Let me complain a bit first. Booking a 9 seat car for a whole family is really expensive. I saw a Mercedes Benz Vito from Budget on QEEQ. It was automatic and 9 seats, perfect for my family. My first thought was that my credit card would cry this month. I was already paying for my kid’s classes and the bill was already scary. What really made me book it was the One-Dollar Freeze option. At first I was not sure. In my head I was thinking maybe it was some strange payment plan. Then I read the info more carefully and saw that I only needed to pay 1 dollar first to lock the car. The rest would be charged automatically before the rental starts and there was no interest. The words no interest were very important for a parent like me. I felt a big stone drop from my heart. I have to tell the story from the end. Around March 11 I checked my credit card bill. I suddenly noticed there was no big car charge yet. Then I remembered the rental was around March 13 at noon in Malaga and return on the 19th in the evening. In that moment I realized why my card did not feel so heavy before. It was because I only paid 1 dollar when I booked. It felt like things were already arranged but my wallet was not hit hard yet. Then I think back to the day I booked it. I was at home. My kid was playing in the living room and I was scrolling rental sites on my phone. When I saw the total price for the 9 seat van I started to worry. I was thinking maybe I should wait or choose a smaller car. My wife said to me you need the big one. We have the child seat and luggage and stroller. I said okay but my finger stayed on the payment page for a long time. When I saw I could just pay 1 dollar first I told her I will lock this car now and the money will not be charged all at once. She said that is good at least the bill this month will not explode. I joked and said this time my credit card will not give me a shock right away. When I clicked pay I felt relaxed. It was not like those times when one big charge makes me stiff and start to plan where to save money. Because it was only 1 dollar I did not feel like I had already spent a lot. It felt more like I made a plan instead of paying everything now. For someone who has to manage family costs this timing is very important. In the next days I did not think about this payment all the time. I knew the rest would be charged before the rental. It was like the system would wait until everything was really going to happen. The key point for me was there was no extra interest growing in the background. That changed a lot for me. I did not feel like I was working for the credit card. On the pickup day around the 13th at noon I walked with my family to the Budget desk in Malaga. The kids were talking and running around. I felt really glad that my card had not taken one huge hit at the start. The staff at the counter did the normal paperwork. My mind was more on my kids and our bags than on the money. I was not thinking about a big fresh charge that just cleared my card. This light feeling started from that 1 dollar booking. Looking back One-Dollar Freeze helped me spread the pressure to a later time without turning it into some hard to understand payment plan. For a parent like me this simple way made a big difference.
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