Before the advent of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic, rental car companies offered excellent rates on an annual basis for anyone who wanted to drive a rental vehicle out of Florida to dozens of destinations in much of the eastern United States in order to reallocate their fleets — and if you were hoping to once again position yourself to rent a car from Florida and drive it out at a special rate, now is the time to do so, as the great rental car exodus from Florida returns 2023…
The Great Rental Car Exodus From Florida Returns 2023 — But…
…but if you were nostalgic for six years ago when rental car companies offered a rate of as low as $4.95 per day for rental cars leaving Florida one way — as had happened in Spring of 2017 — to such destinations as Atlanta, New York, or Boston, you will be severely disappointed.
Instead of as low as $4.95 per day, Budget Rent A Car System, Incorporated is offering special rates for as low as $94.99 per day.
To put this in context, you could have rented a car from Avis for four days from Tampa to New York in 2017 for only $64.08 total — including all taxes and fees — and still had at least $30.00 left in your wallet or purse.
Moreover, the car class could have been economy, compact, intermediate, standard, full size, and even a passenger van, if you planned on hauling more people or cargo than any of the aforementioned car classes could handle.
If you paid for the rental car in advance, you could have saved another $3.51 off of the rental — if you did not mind the restrictions associated with such a rate.
The offer from Budget is good from the following origination locations:
- Many locations in Florida
- Locations in Alabama
- Atlanta
- Charlotte
- Charleston
- Knoxville
- Memphis
- New Orleans
- Nashville
- Raleigh
The offer from Budget is good to the following destination locations:
- New York Operations
- Boston
- Buffalo
- Hartford
- Philadelphia
- District of Columbia
- Baltimore
- Richmond
- Pittsburgh
Details of this Offer Per Day
The classes of cars which are available for this offer are as follows:
| Economy Car | $94.99 per day | $474.99 per week |
| Compact Car | $94.99 per day | $474.99 per week |
| Midsize Car | $96.99 per day | $484.99 per week |
| Standard Car | $98.99 per day | $494.99 per week |
| Full-Size Car | $100.99 per day | $504.99 per week |
| Premium Car | $110.99 per day | $554.99 per week |
| Luxury Car | $120.99 per day | $604.99 per week |
| Intermediate SUV | $105.99 per day | $529.99 per week |
| Standard SUV | $115.99 per day | $579.99 per week |
| Standard Elite SUV | $125.99 per day | $629.99 per week |
| Minivan | $110.99 per day | $629.99 per week |
| Full-Size SUV | $135.99 per day | $679.99 per week |
| Premium Full-Size SUV | $145.99 per day | $729.99 per week |
Terms and Conditions
- This offer is valid for checkout between Saturday, April 1, 2023 and Friday, June 30, 2023 for one-way rentals only; the vehicle must be picked up at a participating location in the southeastern United States and returned to a different participating location in the northeastern United States.
- This offer is valid only on the aforementioned car groups.
- Offers may not be available during holiday and other blackout periods; and rate surcharges during peak periods may apply.
- This offer is subject to vehicle availability at the time of reservation and may not be available on some rates at some times.
- Renter must meet Budget age, driver and credit requirements. Minimum age may vary by location. An additional daily surcharge may apply for renters under 25 years old.
- Rates are non-discountable; they may not be combined with any other AWD number, coupon, promotion or offer.
- Taxes, concession recovery fees, vehicle license recovery fee, customer facility charges may apply and are extra. Optional products such as LDW and refueling are extra.
- Rates are based on United States currency.
Final Boarding Call
I am not sure why Budget even bothered to advertise this ridiculous excuse for a sale.
All photographs ©2018 and ©2020 by Brian Cohen.
