Zipcar?

[randomness]

I'm considering getting a Zipcar membership. Anyone like them? Dislike them? Have any pointers or thoughts?

(Also, I see some interesting promotional codes floating around the intarweb: KQED (as in the San Francisco PBS station) gets you $50 credit, and VANCOUVERWEB gets you $75 credit. I don't know that either of them will work in Boston, as I haven't signed up yet. It's at least vaguely plausible that I might be a KQED member, while I'm not sure it's so plausible for me to use the Vancouver discount here. But hey, if someone's used it, I want to hear whether it worked. :)

dirque forwarded me a promo code, but for Flexcar, which sadly doesn't operate in Boston.)

Comments

[nhradar.livejournal.com]

I use it as a second car. It's great for anytime I need to move something in-town, or otherwise deal with cargo that my wonderspud has issues with. Great for grocery store runs, costco runs, moving a fridge from best buy to the house, etc.

I don't know where people find decent cars for $35/day rentals; that seems insanely cheap to me, so even the daily rental cost doesn't seem that bad (though I would not really expect ever to use it for that). Also, your membership works in every zipcar city (including london)

Harvard has some sort of reduced-pricing deal...$25 one-time fee for your membership, and the usual paygo or value-added rates. Not sure if it's the best deal, but it's a bit of a break.

Honestly, for a $25 one-time cost, it seems pretty painless to get the card and see if it's something useful to you.