On a $200 rental base rate.taxes and fees would add approx $100 to the rental. Then the base rate of the vehicle is taxed at 10.3%. 77 per day city maintenance fee and that's taxed.ġ1.11 percent is the Concession Recoup fee.fee that goes to the airport.for having car rental in close proximity to the airport.and that's taxed.ģ.25% or a flat $2.50 (whichever is higher) is the stadium tax currently for the cardinal stadium. The $4.50 per day goes to pay for continued maintenance support of the rental car facility and that's taxed at 10.3% Some cities have taxes and fees as high as 72%. Cities across the nation have been fighting city governments for years on the high taxes and fees that get tacked onto rental cars.Īs the other poster said.even though you might book off sight and get lower taxes/fees, the rate is usually higher and you have to GET to the off site location as well. Phx has the Sixth highest taxes and fees in the nation. Remember there are always two sides of the story and I won't complain about paying $139.12 for my rental at the Sky Harbour Airport. So before you decide where and when to rent do your homework. After taxes, I would have paid $186.81 to rent outside of the airport for the same car. ![]() Going off site would have save me on the taxes, but the base price was much higher. Unfortunately, the info on the airport taxes are true as I ended up paying $67.21 in taxes. The website coupon gave me an additional $25.00 off which lowered the cost to $71.91. The base cost was $107.68 and then I chose to pre-pay which lowered the cost to $96.91. So this is the breakdown for my 1 week rental: ![]() At the same time it would appear that since I booked well in advance I have saved even more. By browsing Alamo's website I found various coupons/savings to help lower the cost. Last week I booked a 1 week car rental from Sky Harbour for a trip at the end of September 2008. ![]() That's one side of the story, but there is also another side.
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