I will be in need of a rental car for my visit to Chicago.

Can someone who is an expert on the internets help me finding a good deal on a rental car from Ohare? Any coupon codes that can be shared?

My budget for a week's rental is like $200/$250. If thats not realistic then I'd like to keep it under $400 if i can.

The National Association of Realtors discount is pretty huge if you know anybody who is a broker.

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It used to be just $5 to get a cab there but now it's a fuckin ripoff man!

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Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Use the Schiller Park Enterprise.

No airport fees and It's maybe an $8-10 cab ride.

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Priceline or hotwire is good if you know how to do it. It's not hard it just takes some practice especially for naming your own price on priceline. You basicallybstart low and move up slowly while adding cars you know are too expensive to match. Eventually you have to wait a day to try again.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

If you are staying downtown, you don't want a car. Most downtown/Michigan Av. hotel parking is $45/night and up.

If one of your kids has a Costco membership, you can get a compact from Budget for $290 all-in after taxes for the week I looked at (6/9 to 6/16). Otherwise even the low-end car rental places at the airport such as Advantage wanted $310 or more, because the taxes at O'Hare are about a third of the total rental cost. (It's $55/week in taxes just for the new consolidated rental car facility).

If you go the Enterprise route and don't have a lot of luggage, check the Norwood Park location as that's near the Harlem CTA stop.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

With Lyft, Uber, Metra, CTA all available why bother with a car?

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

ok, maybe i'll do the uber thing. but i'll need a car maybe one or two days.

Then don't rent it at O'Hare. Get a uhaul van for $20 a day in the suburbs.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Comes with a free dead hooker in the back

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If you are staying in the city, consider signing up with Zipcar.

http://www.zipcar.com/compare-plans/chicago

Looks like if you sign up for the monthly plan it would be $32 fee to start and either $9/hour or $74/day including 180 miles a day worth of free gas.

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This guy gets it.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Walk along 90 during rush hour and hitchhike. What could go wrong?

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Go to the top floor of the short term parking garage and throw yourself off of it.

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If you need a car for one or two days it will almost certainly be cheaper to just rent it for those days if you are staying in the city. Airport cars get huge taxes put on them by the city. Doing a 1 or 2 day rental from a place by your hotel will avoid those and you don't have to pay for parking for a rental too and they are normally cheaper anyways.

It does depend on where you are staying though. If by city you mean "Oak Brook" then you want a car the whole time and don't want to do uber and taxies.

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are you flying in to do the CFR podcast?

LOL last week I saw a guy riding a bike on the shoulder of the Jane Addams. Inbound, around Touhy approx 9am, I think last Wednesday.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

This is the best way to rent cars. Usually can get them for less than twenty a day.

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