>And if possible, the rental car companies are even worse. Pretty soon we are going to have about three of them left. Avis has merged with Budget, Thrifty will Dollar. And it's sure not budget, thrifty, or a dollar. The only thing that has been saving me at all has been has been John Ryan's tip to use Priceline for rental cars. Otherwise they're hitting you for over $50 a day with all the new surcharges.

Interesting. I've been finding car rentals plenty cheap the last couple of years. Not with Hertz or Avis, of course, but Budget and Dollar.

Tamar