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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by la petite moi
These are all great ideas. Thanks guys.
Also, you have to be 25 to rent a car. How ridiculous.
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I rented a car at 18 when I lived in LA from a small company. You can find them out there, just aren't the majors like Hertz and yes they cost much more.
according to the NYTimes.com from June 4, 2006:
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AGE RESTRICTIONS
If you're between the ages of 25 and 70, you can skip ahead to the next section, since car rental companies have no problem letting you drive. But if you're outside that age range, your birth date may cause problems when you try to rent a car.
That probably doesn't come as a surprise to younger drivers, since many companies have long refused to rent to anyone under 25. But there's actually good news on that front: Avis, Budget and Hertz have all lowered their minimum driving age to 21 since last summer, while Dollar, Enterprise and Thrifty have had that policy for a while.
Now for the bad news: most companies still charge an extra daily fee for renters age 21 to 24 — typically about $25 a day, though, depending on the company and location, it can be much higher. For instance, New York and Michigan both have state laws requiring companies to rent to anyone 18 and older, but in New York, the under-25 surcharge can be more than $100 a day
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