What is the scariest thing when you rent a car with kids. I kept asking myself this while pulling our bags in Barcelona airport. It was the morning of May 23. We walked out from Terminal 2 and went to the Keddy by Europcar counter to pick up a Fiat 500. It was a small white car. Sunlight was on the roof. My kid was running around the car, very excited. I felt pretty relaxed inside because the big part of the payment was already taken a few days before. I made the booking on my phone at home when I was still packing. I saw on QEEQ that there was something called One-Dollar Freeze. It said I only needed to pay 1 dollar first to lock the car. I did not fully trust it at first. I was afraid they might charge extra later. But our budget for this family trip was really tight. We had already paid for flights and hotels. So I decided to try it. After I paid that 1 dollar, my credit card felt almost no pressure. I even did some small math in my head. I liked that I did not have to block a big amount on my card at once. Closer to our travel date, I checked my card bill. I saw the rest of the money was charged. The amount was the same as the price I saw when I booked. There were no strange extra fees. I felt a bit surprised in a good way. For a parent like me, this payment style is very friendly. It is easier to plan our costs and I do not worry that my card limit is used up too fast. When we finally arrived in Spain and went to pick up the car on May 23 morning, I was still thinking that without this pay 1 dollar first option, I might have delayed the booking. I might have waited until the last minute because of money stress and fear of price changes. Then maybe it would not be so easy to get a car in Barcelona like this. When my kid sat in the car and clicked the seat belt, I felt lucky that I chose that option. The whole booking felt light for me and there was no interest pressure. This part stayed in my mind. Traveling with kids, I want both money and plans to stay under control, not to get scared by a big payment at the start. Using this way to book a car made me feel they really think about normal families like us.
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