College Football Drives Carrentals

Online, October 10, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The college football roadtrip seems to be a major hot button for fans this Fall as travel cheap car rental site such as www.rentacarnow.com have reported dramatic increases in car rentals in game heavy regions. Rentacarnow.com a web site that aggregates the best rental rates for all rental car companies has reported a 30% increase in the Southeast region over 2009 for weekend specific rentals. In the Pacific Northwest another game friendly region, rentacarnow.com, is reporting a 25% increase in rentals over the past year.

Richard Weede a spokesperson for rentacarnow.com attributes the increase to "A big demand for weekend cheap car rentals now rentals for many of the early season rivalry games. We have pin pointed the demand coming from fans of teams who are traveling just a few hours and opting to drive instead of flying to watch their teams on the road." Weede also said "It's really about the increase in popularity of college football and the economy still being a factor which is causing people to look for the cheapest travel options. This dual effect combined with a early season schedule of local games has had fans traveling to games but looking for the cheapest options."

College Football continues to be a major contributor to the increase in weekend travel during the Fall. In a recent survey conducted by Rentacarnow.com with its customers it was found that a staggering 28% of car rentals over the first two weekends of September were related to a college football roadtrip. "For 28% of our www.rentacarnow.com rentals to be attributed to a college football weekend getaway is absolutely incredible. College football weekends are driving a lot of our September sales this year. I wish they played football 12 months a year!" said Weede.