Economy rent a car is like a a budget airline. They offer the cheapest price as bait, but there are catches and fees for everything. Rental fee for entire period is paid upfront. No refunds if you return your car soon. If you use your own insurance, they will keep a $500 hold on your card ("to pay for repairs" - they failed to explain what this means because they take your insurance details already, and deductible is charged by your car insurance company to you). If you decline this $500 hold, they charge $8/day. Additional drivers are a daily fee. There is no walk-around inspection of the car. I was told to take pictures using my cellphone camera, and if there are damages found at time of return, they will rely on the timestamp of the pictures. I was scared because the car I was given has a number of scratches and bumps all around. When I returned the car, no one talked about the existing scratches and they returned my deposit (phew!). Throughout my rental period, I was a bit scared of losing all or part of my deposit, but it checked out already.