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STEVIE BrooksLithuania

I was walking near the old town in Vilnius that day and the wind was a bit cold. I suddenly remembered I wanted to go out to see some lakes and forests in a few days so I thought I really needed a car. I took out my phone and opened the rental app my friend told me about. It was QEEQ. I sat down on a bench near the street while a guy was playing guitar nearby and started to pick a car. I looked through many choices and finally picked a Toyota Yaris from Alamo. It was manual with four doors and five seats. It felt just right for me and my luggage. My mind was a bit nervous at that moment because I had just paid my tuition and my credit card bill was not small. When I reached the payment page I saw an option called One-Dollar Freeze. It said I only needed to pay 1 dollar first to lock the booking and the rest would be taken before the rental started and there would be no interest. I stared at that line for a few seconds and thought this really fit my situation now. I kind of whispered to myself on the bench and said first pay one dollar and try it. At least today my card would not feel so heavy. Then I tapped confirm. My phone vibrated and the booking success screen popped up. At that moment I felt my whole body relax. It was like my stress went down a lot in one second. Later when I walked back to my hostel I watched the sunset and kept thinking about what I just did. It felt a bit unreal that I locked a car with only 1 dollar. The actual pickup day was smooth too. I went to the Alamo counter in Vilnius on July 10 in the evening around seven which was about one day later than the first plan. There was still light in the sky. The staff at the counter checked my booking and said the amount would follow the normal order. I remembered I only paid one dollar days before so I paid extra attention to my credit card. During the days before the trip started I sometimes opened my banking app just to look. I saw the rest of the money getting charged around the time it was supposed to. There was no extra fee and no strange interest. That made me feel safe. It felt like someone helped me arrange the timing. I knew the total price was the same but I did not need my card to lose a big amount weeks earlier. When I returned the car I went back to the same city on July 13 in the evening around seven again. I gave the keys back and walked out of the parking area and started to count my trip costs in my head. I felt my credit card did not suffer too much from the rental. Before this if I had to pay the full price weeks earlier I would keep thinking about that payment all the time and worry that my card limit was not enough or that other spending would be too much. This time with One-Dollar Freeze I really felt different. My card pressure was clearly smaller and my mind was calmer. The whole thing was not complex for me. What I could feel was that I paid one dollar at the start then the rest of the money was taken by my card closer to the start of the rental and I did not have to do much. For a solo traveler student like me this way is pretty friendly. I can lock the car first and then slowly plan my budget and I do not get hit by one big payment too early.

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John BarriosUnited States

“Dad did we really only pay one dollar” My kid asked me this at the ACE counter in Los Angeles and looked at the screen with big eyes. I laughed a little and said “Yes before we came I only paid 1 dollar to book the car and now they start to charge the rest.” In that moment I was really glad I booked through QEEQ. When I first booked the car I was under a lot of pressure. I was coming to the US with my kid and I needed a car like the Hyundai Tucson from ACE. I had to think about suitcases and a child seat and I also added one extra driver so the total price went up. I saw the full amount and my head felt heavy. I did not want my credit card to be pushed too hard in one time. Then I saw a thing called One-Dollar Freeze. It said I only pay 1 dollar first to lock the booking and the rest is charged automatically before the rental starts. It also said there is no interest. For a dad like me this felt very friendly. A few days before mid June I was on the sofa at night using my phone to book. I chose the car group and the extra driver and everything. At the last step I saw that only 1 dollar would be charged. I felt much more relaxed. My card did not feel empty in one second. My kid asked if the car was really booked. I said “It should be fine” but inside I was a bit worried. I was scared maybe the rental desk would say I did not pay and refuse the car. On June sixteenth in the evening we stood in line at the ACE counter in Los Angeles. The staff checked my booking and confirmed it very quickly. Everything was normal and the rest of the money had already been charged by their system. I did not need to think about it. On the return morning when I parked the Tucson back at the Los Angeles location and handed over the key I thought about this again. If I did not use the 1 dollar to lock the booking at the start maybe I would have booked later or chosen a smaller car only because I was scared of a big charge at one time. Now I feel this One-Dollar Freeze really helped me as a parent. It made the booking feel light on my wallet and gave me more space in my mind to focus on safety and room for my kid.

