Although I have to watch most of the Bears games on television, I usually make it to Chicago to see one game in person every season. This year, I got to attend a game just over a month ago. It was a ton of fun, and I always love experiencing the energy that the Bears bring to the entire city of Chicago.

When I go to Chicago, in addition to getting a hotel room, the other thing I always do is get a rental car. There are a lot of places I like to visit when I’m in Chicago (mainly a variety of the amazing restaurants they have to offer), and having a rental car is the easiest way I have found to get from one place to the next.

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When I went to Chicago, I had several different meetings that I had to attend over the course of several days. Because these meetings were spread out at locations throughout the city, I decided my best choice for transportation would be car hire. Prior to leaving for Chicago, I booked a car hire with Thrifty.

When my flight arrived in Chicago, I got off of the plane and headed out to pickup my car hire from Thrifty. Their staff was quite courteous to me, and were handing me the keys in just a matter of minutes. I was quite pleased with how clean the car was, and felt confident driving up to each of my meetings in that car hire.

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So, why would you want to rent an exotic car instead of a standard rental car? While there aren’t any practical differences between an exotic rental car and a standard one, your trip is going to be a lot more fun with an exotic rental car. Instead of pulling up to a trendy Chicago restaurant in a Honda Accord, you can pull up to the same restaurant in a Ferrari F430 Coupe F1!

The price range of the vehicles offered by Chicago Exotic Car Rentals ranges from less than three hundred dollars a day to over one thousand dollars a day. Depending on the vehicle, you will have between seventy-five and one hundred miles included in the price you pay for the rental.

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As many of Chicago’s newspapers recently noted, Hertz has implemented a new policy for its customers. Traditionally, the way rental car companies have worked is if you return a car with a tank that isn’t full, when they refill it, they will charge you for up to twice the amount of the standard price of gas. However, Hertz has decided that instead of gouging the price of gasoline, it will now refill its rental cars and only charge customers the standard price of local gas, along with a seven dollar service fee.

In addition to saving money as a result of this policy, if you book your Hertz car rental for Chicago online, you should also be able to save yourself even more money by getting a lower rate.

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Last month, I needed a rental car for a business day trip. Since I was going to be driving over three hundred miles and didn’t want to pay a fortune for gas, I asked Hertz if I could rent a Prius from them. Even though they said they didn’t keep any at my local location, they said they would try to get one there for me. To my pleasant surprise, when I showed up to get my rental, a Prius was there waiting for me!

To top things off, a few days after I had taken my day trip, I suddenly realized that I had left my camera in the Prius. I assumed that it was gone forever, but when I called Hertz, they actually had it safely stored in their lost and found!

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In addition to planning ahead of time, one of my other keys to getting the most out of my trip was getting a car hire. Having a car hire in Chicago allowed me to go from one location to the next, without wasting any time waiting around. I got my car hire at a great price, so if you want to do the same, I highly recommend finding and reserving your car hire online before you arrive in Chicago for your trip.

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From a Lamborghini Gallardo to a Porsche 911 Carrera S, you can find a rental company that offers almost every type of exotic car. The price of your exotic car rental in Chicago will vary depending on the type of car you want, but I can give you some ball-park figures. If you are renting a car such as a BMW or Range Rover, your cost should be around $300 a day. If you are renting an actual exotic sports car (such as a Ferrari 430 Coupe F1), your cost will be in the one to two thousand dollar a day range. Finally, if you are getting a chauffeured exotic car (like a Rolls Royce Phantom), expect to pay over two thousand dollars a day (you may be able to save money on a chauffeured car by renting it on a hourly basis for a shorter amount of time).

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First of all, if you are not using the Internet to make your car rental reservations for Chicago or any other destination, you are missing out on a great opportunity to save yourself time and money. In addition to the exclusive web offers that car rental companies offer through their websites, you can also use websites which compare rental car company rates and provide you with the best ones.

After a lot of searching to find my cheap car rental for Chicago, I came across a company called ACE car rental. They were offering extremely good rates, so I decided to give them a chance. I ended up renting a PT Cruiser for only $32.00 a day, and did not encounter any problems with it during my four days in Chicago.

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Thanks to the availability of taxis in Chicago, it’s not like I wasn’t able to get around. However, as I sat on the plane thinking about my trip, I just realized that there were a lot of other fun things I would have done in Chicago if I would have had a rental car.

Fortunately for me, since my initial trip to Chicago, I have had several other opportunities to visit the Windy City again. And each time that I have gone (with the exception of the time I was only there for nine hours, which is a story in itself), I have made sure to make prior car rental arrangement to get the full Chicago experience.

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Whether you need a car rental in Chicago because the automobile that you own is not available to you or if you need a car rental in Chicago because you are traveling to Chicago, you will have many rental car options available to you.

If you are local to Chicago and you need to rent a car, you can find car rental agencies in town in whatever neighborhood from which you need to rent. If you need to rent a car anywhere in the Windy City, you need only open the phone book or perform a search on the Internet.

Whether you need a rental car on the South Shore, in North La Salle or Downtown, you can find a rental car from rental agencies such as Avis, National, Budget, Enterprise and Hertz. Whether you need your rental car for a day or a week, you can get a rental car from any of these rental agencies while you are having your car repaired.

Additionally, if you have a car that is only going to be in the shop for a couple of hours, you can get a car rental from I-Go car sharing in Chicago for a low hourly rate. If you have ever had to sit in an automotive repair shop waiting room for two hours when you could have been taking care of other business, you know how valuable an hourly rental car service can be.

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