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At any rate, I called the Avis at the airport, rented a town car for the week, because the price was only about 30 bucks more than a midsized, plus, IT S A FUCKING TOWN CAR ! In my planning zeal, I forgot one thing- airport rental outfits don t have a place to park your own jalopy, disney world cruise because everyone who rents from an airport has just gotten off a plane.
I figured that out after driving around the airport for 20 minutes trying to find AVIS , then being told by a helpful and laughing cabbie that Umm, the rental car outfits are in the terminal. Reasonably sure from his tone that there was an implied YOU MORON at the end. It then dawned on me that I would have to find a space in extended parking, which was problematic, because prior to heading to the airport I went shopping and picked up a case of green tea, a case of water, a bunch of lunchmeat and stuff for the trip down, a case of wine, a handle of rum, and a handle of vodka. How the hell am I going to carry all that three miles from extended parking to the rental place.
I then realized that I was going to have to rent the car, then pay for a day s worth of parking, drive to where I had parked the Subaru, load everything, and then leave. Now, this being labor day week-end, the only space in the Pittsburgh airport lot was about 3 miles from Cleveland. I drove around for 20 minutes until I finally found a space, then waited, no kidding, 25 minutes for the shuttle. At this point, I was 20 minutes late picking up Heather.
Finally made it to AVIS , and surprise surprise, despite the fact that I had called Friday night and reconfirmed that my car would be there 12 hours later, there was no town car. The next closest thing was a Crown Vic, and at this point, beaten down by life, I just blurted out Does it have AC and Bakes? Yes? I ll take it.
We fill out the paperwork, I go out to the lot where the Crown Vic is parked, got in, and guess what? The seat was broken. Wouldn t move and it felt like I was sitting on the horn of a saddle. Walked back in to the counter, told the guy the seat was broken, and he just laughed and told me last week the maintenance disney world cruise guys had parked a minivan there with no back seat, much to the surprise disney world cruise of the family of seven who had rented it.
Long story short, I finally told him, look- just give me the best damned car you have and cut me a break for all the bs I ve gone through. He gave me a 2012 Ford Explorer with 7k miles, charged me for a mid-sized, and I have to admit it was a pretty nice ride. I especially liked I could blast the ac at 64 on my side and keep it at 70ish for the ladies.
G and I always end up having a fight when we rent a car at the airport during disney world cruise a trip. How was I supposed to know that he d been driving for over 20 years and yet had no idea what a frontage road is, FFS ?
My husband and I once rented disney world cruise a sedan that had faulty breaks, something we didn t find out until we tried to pull out of the sloped driveway of the rental place. I want to say it was Avis, as well. All I remember was a weird grinding noise and hubby blurting out, WTF?! Then we waited around for a new vehicle. They must hire shitty mechanics.
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John Cole, if you get into any trouble, I ve got a lawyer friend in Camden, about an hour south of you, so just let us know. He s not all that big into Yankees, but he can keep you off the chain gang.
We got the same car (2012 Explorer) at Enterprise with no hassle at all since we did call and have one reserved for our trip to MD a few weeks ago. It was a very good ride for the 9 and 1/2 hours it took us to get there. BTW we had the good experience dealing with them when G had an accident this summer and his truck was in repair disney world cruise for over a month.
Price. Also, too, I get the impression that they treat their regular customers better than occasional ones, so your experience disney world cruise with them might not match that of somebody who doesn t know enough to avoid the airport car rental place.
A satellite radio came with the car I bought last December, and I have loved it. Have listened to only about two CDs total in the nine months since, and one of those was because I specifically wanted to hear Kind of Blue as I was homing in on Atlanta after driving all day.
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God I wish Hunter was still with us. As much as I appreciate everything Mat T at Rolling Stone has to say about this Presidential campaign, it pales in comparison to what Hunter would have done with this clown show.
@ asiangrrlMN : Wherever I go, cross country or up the street, Mrs. P. double checks that I have my wallet, my cell phone, and my keys, cause that s all you really need. And I can make do without the keys.
My folks tell me a story of driving down that way and being the last car let through before the highway was shut down. Winds apparently picked up and were blowing over 18-Wheelers all around the car with my mom, grandparents disney world cruise and Infant Me in it. Apparently it was quite harrowing for everyone but Infant Me. I was just as happy as always.
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It wouldn t be traveling if you didn t forget something. Last trip I forgot the USB transceiver that lets the laptop talk to my wireless mouse, so I was stuck with the trackpad. Grrrr. The upside was I finally learned a few of the more popular disney world cruise gestures they added in with Lion. (Two fingers scrolls disney world cruise the window! Woo hoo!)
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This is why you need clients. Whatever happens you just say fine, charge it, and then bill somebody else. Chaos is actually your friend when other people pay. I stayed in a place in Rome that cost a million lira a night because the client demanded me there today . Ok, that was only $500, but a million anything sounds like a lot.
@ Roger Moore : i ll keep that in mind next time i have to fly. fortunately, most of my travel involves only trains and/or cars. can you imagine what kind of madness would have ensued if Cole s magical mystery tour included a plane trip? the mind reels
I learned fifteen years ago, when my husband and I were allowed to be regular stand-by flyers*, how to pack. One small carry-on bag, even if it s for a month in Italy. Anything more lessened the likelihood of getting on the plane. After Paris and Rome, I learned that it was ridiculous to pack my ugly American clothes, when I could just buy apparel at the most amazing second-hand stores. You have not shopped until you ve shopped in a Parisian thrift store. Hermes scarf=3 euros. Burberry trenchcoat=6 euros. And so on.
I am currently on e last leg of an honest-to-Goofy trip around the world (Tel Aviv-Hawaii-Memphis-Montgomery-Chattanooga-Boston-Tel Aviv) and I left with just one carryon wheelie bag and a backpack. Mind you, I m returning with backpack, wheelie, and two huge suitcases full of stuff it s difficult or imp