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XIAOXIN YANGGeorgia

That trip to Tbilisi kind of started from a small booking story. I saw the Subaru Forester on QEEQ and thought this car was good for the roads in Georgia. When I opened the page the thing that pulled me in was the One-Dollar Freeze. It said I only need to pay 1 dollar first to lock the car and the rest will be charged automatically before the rental starts. I was thinking this is nice because my credit card pressure becomes much smaller. I do not need to pay a big amount at once. That night I was on my bed in my dorm. I opened my laptop. There was a little night wind outside the window. I was checking flights and at the same time looking at this RCT Rent Car Tbilisi Subaru. When I saw it was a Forester with automatic gear and five seats I already started to imagine driving it on mountain roads. But I had just paid some other things with my card and the balance made me a bit nervous. I did not want to miss this car because of that. When I noticed the text that said I could lock the booking with only 1 dollar my mind felt lighter. So I decided to use One-Dollar Freeze to make the booking. When I finished the booking I saw the pick up time was around July 10 at 10 in the morning in the city center of Tbilisi and the drop off time was around July 13 at about 8 in the evening. The whole period fit my plan very well. I quietly did the math in my head. The rest of the payment would be charged close to the start date. I still had some time to handle my bills. That made me feel safe. What impressed me was that the charging really went like they said. I did not need to worry about it again. In the days close to my trip I only sometimes checked my email and messages to see if there was any notice. When the automatic charge was done I saw there was no extra strange fee. The amount was the same as I saw at the start. I let out a small sigh of relief in my heart and felt this way is friendly for a young person like me. At that time I was already packing my suitcase and thinking about local food and photos I wanted to take instead of thinking about card pressure. When I arrived in Tbilisi the weather was very clear. I left the airport and went to the city. On the way I suddenly thought that I actually locked this Forester by paying only 1 dollar at first. When I walked into the RCT Rent Car Tbilisi office and saw the car waiting outside I felt a bit proud. The whole process felt smooth. During pick up the staff at the counter checked my info. In my head I was thinking that if I had to pay all the money at once at the very start I might think too much or even cancel this self drive plan. Because of One-Dollar Freeze I did not have a big burden at the beginning and it was easier to fix my schedule. On the drop off night the city lights moved past the car windows slowly. When I parked the car back I had a feeling that this whole trip was arranged by me in a very easy way. I first locked the car with 1 dollar and then let the rest of the payment go automatically later. There was no interest problem and I did not need to worry about the bill every day. The whole time before the trip felt quite relaxed.

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Federico ABITBOLCosta Rica

First I need to complain a bit because before this I always hated car booking when the company took a big amount from my card at once. I looked at my balance and I got nervous every time. This time when I booked a car with QEEQ I saw a plan called One-Dollar Freeze and I was not sure. In my head I kept asking myself if it was really only one dollar and if there would be strange extra fees later. I read the simple info and it said I only pay 1 dollar as a booking fee and the rest will be taken before my rental starts. I asked myself again about interest. I was worried it might be like some payment plans that grow more and more expensive. When the payment was taken later I checked my credit card bill. There was no interest and my card pressure felt low. My card was a bit tight in the months before so this part was very important for me. I arrived in Liberia in Costa Rica around noon on June twenty eighth. A few days before I was thinking if the staff might say my payment was a problem and they would not give me the car. At the Avis desk I showed my confirmation to the desk worker. They asked me a few simple questions and started the paperwork. Again in my mind I was asking if I needed to pay something more on the spot. They told me everything was already in the system and I did not need to add more money there. I felt a lot more relaxed at that moment. The car was a Nissan X Trail automatic with four doors and five seats. When I sat in the car I asked myself again if it was real that I could lock this car just by paying 1 dollar first. The whole process was really like that. At the start they did not take a big amount. Close to the pick up time the rest was taken automatically and I only needed to check my card balance. On July eleventh in the morning I returned the car in Liberia. When I thought about this booking I kept asking myself if I would use this way again. My answer is yes. Paying 1 dollar first and the rest later made the booking feel easy and my credit card did not feel empty at once. For someone like me who needs to keep some budget in the card this way fits pretty well.

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Riley YarbroughSpain

I want to start with my feeling. As a parent planning a trip with my kid to Alicante in Spain, I was really worried about paying a big amount when booking a car. My credit card already had many family expenses on it. Another big hold on the card made me feel stressed. When I checked the site I saw there was an option called One-Dollar Freeze. It said I only needed to pay 1 dollar first to lock the booking. I was not sure at the start but I wanted to try it. The car was a Volkswagen T-cross from GOLDCAR. Manual, four doors and five seats. It looked fine for my small family. I booked it around spring and I was thinking about arriving in Alicante around early July, maybe around July 4 in the morning. Then picking up the car the next day around ten thirty felt very relaxed in my mind. What really helped me was that when I placed the booking they only charged 1 dollar on my card. The rest of the money would be taken automatically before the rental started. My mind felt lighter right away. My credit card pressure was much lower and I could keep more limit for things my kid might suddenly need. During the time before the trip I sometimes thought about this booking and checked my card bill. There was no strange interest and no extra hidden fee. It was just the rental amount they said. I did not have to worry that someone was adding more money in the background. When we reached Alicante we had some simple food at the airport. The next morning when we went to the car desk I felt calm because the car was already booked and the payment plan was clear. I did not have that panic of seeing a big charge all at once. We returned the car around July 13 in the afternoon. My kid was sleeping in the back seat. After I handed the car back I thought about the whole thing. This way of paying only 1 dollar first really fits a parent like me. It keeps my credit card pressure low and makes our family budget easier to manage.