Many Car rental companies both off-airport and airport locations have seen an increase in their transactions over the last year for this year Thanksgiving weekend. As projected by AAA, approximately 31.7 million travelers (82.8 percent of all holiday travelers) who were expected to go by motor vehicle, a 2.6 percent increase from the 30.8 million who drove a year ago. Many have chosen to rent a car, than use their own personal vehicle this year and so the increase in car rental transactions.

Friend of mine who flew in to LAX picked up a compact car from enterprise for $129 a week. its a steal. Likewise many rental car companies gave away free upgrades and encouraged customers to rent or keep for a week or longer so as to keep their counters as free as they can to take on the last minute renters. Off-airport locations were chosen as they are much cheaper than the airport locations given the fact that a customer has to pay more taxes at the airport.