What surprised me most on this solo trip to Portland in the United States? It was that I did nothing and still got a refund from my booking. Why did this happen? Because when I booked my car on QEEQ I added their Price Drop Protector. I did not think too much at that time. I just felt it might help watch the price for me and it did not hurt to have one more safety net. This is how I found out about it. One day I was at home in Australia. It was a winter afternoon and the sky was a bit grey. My laptop screen was full of emails about my coming trip. I was checking my flights and my car booking. I wanted to make sure I would pick up the car in Portland around the afternoon on July 3 and return it around noon on July 11. While I was going through the emails I saw a new message. It said the price had changed and I would get some money back. What was my first reaction? I thought it might be a scam email. Then I scrolled down and saw the details of my booking. It was the car in Portland with Budget a mystery car with automatic gear two doors and five seats. I looked at the numbers and tried to remember the old price. I saw that it was lower by a bit more than twenty Australian dollars. I started to count in my head. This was like a few simple meals for me. So I asked myself how did this money appear. The answer was quite simple. Price Drop Protector kept watching the price of the same type of car after I booked. When the price went down one day they rebooked it for me with the new lower price. Then they sent the difference back to me. For me the whole process was invisible. I did not call anyone. I did not send any message and I did not refresh the page every day. It felt like someone was standing behind me and guarding this price. I only saw the result at the end. What was I doing in my mind at that time. I was thinking about the weather in Portland in July. I imagined myself landing and walking out of the airport around two in the afternoon on July 3. I thought the sun might be bright but the air would not be too heavy. I saw myself pushing my suitcase to the Budget counter to get the mystery car and I hoped it would be a nice one. Then I imagined one week later around noon on July 11 I would return the car and pull my suitcase again for my next plan. I asked myself if there was no such feature what would happen. The honest answer is that I would never know the price went down later. I would just pay the old price and think this was normal. As a solo traveler I really have to look at every cost. Flight hotel and car rental added together can be heavy if the budget goes a little bit over. So this twenty plus Australian dollars might not sound like much to some people but for me it was a small gift that fell from the sky. I also checked if I needed to do anything more like sign something or go to any counter. The result was no. They had already taken care of it for me. I only needed to show up in Portland go to the counter around the afternoon of July 3 give my booking and take the car for a week then return it before noon on the 11th. The whole thing felt easy. My head only needed to remember my schedule not the price changes. Then I thought about the moment when I first booked. I was sitting at my desk. There was a light smell of coffee in the room. My phone was charging on the side. I saw the words mystery car on the screen. It felt a bit fun and also a bit like a gamble. I asked myself if I should spend more time to compare prices. My answer was that I was too lazy to do that so I just clicked confirm. I did not expect that because of Price Drop Protector I would save more money than some people who keep checking every site. For someone like me who travels alone this kind of auto saving tool fits me well. I do not have to watch my booking all the time and I am not afraid if the price drops later and I lose out. They will catch the lower price for me when it appears. One normal afternoon I just opened my email and saw an extra refund of the price difference. My mind suddenly felt lighter and I felt that using them for this booking was really worth it.
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