I want to start with the feeling. In the end I got the same car for a cheaper price and it really felt like I earned money for free. At first I thought I read the price wrong. Later I saw it was the Price Drop Protector helping me save.
I booked my car on QEEQ about one month before the trip to Lanzarote. I chose a Peugeot 208 from Keddy by Europcar, a small manual car. When I booked, I was already thinking a lot about my budget. The price looked ok so I just went ahead.
Some days later I got a message from them saying the price for my booking went down and the system already made a new booking with the lower price and sent me back the difference. My first reaction was surprise. In my head I was like, is this real, I did nothing and I still pay less.
I checked the new order. It was the same company and same car group. The pick up and drop off in Lanzarote stayed almost the same, just the total price was a few euro lower. I did not search again. I did not change anything. I just quietly saved some money. As an overseas traveler I am always a bit worried about price tricks on platforms, but this time it felt like they were really on my side.
When I finally arrived on the island and stood outside the airport waiting to get the car, I remembered this again and started to count in my head how many extra coffees I could buy with those euro. My mood got lighter right away. It is not big money but it feels nice that someone watched the price for me. I did not need to refresh websites every day. For someone like me who is a bit lazy and still cares a lot about every euro, this service fits me very well.
Hey why do you suddenly have a few extra euros here my friend asked when he looked at my bill on my phone. I thought I did the math wrong at first. Then I remembered it was because I picked Price Drop Protector when I booked with QEEQ. When I booked the car I did not really think the price could still go down. I just wanted to lock the car and be done. It was around September 26 when I used my phone to book a car in Faro in Portugal. I planned to pick it up the next day around early afternoon at GREEN MOTION. It was a Ford Focus with manual gear and I checked all the details and the total price. I even wrote the amount down in my notes. A few days later I checked my emails and my card bill again. I saw the number was different from what I wrote. It was lower by a few euros. For a moment I got nervous. I thought maybe the card was charged wrong and then fixed or that I missed some extra fee. I read the emails again more slowly. Then I saw a message from them saying the price went down and they already made a new booking for me and sent back the difference. It was around 6 euros. It is not a huge amount but for me as a student it feels nice. It feels like I earned money for nothing. I do not remember clicking any rebook button. I just booked the car and went on with my day. When I finally noticed it the money was already there. They did not ask me to fill forms or do anything. The car was still the same car. The plan stayed almost the same. I was still going to pick it up around September 27 in the afternoon and drop it off around early October in the morning. The only thing that changed was the price. It became cheaper by itself. When I explained it to my friend he first thought I got a discount at the counter in person. I told him it was just a service I added when I booked and then I forgot about it. I only remembered when I saw the bill go down. For me this thing that watches the price for me feels like having a classmate who is good with money standing next to me. They keep an eye on the fare and when it drops they tell me and already send the money back. I do not need to refresh prices every day and my mind feels lighter.
On the morning when I returned the car in Faro, I was walking to the airport counter and asking myself a question. Did this car rental cost me more than it should? The answer made me a bit happy, because I knew I saved some money. How did it start? When I was planning my solo trip to Portugal, I booked a Ford Focus with GREEN MOTION on QEEQ. Manual, four doors, five seats. For one person it was perfect. I was thinking, what if the price goes down later and I pay more? I did not want that. So what helped me? There was a service called Price Drop Protector. What does it do? After I made the booking and was still worried about my budget, they later found that the price became lower and they made a new booking for me with the cheaper price. Did I need to do it myself? No. Customer support told me there was a refund for the price difference and I only needed to confirm. Was the difference big? It was not huge, but I travel alone and count every euro, so a few euros still matter to me. At that moment I felt lucky, because without this service I would not notice the change in price at all. When I picked up the car around late September afternoon in Faro, I was at the counter and I felt relaxed, since my budget was still under control and the car was just what I expected. When I brought the car back in early October and thought about it again, it felt like I had a bit of extra travel money. Was someone watching the price for me? Yes. They kept an eye on it and I just used the car. For a solo traveler like me who wants to save money, this kind of automatic refund on price drop feels very real and helpful.
