 Poster: A snowHead
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Does anyone have any (good) experience of car hire companies in Calgary other the the 'majors' at the airport? I have been going to Calgary for about 10 years and have used Hertz, Budget, Thrifty etc but am constantly disappointed with screwed up bookings such as wrong type of car, missing ski racks, wrong price etc etc and they really don't seem that great a price. So this time I thought I might try a smaller local outfit and see if I can get better service, any suggestions?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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solarfish, I think ours was with Alamo, and we had no problems. We were even offered an upgrade, but declined as the one we were meant to get was HUGE!!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Haven't used them ex Calgary (we usually fly into Vancouver) - but we've always got very good deals from [url=http://www.wheelsabroad.com/price_check.php?country_id=1®ion_id=1&location_id=1]Wheelsabroad[/url] (despite the nmae, they're a Canadian outfit). In general they don't run their own fleet - but have arrangements with the other operators, but they somehow seem to be able to get much better prices - especially for what we usually look for which is a small 4x4.
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I looked through the phone book at the airport and found one about 2 miles away - on the left as you drive into Cal. Was cheap - decent car - no probs. On return just left car and posted keys through letter box. The woman there gave me a cheap cab number to get back to the airport when we dropped the car off. Can't remember the name though.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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solarfish, I haven't had any problems at the airport with the majors. The only one I've used other than those you mention is Alamo who were fine. M yexpereince of off airport hire is that it adds more than I expect to the journey time, even if it's close to the airport, and it's the last thing you need after 8 hours on a 'plane.
You can hire locally, at least you can in Banff, which might suit you.
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Thanks guys, I haven't tried Alamo so I might give them a go this time. Only 18 days to go now 
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