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Southwest's cancelation nightmare sends ripples across travel industry with rental car shortages, inflated flight prices, and ongoing delays
A JetBlue passenger whose travel plans fell apart told Insider she blamed displaced Southwest passe…
Erin Snodgrass
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Rental car prices are hitting 'record highs' during the Fourth of July weekend - see the 10 cities with the highest demand
Car-rental prices have jumped 86% compared to last year's Fourth of July as 43.6 million Americans …
Brittany Chang
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Hawaii is asking tourists to stop renting U-Haul moving vans amid the massive rental car shortage
The Hawaii Tourism Authority now recommends reserving a rental car before booking the rest of the t…
Brittany Chang
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Used car prices are finally cooling off, but it still won't be easy to buy one
The price of used vehicles barely budged last month. Even so, they're still at record highs, invent…
Dominick Reuter
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A 62-year-old employed 'peak boomer' in California makes too much for affordable housing but lives in her car: 'I'll work until I drop'
Cheryl Simmons, 62, is a parking lot attendant making $42,000 a year who lives in her car in San Di…
Noah Sheidlower
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Russell Crowe says the studio behind 'L.A. Confidential' stopped paying for his hotel and rental car to get him to quit: 'They wanted Sean Penn or Robert De Niro'
The actor has said the studio behind the 1997 crime drama tried to get him to drop out of the movie…
Eve Crosbie
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Rental car companies are turning to used car auctions to regrow fleets amid a massive shortage sending prices skyrocketing
The global chip shortage is hindering rental-car companies from being able to quickly regrow fleets…
Brittany Chang
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A European camper van rental platform has expanded to LA with RVs starting at $40 a day
Indie Campers currently operates in over 40 European cities, but wants to make the US its primary m…
Brittany Chang
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A man is suing Hertz because his rental car was stopped by armed police after being wrongly reported as stolen
Nicholas Wright said his daughter, who was 13 at the time, has had to undergo therapy since the inc…
Ryan Hogg
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Hawaii tourists are renting U-Haul vans instead of rental cars due to a massive shortage sending prices up to $700 a day
Two to three years ago, rental cars in Hawaii were going for about $50 a day. Now, some rentals are…
Brittany Chang
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Indians spent 11 billion minutes traveling and covered 4.5 billion kilometers in 2022 in this taxi service
Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Kolkata booked the highest number of Uber rides this y…
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A 'perfect storm' is causing massive rental-car shortages, and prices are skyrocketing up to $700 a day in popular destinations
A rental-car shortage is pummeling the US and may only get worse as more people travel.
Brittany Chang
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Why Paris is one of the few cities in the world banning rental e-scooters
Paris made headlines this month by banning its 15,000 rental e-scooters. Other cities are taking a …
Eliza Relman
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Airbnb removed 3 rental vans parked in New York City after neighbors complained of feces and urine outside
As the Daily News reported, the vans didn't come with a full bathroom. Airbnb removed the listings,…
Monica Humphries
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Hertz agrees to pay $168 million to settle allegations its customers were being falsely accused of stealing rental cars — and even sometimes arrested
Hertz agreed to pay $168 million to settle over 360 pending claims that it reported some customers …
Britney Nguyen
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I tried Virtuo, an app-based vehicle-rental service, instead of a traditional agency. The car was great — but I had some trouble unlocking it.
I enjoyed the Mercedes GLA I rented but I sometimes couldn't unlock it through the Virtuo app — and…
Sam Tabahriti
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I've saved money by renting cars from strangers through Turo, but 3 mistakes I made almost left me stranded on the highway
Insider's reporter saved money renting through Turo, a car-sharing app, but learned from a few mist…
Melissa Wiley
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I saved over $1,600 on a family trip to Florida with 3 travel hacks to get cheap airfare, a free hotel room, and a discounted rental car
The author and her kids outside Universal Studios.Katie Oelker
Katie Oelker
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Hawaii dropped travel restrictions to visit the islands locals say are already overflowing with tourists
Travel to Hawaii is already surpassing 2019 levels as locals and businesses begin to feel the strai…
Brittany Chang
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How Hawaii's rental car crisis became so dire tourists are renting U-Hauls instead
A perfect storm of vehicle shortages and travel uptick leading to even more tourists than 2019 is h…