Five Tips For Selecting the Best Car Rental for Your Trip

Want to know the secret behind successful car rental and subscription? You've come to the right place. Moving forward, we will provide an in-detailed description of the 5 Tips you can follow to ensure that you can rent the right car rental every time. Here are a few of the tips that you can use while renting to ensure that your renting journey is seamless.

At RenTrip, we are constantly developing useful insights that we can share with our customers to ensure they can travel safely without any issues or problems. The tips mentioned below have been articulated after years of research, through which we have been able to understand the mindset of our customers. When executed properly these would bring about the most glorious results





1- Trip Duration

There is a reason why this topic is at the top of our list; in most cases, people miscalculate the duration of their trip, and hence, they often suffer from paying additional prices during the extension of the trip. Such issues later increase the overall budget that you have to spend for getting the bike and push you to spend even more. Hence, it's important to ensure that you calculate the duration of your trip before actually leaving on it.

2- Check The Km Driving Limit

Before finalising your choice of rental or subscription vehicle, ensure that you have thoroughly checked and examined the km driving limit allowed with the vehicle. Once you are sure of it, you can easily make a decision regarding your choice of vehicle. After checking the total driving range of the vehicle you are about to get, also try and check the total number of km that stand between you and your destination.

If the distance to your destination is greater than the limit, ask your provider whether they can provide any kind of support or help in such a case. An extension would be the way to go, and we would advise you to ask about the charges of such an extension upfront.

3- Inspecting The Vehicle Condition / Model Year

Before committing to a vehicle for your rental subscription, ensure that the vehicle is in good health and will provide the sought after utility as and when necessary. Here are a few checks you should always conduct on a vehicle before renting. This will help you maintain a good deal and also choose a vehicle that will perform well and provide you with the optimum value in return.  

Here is a list of checks that you should follow ardently to ensure that the vehicle you book is in Good health.

Physically Examining the Vehicle

This is one of the most prior checks that you can conduct while renting a vehicle, the physical attributes of the vehicle would always give you a good sense of the health of the vehicle.  As soon as you set your eyes on the vehicle examine every nook and corner of the vehicle and check if there are any kinds of dents or scratches if there are ensure that they are reported to the provider, or try and take a video of the whole vehicle to ensure that none of the pre-existing damages become your responsibility.  A good physical examination of the vehicle would involve.

• Inspecting all the doors and exteriors for any kind of damage and scratches to ensure that the vehicle is in Pristine condition.
• Then, further on, you should also check the health of the tyres. If the tyres are worn out, inform the provider.
• Once you are done with the vehicle's physical inspection, try to examine and inspect the interiors, check all the storage compartments to ensure that the vehicle does not have any contraband goods being stored in any of the spaces, and check for cigarettes, liquor, etc.
• Check that the vehicle has a spare tyre with a lifting jack as well as all the other equipment that are needed in case of changing a tyre.
• Opening the bonnet to check the engine mounts and chassis formations to ensure that the vehicle has not been in an collision.

Other Checks That are Important to Conduct

Here are a few other checks that you should always conduct before committing to a new change

• Try a small test drive of the vehicle. Check the brakes and transmission to see if they're working properly.
• It's important to check the battery's health as well, so try and crank the vehicle a few times after shutting it off, if the car takes a long crank and the windows roll down slowly it's possible that the battery might be weak. In such a case inform the provider so that any responsibility for the dead battery does not fall on your shoulders. In most cases, it's not a big issue since cars parked for days generally lose their charge when used, and the battery health would again be fulfilled.
• If possible, take the vehicle for a test drive and check the brakes, hand brakes, and all the other parts necessary for driving. Try to find a relatively new and current model.
• Open the hood of the car and check the coolant levels, engine oil levels as well as the brake fluid levels before accepting the car for rental services.  

4- Clear Mindset as to what kind of a Vehicle do you Need

Before renting, it's important to be certain about what kind of vehicle you need, what kind of use you have, and whether you need a vehicle for daily commuting or an SUV 4X4 for mountain driving. Being clear about such details would help make your renting process easier and help you rent a better alternative. A clear idea as to what you need would help you figure out the best alternatives for your use and support your ambition to rent better.

5- Compare Pricing

Once you have had a clear perspective about what kind of vehicle you need, it would be better if you would compare the prices and find the best deal possible. A comparison is a must as it would provide you with a clear picture as to how much you should spend.  All these tactics would help you get the best alternative for your next rental. Prevention is always better than cure, and being vigilant and cautious while renting will always help you rent better and opt for better alternatives. If you think conducting all such checks and inspections would be a little too much work for yourself, then Renting a car from RenTrip could be the best possible choice.

Every car in our fleet goes through rigorous checking and inspections; hence, it's evident that the customer would get a
vehicle that would perform well in all conditions. For an effortless renting experience, rent from us today.