"So I only need to pay one dollar now?" I said that to myself when I saw this option on QEEQ. I was planning my trip to Eindhoven in the Netherlands and I needed a car. I planned to pick it up around noon on March thirteenth and return it a few days later in Eindhoven too. In my head I just thought this was really friendly for students and for overseas travelers like me. The service I chose was called One-Dollar Freeze. When I booked, the page showed that I only had to pay 1 dollar first as a booking fee. When I saw the amount was only that small, I could not fully believe it. I kept thinking maybe they would later ask me to pay everything at once or maybe there would be some strange extra fees. When I paid, the charge record was very clear. It was just that 1 dollar. After I swiped my card I felt my pressure drop a lot. I told myself that even if my plan changed the loss would not be big. Booking the car like this felt much easier. At that time I was also buying flight tickets and booking places to stay. All the costs came together. If the car rental also asked me to pay the full amount right away my card limit would feel really tight. Close to my trip date they charged the rest of the rental fee automatically at the time they said before. That day I was packing my luggage when my phone showed the charge. The amount was the same as what I saw before. There was no extra money. I felt so relieved and I thought this way was very good for people like me who need to plan the budget step by step. For me the most important point was that there was no interest and no strange service fee. The whole process was simple. First I paid 1 dollar to lock the car. Then near the start of the rental they charged the rest. I did not need to remember a pay date and I did not worry that my booking would be canceled because I forgot to pay. I felt they made this part very friendly. During those days I also checked other platforms. Some of them wanted full payment at once. Some had installments with interest. After comparing I felt even more happy that I chose this way. My credit card limit is not very high. If a big amount was frozen at the start then I would be very nervous when I booked hotels or train tickets later. With this plan I only paid one dollar at first and they charged the rest before the trip. So I could use my money for other things and my trip budget was more clear. When I arrived in Eindhoven to pick up the car I felt quite calm. All the payments were already done before so I did not need to stand at the counter and swipe my card again and think about exchange rates. When I think back to this booking the thing that stayed in my mind was not the car itself but this payment plan and the light feeling it gave me. For a student traveling abroad having less pressure from the credit card really gives me more space to enjoy the journey.
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