Long Term Car Rental

Sometimes you need a car for more than a day, more than week, maybe even more than a month but not for a year or more, like a lease would require. There are a number of long term car rental options in the business place.

Long Term Cars from Rental Agencies
Budget offers a number of long term rental car deals. They consider any rental between 30 days and 11 months to be long term and offer discounts like $50 off a 330 day rental or 10% off a 60 day long term car rental. You can find their long term car rental rates and additional information by visiting their website and clicking the DEALS tab, along the horizontal menu bar along the top of the window.

Avis also offers pretty cheap long term car rental. In addition to offering a great monthly rate for a long term rent a car, they also throw in free roadside assistance and you continue to accrue miles on their or one of their affiliated airlines frequent flyer programs. For more information on the Avis long term car rentals, visit their website and click the PROGRAMS tab along the top horizontal menu.

Lease Buying
Long term car leasing contracts are typically for three to six years. You can actually buy leases with just a few months left on them from dealers and individuals alike. LeaseTrader is a brokerage house, of sorts, for short term leases (read long term car rentals). You can also look on craigslist for people who would like to sell their lease.

Long Term Car Rental or Leasing - Which is for You?
If you need a car for less than a year, you should look for cheap long term car rentals rather than a lease. If you need a car for more than a year but plan on putting more than 12,000 miles on it per year, a long term car rental is a great idea. If you need a car for more than two years and plan on keeping the mileage to less than 12,000 miles per year, long term car rental leasing is probably the better deal.

Travel Tips and Long Term Car Rental
It’s important to understand that when you choose long term car hire in the US or abroad, you do not own the car but you are responsible for any damages. Be mindful of any scratches, dents and dings and report them to your insurance company.