You want to go on a road trip this summer but you’re not sure that you’re going to be able to afford it. The cost of car rental has gone up a lot in recent years. Plus there’s that whole cost of gas issue that you’re going to have to factor into the travel budget.

Here are some ideas that you might want to try for reducing the cost of car rental:

• Invite people on the trip. You can invite a group of friends to go with you or you could even post a classified ad that you’re offering a rideshare to people in the area. Have these people pitch in on the cost of travel and you can save some money.
• Look for coupons. Many car rental places have online coupons. Make sure that you read the fine print carefully - a coupon for Orlando rental cars isn’t going to save you money if it’s not good at the Fort Lauderdale car rental place you’re getting the car from.
• Go smaller in size. You don’t have to get the SUV or luxury car; the economy car will probably get you to your destination just fine.
• Do comparison shopping. Two different car rental Orlando agencies may offer highly different prices for their cars depending on how busy they are.

You can save money on car rental by being smart about your rental shopping. Get others to offset the cost of the travel and you’ll be in even better shape!