We used Holiday Autos UK for rental - they offer a higher level of insurance than buying directly from the Hirer (Alamo in our case) which meant we didn't need to buy additional CDW insurance or anything.
We also bought it via Quidco so got cashback...
29 Nov 12 holiday autos £846.56 – £101.59 Paid 10 Jan 13
Oh, just checked Expedia for late June -> July - got over £900 for the flights alone, so I guess you are getting a good deal!
TR, BA have always been excellent for me when I've rung up and said, "I want to book WT+ flights both ways, and then use miles to upgrade. What's the best flight to do that on?"
If you're a BAEC member, they seem to treat it as a personal challenge to make sure they get you the best deal as well! 🙂
Interesting thread as we are doing something similar this summer as well. Flying into SFO and returning from SEA. Contrary to the popular choices we are starting in the south and driving north. Only thing booked so far are the flights. Still waiting to see where we want to go / see while we are there before we look at where we might stay. Leaning towards having three or 4 "base camps" from which we do the sight seeing / experiences and then just do a couple of bigger drives on a fewer days. Already beginning to think we could be coming back again in a year or two as we will have found some amazing places that we feel we need to visit again / spend more time at.
going to go see trailfinders on saturday afternoon to explore options.
aiming to book by monday anyway
