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What You Need To Know About Luxury Car Rental In Chicago
Whether you or on vacation in the windy city or here on a business trip, be assured that you can treat yourself (or have your company treat you) to a rental in Chicago. This is just one of the advantages of traveling to a big, busy city - the options are endless.
Here are some tips that may help you make a more informed decision about your rental:
Luxury vs. Exotic
The term can be vague as what is luxury for one customer may be pretty ordinary to the other. Although there is some consensus in the car rental industry, a is usually NOT what you and I think it is.
If you reserve your rental in Chicago or online, you will see that the options include a Cadillac or Lincoln Town Car and the like. They do not automatically provide you with the options for a Mercedes, or better still, a Ferrari or Rolls Royce. These fall under the exotic car category and often have specialized companies and websites that provide such options.
Airport Locations
Most rental companies offer Chicago O'Hare and Midway airport locations or complimentary pick up and drop-off to these airports.
One-way Rentals
If Chicago is just a stop en route to some other location, enquire about one-way rentals where you could, for instance, pick up
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your rental at Chicago O'Hare and drop it off at Detroit Metro airport.
Concierge Services
Some high end companies offering rental in Chicago even offer the ultimate Rolls Royce Phantom (at over $200 an hour with a minimum reservation of 6 hours) and other automobiles like Ferrari and Porsche that rate extremely high on the wow factor.
To entice customers and provide them with the highest level of service, they also offer concierge services with 24/7 telephone assistance, tickets to the Chicago Cubs game and other frills.
Read the Fine Print
Even if you can charge the rental in Chicago to your company account, be sure to read the terms and conditions so that you are not charged for anything over and above what you were entitled to.
For instance, many exotic cars have limited mileage as opposed to luxury cars that have unlimited miles included in the daily rate. Ignoring these details may translate in to being charged up to 75 cents for each extra mile driven. Some cars have a strict no-smoking policy for the comfort of future renters and customers can be penalized if they violate this rule. If the fuel tank is not at where it was when you received the car, you may be charged the fuel cost plus a service fee over and above that.
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