Quote Originally Posted by Tezza
Me and a friend have finally decided to visit the United States
We are doing the old " coast to coast in a month" thing,
Welcome to the Great American RoadTrip Forum! One of the cities you have to go to is Pittsburgh -- the re-birth of this city and the modern skyline is something to behold. Plus the Alcoa building is a triumph of design. A month will give you time for a fast overview.
What we really want to do is to experience as much as possible of the diversity in modern America,
I would suggest that you look at the map routing that the guys from Quest-4 did -- they had similar goals, from a different philosophical perspective. You can't do their entire route in your time period -- but it will shed some light on possible alternatives.
After browsing through the usuall suspects ( Alamo,Hertz,Budget,Avis etc.) we realized that renting a car would be a lot more expensive than we first thought, 26 days, one way fee, around 3000$ ( the one way fee alone is usually 1000$!!). Then my friend got a tip about Holiday autos, they would charge us 1800$ for the same trip, with a better car. Sounds to good to be true so I would love it if anyone has some experience with Holiday Autos to share.
We have never heard of them. Such deals probably exist, but I would be leery of them. Your relatively short time in America is too valuable to waste, broken down in a small town awaiting a repair job someplace.
Another thing regarding renting a car is the insurance jungle, if someone have information on what you actually need as an european driver in US it would be very helpfull, if that information is easier to grasp than the stuff the renting companys have on their web sites it would be even more helpfull.
Some basic info is pulled together here, read the entire thread...

Happy Planning!

Mark