In my head the first picture is a summer morning in Montreal. The sky is bright but the street is still kind of quiet. I am pulling my suitcase to the Budget parking lot and checking my phone. While I look at my booking I remember how it felt when I made the order. When I was on QEEQ I saw One-Dollar Freeze. It said I only pay 1 dollar first to lock the car. I suddenly felt less nervous and I thought to myself. Just lock the car now. The rest of the money can be paid later. Before I booked I was worrying about my budget. As a young person traveling, I always feel my credit card limit is not so high. I did not want to pay a few hundred dollars in one shot. When I saw this payment plan with only 1 dollar upfront I decided to try and clicked confirm. While the page was loading I kept thinking. Is it really only 1 dollar. Will there be some strange extra fee later. When the bank text came it showed just 1 dollar. I felt pretty good and a bit lucky. It was like I got my spot first. A few days later I started to look at my trip more carefully. My plan was to pick up the car around July 12 in the morning at nine in Montreal. The car was a Nissan Versa with automatic, four doors and five seats. It was nice for driving around the city with friends. Then I suddenly asked myself. When will they take the rest of the money. Will I forget to pay and lose the car. I opened my credit card bill and saw that they had already charged the full amount sometime before the rental started. I did not even notice the exact time. I just saw the number and it matched. I felt a little surprised and thought. Oh it is already paid. It felt like the whole thing was taken care of for me. I only needed to show up and get the car. On the morning when I arrived in Montreal it was a bit hot. I walked into the Budget office and still had a small worry in my heart. I wondered if they would ask me to sign a lot more papers because I only paid 1 dollar at first. The staff checked my information and gave me the key quickly. They said the car was ready. At that moment I understood that the first 1 dollar just helped me click the book button. The automatic payment later was the real part that made me feel relaxed. I did not have to remember any pay date. I did not feel my credit card was pushed too hard. For a second I imagined what would happen if this payment way did not exist. I might book very late or pay full price at once and then be scared to use my card for the rest of the month. When I think back to the moment I saw the words pay only 1 dollar first on the screen I know I had some doubt. In the end the process had no interest cost and the payment was smooth. My credit card pressure became much smaller. When I drove out of Montreal in the Nissan Versa I told my friend about this. I laughed and said that I used 1 dollar to hold a whole car and they helped me finish the rest of the payment before the trip started. My friend said this kind of way is nice for young people who need to watch their budget. I agreed and felt a bit proud of my choice. Around a week later when I returned the car in Toronto at noon I looked at the Nissan Versa and another picture came to my mind. It was the picture of me staring at my phone when I first booked. At that time I only wanted less pressure on my credit card so I picked One-Dollar Freeze. Now when I look back the whole payment part was easy. Booking was light. During the rental I did not worry if I had paid or not. At return I did not need to check numbers again. Everything was already done in advance. I did not really need much help from customer service. From booking to payment and then pick up and drop off it felt like they made the money part simple and I just had to be there when it was time to drive.
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