If you are planning on renting a car, you can save yourself a lot of money by taking a little time to shop around for the best deal. Instead of waiting until you arrive at your destination to start looking for a rental car, you should use the Internet to not only find your deal ahead of time, but also to reserve it online.

If you really want to get the best car rental rate that is available, I recommend checking out a website called Priceline. When you visit the Priceline homepage, you will be asked to enter where you are going, when you are going there and when you are coming back (you can also enter a discount code or specific rental car company). Once you enter this information, hit the “Search Cars Now!” button, and Priceline will return a list of results. Not only will the results show the prices for different rental companies (such as Avis, Hertz and Budget), but the chart for each company breaks down the exact price for every type of car that they offer (such as compact cars or standard cars).