Comments on: Would you drive a free rental car?

By: jonathan

jonathan — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:43:31 +0000

i would do it we hard of it down here in oklahoma city so we checked up in it well it was not true it was fake but if it was real i would do it

By: I.Adam

I.Adam — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:38:33 +0000

Sure, Why not!!!

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By: Tyler Colman (a.k.a. Dr. Vino)

Tyler Colman (a.k.a. Dr. Vino) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:55:15 +0000

Oliver,

There you go destroying a good idea by rightfully invoking the hazard of death. I guess for it to work in Florida it may take more ads on non-rentals cars too.

At least it seems to be working in Portugal!

By: Europe Calling

Europe Calling — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:30:14 +0000

In Portugal there is an enterprise specialized in rent-a-car full with ads for 1€ per day.

Go and see it at

http://www.smartadvertising.pt/

This and other tips about travel on a budget on

http://www.callingeurope.blogspot.com

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:08:27 +0000

Would this really qualify as “viral marketing”? Wikipedia defines it this way: “Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness, through self-replicating viral processes, analogous to the spread of pathological and computer viruses.”

Why would I want anyone to know that I am a tourist or traveler when I am driving (or parking) a rental car? Didn’t Florida even pass a law to prohibit any special markings/stickers on rental cars after some high profile tourist killings involving the purpetrators identifying their easy victims based on their use of a rental car?

By: Tyler Colman (a.k.a. Dr. Vino)

Tyler Colman (a.k.a. Dr. Vino) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:07:06 +0000

Thanks for the feedback! Good point Andy about the high density needed–I don’t think this would fly for rentals in rural North Dakota!

But hopefully some ingenious person at a rental car company will see the demand demonstrated in this thread and push the project through the corporate hierarchy, and free or discounted rentals will be ours! Seriously, in this day and age of viral marketing, it seems like it could be effective, though perhaps it would reach a saturation point quickly. Thus a benefit for the first mover!

By: eliza

eliza — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:49:43 +0000

of course I would do it! why not?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:49:11 +0000

I’d do it!

By: Smail

Smail — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:20:36 +0000

I remember them too. As I recall, there was quite the application process. You had to drive a certain number of daily miles, and agree to park your car in high visibility areas. They placed some sort of GPS tracker in your car so they could see that you were following those stipulations. On top of that, they gave preference to drivers with certain cars (new Beetles and the like).

Just once, I would’ve loved to see a rusty, ‘83 El Camino covered in wrap ads!

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By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:55:52 +0000

Nope!