You long for a trip on the open road, but you aren’t sure your car is trustworthy. Or you can’t fit the whole family and suitcases and coolers into the car you have now.

Scrap the vacay? No way. Renting a car can expand your travel options and offer safety options available in newer vehicles.

Here’s an important caveat: If you’re driving out of state or to another country, make sure the rental car company allows this, the Federal Trade Commission notes in its advice on renting a car.

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Here is contact information for rental car agencies here and abroad:

Ace

U.S. and international locations

(800) 243-3443


Advantage

U.S. and international locations

(800) 777-5500

Airport Van Rental


Various U.S. locations

(877) 826-4680

Alamo

U.S. and international locations


(877) 222-9075

Apex Car Rentals

New Zealand

(877) 275-8680


Audi on demand

San Francisco

(877) 506-2834 (AUDI)

Auto Europe


U.S. and international locations

(888) 223-5555

Avis

U.S. and international locations


(800) 331-1212

(800) 331-1084 international

Bestway Rent-a-Car

L.A. area


No central booking number

Black & White Car Rental

L.A. area

(310) 274-1144


Budget

U.S. and international locations

(800) 218-7992

(800) 472-3325 international


CarRentals.com (U.S.) and CarRentals.com (Britain)

An aggregator

No phone number (U.S.)

011-44-844-369-0109 (Britain)


Car2Go (Mercedes-Benz car share)

U.S. and international locations

(877) 488-4224 (North America rentals only)

Discount Car & Truck Rentals


Canada, U.S. and international locations

(800) 263-2355 (within Canada only; Web only for reservations in other countries)

Discovery Rent-a-Car

LAX


No central booking number

Dollar

U.S. and international locations

(800) 800-4000


Economy

U.S. and international locations

(877) 326-7368

Enjoy (Fiat Chrysler car sharing)


Italy

No central booking number

Enterprise

U.S. and international locations


(800) 261-7331

Enterprise CarShare

Short-term rentals in select locations in the U.S., Canada and Britain

(877) 599-3227


Europcar

International and U.S. locations

(877) 940-6900

Europe by Car


Europe

(800) 223-1516

E-Z Rent-a-Car

U.S. and international locations


(800) 277-5171

Firefly

U.S. and international locations

(888) 296-9135


Fox Rent a Car

U.S. and international locations

(800) 225-4369

Getaround


U.S. cities, including San Francisco, Chicago and Portland, Ore. (in 2016, acquired Carma)

(866) 438-2768 (GET-AROUND)

Go Birdz

New Zealand


No U.S. central booking number

Green Motion

U.S. and international locations

No U.S. central booking number


Hertz

U.S. and international locations

(800) 654-3131

(800) 654-3001 international


Hertz 24/7

International car-share type access

No U.S. central booking number

Holiday Autos


An aggregator

U.S. and international locations

(866) 392-9288

Jucy


Campervan rentals, U.S., New Zealand and Australia

(800) 650-4180

Kayak

An aggregator


U.S. and international locations

No phone reservation number

Kemwel

U.S. and international locations


(800) 678-0678

Maui Car Rentals (a.k.a. Bio-Beetle)

Hawaii

(808) 873-6121


Maven (GM car rentals)

Several U.S. cities

(844) 446-2836

MCar (formerly Midway Car Rental)


Southern California

(866) 717-6802

National Car Rental

U.S. and international locations


(877) 222-9058

Nü Car Rentals

U.S. and international locations

(877) 535-7117


Payless Car Rental

U.S. and international locations

(800) 729-5377

ReachNow (BMW car sharing)


Some U.S. cities

(844) 732-2466

Renault Eurodrive

Europe


(888) 532-1221

RentalCars.com

An aggregator

U.S. and international locations


No phone number

Rent-a-Wreck

U.S. and international locations

(800) 944-7501


Silvercar

Various U.S. locations, including LAX and San Francisco and Las Vegas airports

(855) 359-2227

Simply Rent-a-Car


L.A. area

(888) 359-0055

Sixt

U.S. and international locations


(888) 749-8227

Thrifty

U.S. and international locations

(800) 847-4389


Toyota Rent a Car

Various U.S. locations

No central booking number

TravelCar


Car sharing, U.S. and international locations

(888) 807-0209

Turo (formerly Relay Rides)

Car sharing, U.S. and international


No central booking number

Zipcar

Short-term rentals, U.S. and international locations

(866) 494-7227


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