I want to start with my feeling. It really felt like I just earned money for free this time. I booked my car on QEEQ because I planned to travel alone to Milan. I would arrive in Italy around mid August in the evening and pick up an Alfa Romeo Stelvio there the next day. When I chose the car, I only checked the time and that the price was okay. Then I made the booking and did not think much about price changes.
After a short while I saw a new confirmation email from them. At first I was a bit worried and thought something went wrong. Then I read it slowly and understood it was the Price Drop Protector helping me. My old booking price was higher. The new one was cheaper by some tens of euros. They calculated the difference and sent it back to me. I did not ask for it. I did not talk to anyone. I just quietly got this money back and it felt like someone was watching my budget for me.
During these days I kept checking the weather in Milan and imagined myself at the airport soon, looking at that Stelvio and feeling relaxed. My rental plan did not change at all. Pick up and drop off were still in Milan. Only the total cost went down. In my head I started to count. With this extra money I could drink a few more coffees in the city or buy a small souvenir. When I thought about that, I really started to like this Price Drop Protector. It feels like a good extra layer for solo travelers like me who do not want to watch prices every day.
For me this auto saving feeling is very special. I will still go to Milan around the same time and wait at the airport to get the car. But in my mind I already accept that this booking is cheaper than what I first saw. No extra steps. No complex rules. Just this small surprise that my money is a bit more than I expected, and that does not happen very often.
Can a rental price really go down and save me money by itself? When I booked through QEEQ, I did not think about it too much. I just saw something called Price Drop Protector and clicked it. I thought I would never really use it. Later it surprised me. That day I was at home checking flights and car prices. I had already locked a price with another booking. After some time I went back to check again. The price for the same kind of car in Nice looked a bit different. I was not sure about the old number and I felt the change was not big, so I did not try to change anything. Some time later I got an email from them. I found out my old booking was changed to a new one. The car was still a similar small automatic car, but the price was lower than before. I got about seventy five shekels back. For someone like me who travels on a kind of student budget, that feels like extra money for food. The funny part is that I did not go and ask them for a better deal. They watched the price for me. When I think about it now, without this service I would never check the price every day. I would not know it went down. What I really felt was this. Same kind of car and same days in mid to late September in Nice, but cheaper than my first booking. It felt like I earned money for nothing. With this kind of auto refund feature, I feel more relaxed when I book with them next time.
"Why did you just say you kind of made money" my friend asked me on chat. I said "For real I did nothing and I saved more than thirty euros."
Here is what happened. I planned a trip to Italy and I booked a car on QEEQ. I chose a car from STREET and I would pick it up in Naples around the end of September and drop it off in Rome in early October. When I booked I saw a service called Price Drop Protector. I clicked it and thought it was no harm to try since I did not need to watch the price by myself.
One day I was on the metro and checked my phone. I saw an email that showed a new booking number. I first thought I made some mistake and booked again so I got a bit nervous. I opened it and checked the details. The car group time and places were all almost the same. Only the order number changed and there was a line that showed the price went down and I saved a bit more than thirty euros. For one second I was confused and then I felt really happy.
My friend asked me "So what did you do Did you cancel and book again" I thought about it and said "I did nothing after the first booking. I just chose that service when I paid. They saw the price drop later and helped me change to the cheaper price and gave me the difference." My trip plan stayed the same and no one really bothered me. I just spent less money all of a sudden.
Later I read the emails again and then I really understood how nice this was. If I checked the price by myself every day I would give up very fast. I would also miss the right time when the price went down. Now I just wait to pick up the car in Naples. It is still the same STREET car group but I feel more relaxed because I saved money without extra work. The extra euros can cover some more food in Italy. For me this is the first time I feel booking a car can make me feel like I found money on the ground and adding this service on QEEQ was totally worth it.
