I still remember the picture in front of my computer. It was at night at home and my kid was playing with toys next to me. I was checking flight info and at the same time opened QEEQ to book a car in Lisbon in Portugal. I wanted a small car because I would be with my kid so I picked a Peugeot 208 from GOLDCAR. It was automatic and with four doors and five seats. It looked just right for us. I planned to pick up the car around ten in the morning on about August 18 and drop it off around the same time on August 24 in Lisbon. I was doing the math in my head. Flights, hotel, car, food. When you travel with a kid every part costs money. When I clicked confirm I was a bit nervous and worried I might pay too much. Then I remembered that at the start I saw a service name called Price Drop Protector. I felt it was kind of cool. It said if the price went down they would rebook for me and give me the difference back. In my mind it was like an auto discount watcher that keeps an eye on the price for me. I did not think too hard about it. I just turned it on and thought that if it saved money that would be great and if not it was also fine. I did not need to do extra work anyway. Some days later I was in the office during lunch break. I picked up my phone and opened my email. I saw a message about my booking update. For a second I thought there was some problem and my heart jumped because I was scared it might change my plan with my kid. When I opened it I saw that my booking was rebooked automatically and the price was lower and the difference would be sent back to me. I stared at it for a moment and checked the old price. It was really a bit cheaper now. The first thought in my head was that this was like free money and I did nothing to get it. At that moment I really understood what Price Drop Protector was doing for me. It felt like someone was watching the price all the time in the background. I could focus on work and on my kid and on other plans. I did not need to go back and refresh the price every day. I also remembered that night when I booked the car. My kid was asking me to play with him and I was holding him with one hand and using the computer with the other hand to pick the time and the car. My eyes were tired and I was also worried that I might book it at a bad price. Now I see that I had already given this price problem to them without thinking much. Later I checked the booking details again. The car was still the same group like Peugeot 208. It was still a small automatic car. The pick up and drop off place were the same and the time was still around ten in the morning on August 18 and around ten on the 24. So my plan did not change at all. For a parent with a kid this is very important. I hate changing my plan just to save a little money because that can break my kid's routine and make everyone more tired. Now it was different. Nothing changed in my plan and I still saved some money quietly. I did a small calculation in my head. The few euros I saved might not look like a lot but together it is enough for one more lunch or maybe a small toy for my kid. I also told my partner about this. His reaction was very real. He said that I saved money without doing anything and that it was kind of amazing. We almost never have time to watch price changes all the time. Work and the kid already take all our time. Most of the time we just see a price that looks okay and we book and that is it. It is hard to keep checking every day. Now this service does it for me. It feels like someone behind me is saying hey the price went down and I already saved it for you. When I think back to the start I remember that my budget pressure was pretty big. I was thinking about fuel, parking and rental cost for driving in Lisbon for several days. I was not sure if I should wait a few more days before booking because maybe it would be cheaper later. But as a parent I cannot wait too long because our plan has to be fixed early. Many things must be arranged in advance. After I saw that the price went down and they rebooked it for me I felt less worried about booking too early. Even if the price moves again they will watch it for me so I do not need to fight with myself about which day is the best day to book. For me this feeling is like being quietly taken care of. It is not a huge shock. It is more like a small surprise in daily life when I notice that I saved a bit of money and did not have extra stress. As a parent I care a lot about having less mental burden and more certainty. When I look back at this booking with QEEQ what I remember most is not how new the car is. It is that Price Drop Protector took the price change problem off my to do list. My kid can be noisy next to me and work can be busy but at least this one thing I do not need to worry about anymore.
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