Originally Posted by
CrankyOne
The service and pricing model is designed for short local trips not day long journeys. By the time you call Enterprise, they pick you up, fill out paperwork, review the car, and you pull out of their lot, I can have already grabbed a C2G, driven to Whole Foods, shopped, loaded stuff in another C2G, and be home.
Also, you cannot compare the cost for a rental car from a rural location or in the suburbs to what they cost in the city. Rental cars are MUCH more expensive if you rent in the city than if you rent outside of it. In that context Zipcars don't look so expensive, especially when only used for a couple hours.