When we booked our rental, I made sure it said 8. I kept checking on the BJs website and saw some rental places had to cheaper by around $200. So I looked but it said 7 seater (or larger) and I needed the 8.
2 years ago we got a brand new GMC Yukon XL...it was beautiful! Our kids fought to press the button to push down the 2nd row seats to get in the back. This April we had a Chevy suburban. Not as nice but still better then driving a van all over FL!
The year we got the Yukon, it was by accident. Dh forgot to do the skip the counter so while in there we upgraded an 8 seater van. But they didn’t have any. They brought us out I think the expedition or whatever ford had that was not the extended back that seated 8 but the trunk space was non existent. The agent said to fold down the seats as I was saying beach chairs and coolers were not going to fit. When she said that I said 8 people aren’t going to fit with a seat folded down. So out came the Yukon xl....heaven!