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Five Reasons You Should Be Renting Cars from Silvercar

Silvercar, or Silvercar by Audi to be correct, is our favorite rental car company. They’re not the one we use the most, unfortunately, because they’re only in limited locations and I’m generally a cheapskate. More accurately I’m frugal, which is being cheap with a dash of common sense thrown in. So while I’m not willing to pay a huge premium for a Silvercar, I will rent from them if the price is comparable to other rental companies.

Silvercar’s business model is 180 degrees opposite from everyone else. I’ve written before about why they’re our favorite car company so I’ll focus on the five reasons Silvercar is different from everyone else and why you need to look into renting from them the next time you need a car.

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The Closest Places To MCO To Get “Normal” Priced Gas/Petrol Before Returning Your Rental Car

A while back, I write a post about the two gas stations near Orlando International Airport (MCO) that rips off travelers and tourists with prices that are over 2x the norm. The post did include one gas station just north of the “rip off stations” that also wasn’t far from MCO, but unfortunately, it was in a location that tourists, especially those coming from the theme parks area, really wouldn’t be going past.

This post solves that problem 😉

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Should You Prepay For Gas With Your Rental Car?

You know the questions you’ll going to be asked at the counter when renting a car. Do you want to upgrade to a larger/nicer/fancier car? How about the insurance coverage? Do you want the navigation system? Do you want to opt in to their toll program? Lastly, you’ll get the pitch to prepay for the gas. It sounds like a good idea. The price they’re showing is pretty decent and it’s much lower than the amount they’ll charge you if you don’t bring it back full. Should you go for it????

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Our Weekly Recap: 8/13/17 – 8/19/17

Hi y’all and WOO HOO, it’s SATURDAY! Here’s a quick recap of our posts from the past week:

Joe wrote about:

What Priority Pass is and how you can get a membership.
Some favorite NYC foods – pizza, bagels and deli!
What Visa Checkout and MasterPass are and why you should sign up.
Whether or not you should prepay for gas when you rent a car.
How you can get into airport lounges when flying JetBlue from New York to Orlando

Sharon wrote about:

How to bring your favorite hometown foods with you on a plane flight, even if they need to stay refrigerated.
A museum dedicated to fast and comfort foods.
The importance of learning the social norms of a foreign country before you visit.
#TBT to April 2005, when she, Joe and their friend Steve traveled around Tokyo like locals, with locals.
The absolute least expensive way to travel off Disney/Universal property (or nearly anywhere else in Central Florida).
JetBlue’s newest sweepstakes that totally looks like a Facebook hoax.

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