Modify. While you may get lucky and get an earlier pick-up, they are not obligated to deliver something to you until 3:30. You may also be stuck with a Geo Metro (or electric vehicle, if that matters) over whatever class you have chosen.
At MCO, I had rented with Hertz and then my flight was changed to about 90 minutes earlier. I didn’t modify my car. Naturally, my name was not on the board when I arrived in the garage. I was told they had no mid-size available, and I could either wait until one returned and was cleaned, or I could take a compact. We took the compact as it was just two of us with carry-ons, but I loathe driving small cars in Orlando traffic, so I always modify now. Granted n=1, but I, personally, would like to know I’m getting the car I reserved. Ymmv
It will depend on the company. Let's say you've arranged for a rental from Sunday Noon - Sunday Noon. The weekly rate is usually cheaper than 7 "daily rates". The daily rate is cheaper by hour than the hourly rate.
I agree. I was just relaying my experience. A couple of hours variance has never been a problem for me.
There are a bunch of variables though. IIRC, most "week long" rentals start at 4 days. So if you had the car for six days, it wouldn't matter whether you added an extra 12 hours onto the rental, you're still paying for the week. It would depend on the policy of whatever company you're using.
Except that you would likely get charged for an extra day’s facility fee, tire/battery fee, and whatever other fees are charged on a daily basis, even if the weekly rate included the extra time.
I decided to let it be. Our flight leaves at 12:30pm so I'll have to have the car back around 10:00am so we'll be good there.
