Can I really book a car by paying only 1 dollar first and let the rest be charged later This idea sounded cool but when it was my own money I still felt a bit nervous. I booked the car on QEEQ because I wanted to take my kid to North Charleston in the US for a few days. We planned to pick up the car around May 2 in the evening around 8 and return it around May 11 at noon. The rental company was Budget. The car group was Kia Soul automatic with four doors and five seats which was just right for our family of three. When the page showed Only pay 1 dollar now I stopped for a second. My first thought was Is it really just 1 dollar Will there be some trick later I checked the order price and then the payment page again. I also looked at my credit card bill for this month in my head. The pressure was already a bit high so this One-Dollar Freeze option caught my eye right away. My wife asked me Is this safe What if they charge a lot at once and you do not notice I was not fully sure either. But I thought about our recent costs like school fees for the kid and daily things. I told her Let us try once If it does not work we just use another site next time At least this month the bill will not look too scary. I chose One-Dollar Freeze. The page said it would only take 1 dollar to hold the booking. I stared at the message from my bank on my phone. It really only took 1 dollar. I felt a big relief. The pressure on my credit card for this month felt lighter. I did not feel that heavy worry from paying a big amount all at once. In the next few days I almost forgot about it. Sometimes when I lay in bed at night I would think When will they charge the rest of the car fee But then I remembered that it would be charged before the trip starts so I did not go check again and again. One or two days before we left I looked at my bill and saw that the remaining amount was charged normally. There were no extra fees and no strange service charges. I was a bit surprised but also felt very calm. On the travel day we went to the Budget counter in North Charleston with our kid and luggage. In my mind I was still thinking Maybe the staff will say the amount is wrong or something like that. The staff checked the booking and said the payment was already done and I just needed to show my license and credit card for deposit. The whole process was smooth. While I stood at the counter and my kid walked around next to me I suddenly felt glad that I only paid 1 dollar at the start. If I had paid everything earlier my stress would be much higher. The car was a small one like Kia Soul. The space was bigger than I thought. The back seat fit the child seat well and the trunk could hold two big suitcases and one small one. When I drove around the city with my family I sometimes thought of this booking. I felt that my first worry about wrong charges was not really needed. On the return day we drove the car back to the North Charleston return spot around noon. The staff checked the car and finished the process quickly. I checked my credit card bill again and there were no strange extra costs. At that moment I felt that this way of paying only 1 dollar first and then auto charging later was really working for me. For a parent like me it is very helpful that it does not take a big part of my credit line at once. It made this month much easier for my daily life and my repayment.
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