[andercat]

We have some friends who are talking about coming to The Villages next winter. They want to stay 5 to 6 months. They are coming from the state of Washington and do not want to fly that long distance. Does anyone know about long term car rentals? Thanks for any help you can give me.

[TrudyM]

I don't know if you mean Washington DC or Washington state. We live outside of Seattle and spent three months last winter and rented from enterprise for $850 a month including the taxes for a midsize a lot of that was the taxes. We got a special longterm rate and the second and third months were a little less. Be advised that most of insurance policies that you have only cover a rental car for 30 days so after that you need to get insurance the coverage from the car rental companies was $25 a day but I found coverage on the net for $9. We considered shipping a car round trip which would have cost between 900 and 1200 each way. Air fare is by the way 1200 round trip for two(best flight is Alaska). So if we come for 6 months or so we may do a road trip as the cost of a slow 3 week trip across country would be about 3500 and might be more fun.

Hope this helps