Today 2/6: TomTom ONE 3rd Edition 3.5" Slim Portable Touchscreen GPS Vehicle Navigator $59.99

For anyone looking for a basic model GPS system (maybe to have as a back-up for a second car, to take with you when you're traveling in a rental, etc.) today's deal at 1 Sale A Day lets you pick one up for a nice price. They are selling the TomTom ONE 3rd Edition 3.5" Slim Portable Touchscreen GPS Vehicle Navigator for $59.99. It officially retails for $199.99 so the savings are 71% -- but I'd venture you'd normally find this in the range of about $100, so the real saving is still pretty good.

This is a basic GPS (i.e. no text-to-speech) but some nice features:
- Easy to use, just plug it in and go
- Preloaded with maps of the US and Canada
- Millions of points of interest
- TomTom MapShare instant map updates
- Pocket-sized design
- 3.5" touchscreen features clear 3D & 2D graphics
- Loud and clear turn-by-turn voice instructions
- 36 languages from which to choose
- “Help Me” emergency menu
- Real-time traffic capability

Package Includes: 3rd Edition GPS, Windshield mount, Adhesive disk for mount, USB car charger, USB cable, TomTom software, Documentation, Manual & Manufacturers USA Warranty

To check it out, click here.

Enterprise Weekend Car Rental Special Starting at $9.99 per Day

If you need a car rental for a weekend sometime over the next month, you should take a look at Enterprise. They've announced a promotion with car rentals for weekends starting at $9.99 a day at participating neighborhood locations (not at airports).

This offer applies only for rentals reserved in advance, ending on or before September 21, 2009. The $9.99 rate is for an Economy car rented on Friday or Saturday and ending the following Monday. 100 miles per day is included (so this isn't for that long weekend drive but maybe a short getaway).

Taxes and surcharges are additional, as well as any insurance fees (unless your credit card benefits allow you to waive them), and other optional expenses (added driver, excess miles at up to 20¢ per mile etc.).

Some blackout dates apply (I presume Labor Day weekend may be one).

To check the promotion and availability of cars at a nearby location some weekend, click this link.

Rent from Thrifty in Florida and Return the Car Up North for $1.00/Day

A few weeks back I posted a deal from Hertz with a ridiculously low weekly rate if you picked up your car at designated locations in Florida and returned it at various out-of-state locations. Well, Thrifty has a similar deal going on, only their rate is even more bare bones -- just $1.00 per day to rent a mid-size car.

The purpose at their end is obviously to move cars inexpensively out of the Florida market when usage there declines. But if you can somehow take advantage and save money, why not?

The cars must be picked up at one of the following airport locations: Ft Lauderdale (FLL), Ft Myers (RSW), Miami (MIA), Orlando (MCO), Tampa (TPA) or West Palm Beach (PBI).

It then can be returned at any of the following airport locations up north: Chicago Midway (MDW), Chicago O'Hare (ORD), Cincinatti (CVG), Columbus (CMH), Dayton (DAY), Kansas City (MCI), Louisville (SDF) or Philadelphia (PHL).

These obviously are long drives, but they may make sense for some people who want to save a bit on traveling, have family they can visit along the way back north, etc.

The promotion is almost over -- the $1.00 price is valid from June 4th to June 25th, and a seven-day maximum is allowed at this rate. Other details can be read at their website.

To see all about the promotion, click this link.

Rent from Hertz in Florida and Return the Car in Another State -- As Low As $19.99 Per Week Plus Free Upgrade

I heard a report on TV yesterday that I had to check out. Hertz is having a promotion where you can rent a car in Florida and return it to a designated Hertz location in a different state for a ridiculously low weekly rate. Checking their website, there's also a second part of the offer: a free upgrade to the next car class. The lowest rate available is $5.00 per day, or just $19.99 per week. That's the special rate for an economy car for this special promotion.

But if you add the free upgrade RQ code 1WAY and PC# 118193, you get the next class up, a compact car.

The Florida Drive Out promotion is valid until the end of June.

With these promo prices plus the upgrade codes, you could get a midsize car for just $29.99 for the week. Or if you want to drive something more exotic, you could get a premium car for $79.99 for the week.

You have to pick up your car at one of the Hertz offices at a Florida airport, including Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa or West Palm Beach. Then you need to drive it out of state to one of 62 locations around the country (most of them aren't terribly close to Florida).

It's a very unusual promotion, but if you can figure a way to get to Florida on a one-way ticket and drive back north or west, you may find incredible savings.

To read all about the offer and to look for cars and rates, click this link.