Let me complain first. As a business traveler I never thought I could even make a little extra money from a car booking. I booked a Hyundai i10 manual in Larnaca through QEEQ. Plan was to pick it up one evening in mid May and keep it until early June. My schedule was full with meetings and client visits, so my only worry was time. I did not expect any surprise on the price side. Later I got an email. My first thought was that they wanted more documents again. I opened it and it said the price went down and they already made a new booking for me and sent some money back. I just stared at the screen for a moment. What was this. Then I remembered I had chosen Price Drop Protector when I booked. At that time I only thought it might help a bit. I did not expect it to really work. How much did I get back. It was real money. A bit more than ten pounds came back to my card. For some people that is not a big amount. For me as someone who travels a lot for work, this kind of small saving again and again becomes a nice budget by the end of the year. The best part was I did nothing extra. I did not check the price every day. I did not compare sites again and again. I just booked once and they watched the price for me. I only waited for the result. I tried to remember the night I booked. I was working late in the office. I was on a call with a colleague about the Larnaca meeting schedule and at the same time I opened the site to book the car. Since it was for business I only cared about a few points. Was the time right. Was the car size okay. Was the price inside my budget. When I picked the Hyundai i10 I looked at the total price. It was fine. Then I saw a small line about Price Drop Protector. It said that if the price went down later they would rebook and refund the difference. In my head I said to myself, will the price really drop for my dates. Anyway I clicked it. No harm. Then I went back to my work and forgot about it. Some days passed. I was busy with slides and documents for the trip. I almost forgot the booking. When I saw the email about the price drop the first question in my head was do I need to confirm something again. Will this change my pick up time in Larnaca. I read slowly and saw that the pick up place was the same and the evening time was the same. Only the order number was new and the price was lower. I looked at the price difference again and had to laugh a bit. It felt like I was telling my future self that it is still the same car but with a cheaper bill. Was there any extra trouble. That is what I care about the most. I do not want to save ten pounds but lose hours on calls. It turned out I did not need to do anything. The new booking just replaced the old one. I did not need to run through any strange steps and I did not need to talk with the car rental counter. For a business person this style is perfect. Saving money but not using brain power. I even told this story to a colleague. He asked me if I waited on purpose for the lowest price before booking. I said no. I just booked early and let them watch the price. Then he asked if I was not afraid that the price might go up. I thought about it and felt very calm. The first price was already okay for me. The refund was a bonus. So I did not feel any stress. It was not like those times when you keep checking and fear you paid too much. I also asked myself a question. Without this Price Drop Protector would I ever find out that the price went down. With the pace of this Cyprus trip my daytime was full of client meetings and my nights were for follow up work. I would never go back to check the price of the same Hyundai i10 again. I would not know about any drop. I would also not start a new booking and ask for a refund. So this service kind of solved the problem between being lazy and wanting to save money. This experience gave me a clear feeling. It is like they say you do not need to watch I will watch for you. For a business traveler time is usually more important than ten pounds. But if someone can save a bit for you quietly without bothering you the good feeling builds up. This trip to Larnaca was not cheap at all. Tickets and hotel were both expensive. Seeing the car price go down and getting money back made the whole budget feel a bit more friendly. Overall the cost of the car felt not only fair but slightly better than I expected.
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