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Funny you should mention Avis... I worked the counter when debit cards first came on the scene and Avis wouldn't accept them, period. Just for that reason. Later on, they started to accept them and ran into the problems you described, but they still take them.
Frankly, as easy as it is to get even a simple secured card these days, I fail to see why people are stubbornly holding on to that archaic card!!
Dave Ramsey needs to shut up!!!
PS, Hertz holds $200 over on credit and 500 on debit... Go figure...
@TheVig wrote:
As far as rental cars are concerned. People shouldn't travel broke. Here's looking at you Spirit Airlines customers who get stranded at an airport for a few days because they cancel a flight and you don't even have money for food.
I hear of people trashing Spirit... Guess I've been lucky, but then again, it is the Greyhound of the skies...
I don't know if anyone here has had the experience of the Fung Wah Bus from Boston to NYC.. Its the stuff of legends...
I have been on that bus a few times when it was in existance..... Oh my... The infamous chinatown express...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeAvRRo5ANU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fung_Wah_Bus_Transportation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/17/fung-wah-new-york-city-worst-bus-company and what they didnt tell folks
https://reason.com/blog/2015/07/17/peter-pans-revenge-fung-wah-closed-bus
But I did what I had to, to go visit friends in NYC on a shoestring budget... Makes Greyhound look good... BTW in MA and surrounding... Peter Pan is contracted with Greyhound and usually has newer and updated buses vs greyhound and the tickets used to be interchangable.... Not sure how it is now...
@TheVig wrote:
As far as rental cars are concerned. People shouldn't travel broke. Here's looking at you Spirit Airlines customers who get stranded at an airport for a few days because they cancel a flight and you don't even have money for food.
People shouldn't do a lot of things, but sometimes life leaves you little choice.....I try not to assume or judge because you never know what position someone may be in. While I am blessed and fortunate now, but a decade ago, it was a different story. I know what broke feels and looks like.
(I'm not talking spending rent to buy an outfit "bad decision", but having to choose to see a sick relative close to passing the best way you can).