Friday, April 16, 2021

Supply chain mess!-----Wait, Where Did All the Rental Cars Go? - WSJ

Wait, Where Did All the Rental Cars Go? - WSJ
"When you book a trip, do you start by shopping for convenient flights? 
Maybe reserving a favorite hotel?
The sudden surge in post-vaccination travel is colliding with a relative shortage of rental cars. 
Rental-car companies sold a huge chunk of their fleets—hundreds of thousands of vehicles—to survive the pandemic. 
Now they can’t get cars onto their lots fast enough to meet the new demand, especially with car factories stalled by semiconductor shortages.
Travelers report sky-high prices and sold-out dates even in non-beach destinations like Kansas City, Houston and Memphis...Read all.

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