If you are planning to travel to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa or are already there, you may have already experienced the stress in trying to find an available rental car at a good price.
If you follow these 5 simple steps, you will drastically reduce the time and stress involved in finding a good deal: 1.
Don't try to find a deal at one of the reservation desks at the Johannesburg airport.
This is the first critical mistake made by many would-be car rental customers.
Before you travel, simply visit a car rental broker's website that aggregates all of the offers and updates car availability and rates in real-time.
2.
Decide what features you want before searching, and refine your search as much as possible.
This will save you lots of time by focusing your search results on only the cars that fit your needs.
3.
Complete the booking on the broker's site.
If you leave their search results and try to find the same offer on the website of the car rental company, you probably won't find it.
That's because, as preferred partners of the rental companies, brokers receive preferential pricing terms that get passed on to you, the customer.
Their reservation systems are linked to the rental car company's inventory, so no need to worry about your reservation.
You'll receive a valid confirmation number from the car rental company by email as soon as you finalize your online booking.
4.
Utilize the broker's customer service lines if you need help.
Their drive is to facilitate consumer satisfaction.
Even better, their phone reps are also multilingual and can probably help you in your native language.
Most local service reps in South Africa will likely speak only English.
5.
Don't sweat cancellation fees.
If something comes up, and you need to cancel anytime, you won't be charged-as long as you book through a broker offering this guarantee.