Rent a car, limo, RV...
CARS
Below is a list of comopanies, doing business in San Francisco and Bay area airports.
Dollar.
364 O’Farrel Street
2500 Mason Street, Sheraton Fishermans Wharf
National.
1600 Mission Street (Civic Center)
320 O’Farrel, Bush
750 Bush Street (Union Square)
687 Folsom Street (Convention center)
City Rent a Car.
You can drop off your car @ SFO thanks to their Fasttrak affiliation.
1433 Bush street
Budget.
821 Howard Street
5 Embarcadero Center, Hyatt Regency
495 Bay Street (Fishermans Wharf)
AVIS.
675 Post Street (Union Square)
500 Beach Street (Fishermans Wharf)
ENTERPRISE.
495 Geary bd (Richmond District) -- 498 Winston drive (Sunset) -2001 Market (Castro) -- 1600 Mission -- 550 Turk -- 1395 Van Ness -- 312 8th street (SOMA) -- 222 Mason street (Union Square) -- 350 Beach street (Fishermans Wharf) -- 717 Folsom street (Moscone Center)
HERTZ.
3928 Geary bd -- 840 Ellis street -- 241 10th street -- 550 O'Farrell street -- 325 Mason street -- 500 Post street, J.W. Marriott -- 335 Powell, Westin St Francis -- 950 mason street, Fairmount Hotel -- 55 4th street, Marriott Marquis -- 500 Beach street (Fisherman's Wharf)
You can also check on tourist websites which display rates comparisons depending on your requirements.
EXPEDIA -- Expedia.com
TRAVELOCITY -- Travelocity.com
KAYAK -- Kayak.com
CARRENTALS -- Carrentals.com
Short list with the most famous of them. Keep in mind that Kayak does even compare specialized websites between eachother. That should make it to find the best deal!
Another thing you should know...
Triple A members get the advantage of exckusive deals.
Check their website to find them!
Car rental concept has been changing a lot in the past few years coping with new economical and environmental constraints, and adapting itself to them. Which leads to short term (even very short term) rental that arose and throve.
CAR SHARING
Based on a very simple and basic idea... Why should we bother (and meanwhile spend money accordingly) having a car while we only need it from time to time?
City Car Share
City CarShare is a nonprofit organization that launched car sharing in the San Francisco Bay area in 2001. There are cars available for hourly use at all times of day. Members pay a membership fee and usage charges based on amount of time used, distance driven, time of day, and vehicle type. City car share fleet includes Hybrid vehicles (like Toyota Prius), Smart Cars, Subarus, Mini Coopers, even pick up trucks, wheelchai accessible vans... They have been selected for fuel efficiency with low emissions ratings.
Membership does include maintenance, gas and insurance. Becoming a member, you get an electronic key giving access to all the vehicles of the fleet. In the end, you just have to bring the car back to its initial spot.
Vehicles are parked on their PODs (point of departure), that you can easily check an find on the company website.
Zipcar
Hard to compare them. At the first sight, rates seem a bit more expensive, but both offers look quite alike.
The fleet is possibly wider (officially 70 models) with some kind of "luxury" cars. Each vehicle has got a "home location" (street spot, driveway or a public parking) easy to find on their website.
How does it work? Quite funny short movie to know everything about the way it works.
LUXURY CARS
Club Sportiva
Lamborghini, Ferrari & co... Top luxury cars. System based on a membership to get access to those little jewels.
City Rent a Car
Not only outstanding cars. However, they put forward their luxury models. Call them "exotic cars", exotic as in fancy and trendy.
You will have to give a call to get rates for the most "exotic" cars.
To give you a hint... a Mini Cooper is around 80$ a day.
MOTOS & SCOOTERS
Buzz Rentals
Used to rent Vespas, but there have been Insurance issues in California. Once fixed, they'll get back to the business.
Also offer Smart cars. Another category, but why not?
Dubbelju Motorcycles Rentals
Very good reputation. On Bryant Street. It's all about motorcycles... which means you'll find Harleys.
Eaglerider.
Motos, scooters, Crosscountry (aka dirty bikes) and Quads.
Multilingual website. They are doing business all over the world or something like that. So, indulge yourself here in SF or anywhere else.
488 8th Street
(415) 503 1900
Spyder rentals
Located in Alameda (on the other side of the Bay Bridge).
What are Spyders... they're 3 wheels motorcycles. But this simple description is not up to their looking. Simply go and check the pictures and have fun!
(877) 518 1444
Thunder Road Motorsports
SF address has been shut down as a consequence to the economic crisis...
US motorcycle rentals went on with the business. But it is now located in Concord. May be of great interest for passionate people.
Route 66 Motorcycles.
Appealing website even if you don't know anything about motorcycles. Sounds and looks like a french guy.
960 Anza Street.
RVs
Rent an RV and drive along desert endless roads, Joshua trees and cactus forming like a guard of honor...
Quite an experience not so very far from SF!!
Lost campers.
Vans, RVs…
2955 3rd Street
Prices are quite seasonal, makes totally sense.
El Monte.
Top famous. Some kind of market benchmark. They're doing business a bit everywhere. You don't necessarily have to rent them starting from SF. You can also pick them in Vegas for instance.
111 Mason Street
Cruise America.
As much famous. Wide network. Compare rates and prices according to your requirements. They offer "Hot Deals" that could influence your trip plans and organization. Pick up in Oakland.
LIMOs
To get an idea regarding rates and prices, you'd better call and tell your specific expectations.
Companies look quite alike and offer the same kind of services.
Their addresses are displayed here and in the Taxis category as well, considering that they almost always offer an airport shuttle service. Most of the time, they also offer Napa Valley and Wine country tours.
C & M Limousines & Transportation Services
SF Town Limo -- Their website
Onyx Limos -- Their website
Abiano -- Their website
Giant Reef Limo – Their website
Regency Limousines Company – Their website
Red Tie Transportation
Good reputation, apparently based on their professionalism.
Their website is not as much glamorous as some others. Red tie, flawless service, here is their claim!
MOVING TRUCKS
Most of the regular rental companies offer trucks as well.
Here is a short selection of more specialized companies.
Coast Truck Rental
Very good reputation. Wide choice and affordable rates.
2955 3rd St
U- Haul
Market benchmark. Well known for their super competitive rates.
Penske Truck Rental
Very good reputation.
630 Cesar Chavez -- (between Maryland St & Michigan St)
