Try Enterprise. THey often have offices in downtown locations near train stations and will pick you up AND drop you off.
We used the Grand Junction office last month - it's 3 blocks from the train station. They did rip me off on gas, though :angry:
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They all rip us off on gas. Hertz, Avis, National: all of them. The biggest rip-off is not bringing the car back with a full tank and letting them charge you $6 a gallon to fill up the stinkin tank. That's obvious. But the sneakiest rip-off is the rental car gas option. Always, always, always decline the gas option and bring it back full (or nearly full). Never say yes.
The gas option: you buy a full tank when you get the car at maybe just below the going price and bring it back empty. No worries about stopping for gas on the way back, and your paying less than the local price. Sounds like a good deal? Ha! What a joke. First, the tank is almost never completely full. Then, who can plan driving so you roll into the car return with just a drop of gas left. I don't know about you, but I am too old to run out of gas heading for the rental car return and then miss the plane (or train). That would certainly make the trip a huge success. So you bring back the car with gas left and it really didn't have a full tank to begin with. But you paid for the entire capacity of the tank!
Want an example? Lets say gas is $4 and they are charging $3.80 for the car's 14 gallon tank. Sound like a good deal? You pay for 14 gallons at $3.80: that's a cool $52.20. But maybe the tank is 1 gallon short of full when you drive out. Just because the gage says "F" does not mean it's full. It almost always isn't. Then you bring it back with 3 gallons left (the gage is near "E"). You actually used 10 gallons and paid $52.20. Your cost: $5.22 per gallon. Gas is $4! What a bargain.
Here's what you do. Just say no. They say, "would you like the gas option, sir?" You say, "No thanks, I'll bring it back full." Then, when your on your way back, you stop and fill up. So, you use that same 10 gallons of gas and pay $40 to fill the tank. $40 is less than $52. You can now buy that bottle of wine on the Zephyr.
Want to save another $2? I'll whisper this one:
Fill up when you are 10 miles from the rental car center. You might use 1/2 gallon to get the rest of the way, but the gage will still be solidly on "F". Then the next poor slob also gets a short tank like you did heading out. A little justice is handed out, and you get an extra $2. It's a dog eat dog world out there in travel land: bon appetit.
So, that's it. I'm feeling much better now. Back to Amtrak.
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