Did you really book the car with just 1 dollar first? My friend stared at me on video and asked. I laughed and said yes. I also could not believe it at the start. I was going to visit Cape Town in South Africa. I booked a Toyota Corolla automatic from Europcar with QEEQ. I planned to pick it up around the evening of March 19 around six and return it in Cape Town in early June also around six. The rental was pretty long. My biggest worry was not the car. It was my credit card limit. Paying so much in one time made me nervous. On the page I saw something called One-Dollar Freeze. It said I only need to pay 1 dollar first to lock the car. The rest of the money would be charged automatically before the rental starts and there is no interest. My first thought was that it sounded too good to be true. I even did some math for the more than seventy days rental. If I paid all at once it would give my card a lot of stress. So I decided to try this plan. When the payment page came out I asked myself again while looking at the screen. Is it really just 1 dollar. When I saw the amount was really that low I felt much more relaxed. After the payment went through my booking showed as confirmed. At that moment I felt I kind of got a nice deal. Some time later I was checking my trip again. I was thinking if I could maybe visit Botswana Eswatini or Lesotho during the journey. I also thought if I had paid everything at the start it would be harder to change plans. Now with only a tiny amount frozen first I felt less pressure when I adjusted my ideas. A few days before the real start date I suddenly remembered the rest of the money. A question popped up in my head. When will they charge it and will there be any problem. I opened my card bill and saw the charge was done as expected. The amount was correct with no extra money taken. In that moment I felt very calm. I almost did not need to do anything. It was like they arranged the payment for me in the background. When I chatted with my friend I even joked about it and said now I book cars starting with just 1 dollar. He told me he always paid full for long rentals before and his card almost exploded. Then I realized this pay a little first style really fits people like me. I am kind of a student type traveler with limited budget who still wants to go far. Later when I was packing and reading travel tips I did not feel that my bank card was drained. I was only waiting for a time point when they would auto charge the rest. For me the best part was that my credit card felt much less pressure and I did not need to remember to pay the balance by myself. When it was almost time to go to Cape Town everything about the payment was already done and waiting. It all started with a small 1 dollar move and it made my whole trip feel more relaxed.
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