriers over the past year as proof that cheap flights are here to stay. It is certainly true that the recession has made trading conditions for the more established chartered airlines very difficult.
All airlines were feeling the pinch as the price of fuel kept creeping higher and higher ahead of the credit crunch, but the big long-haul companies and the flag carriers have been hardest hit by the global slump. This is due to a combination of factors – particularly a drop in demand for business, club or first-class tickets – leading to empty seats on planes and the need to implement capacity cuts to stem financial losses.
Meanwhile, the budget airlines have picked up the slack on short and even medium-haul routes. Some, such as Ryanair, have even managed to expand during this period, placing itself in what looks like a near-unassailable position.
However, there are still doomsayers within the travel world that insist the bubble will inevitably burst. They point to increases in fuel duty and airport charges, and argue that this will eventually no longer make cheap flights profitable.
Budget airlines such as easyJet have complained bitterly about the British government’s increases in Air Passenger Duty (APD), and some have even pulled out of many UK airports as a result. However, carriers such as Ryanair have countered this by expanding their operations in countries like Spain, which have halved their airport charges and waived all tourism taxes to attract investment. Recently, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said that he confidently expected his airline to be offering more cheap flights than ever before in the future.
Certainly for the time being, a quick look at price comparison websites shows the casual viewer that there is no shortage of deals on out there. As long as the sector remains split on the issue, there is no way of telling how long this state of affairs will endure.
Kim has 4 years experience in the travel industry. She enjoys writing articles on various destinations and related topics.