That day I was scrolling photos of Sicily and the sun looked so bright and the sea so blue and I just thought I want to go there. Where should I book a car. I remembered someone told me about QEEQ so I went on their site to check prices. I compared a few options and in the end I booked a Fiat Panda from Felirent. It was manual and small and I felt it was good for the narrow streets in Catania. The pick up time was set around the afternoon of June 12 and in my head I just thought I would arrive around those days so a day earlier or later would not really matter. I had a small worry. I travel alone so I care about my budget. Should I wait for a better price. I also did not want to watch prices every day because that makes me tired. When I was placing the booking I saw something called Price Drop Protector. I asked myself what is this. Can it really help me save money. I opened the text and read it. It said if the price goes down later they will help me rebook and give me the difference back. I was not one hundred percent sure but I thought it sounded nice. I also told myself I do not need to do anything extra so I just added it. In the next days I went to school and work as usual. Sometimes in front of the computer I started to daydream. I imagined driving that small car on the coast near Catania and watching the sun go down. My mood became very light. I did not check the price again because I am lazy and I did not want to waste time on this kind of money fight. I only kept a rough idea in my mind that around mid June I would be there. The car would be picked up on the twelfth in the afternoon and I would return it around the twentieth in the late afternoon maybe around sunset. One time I was cleaning my email and I saw a new message. At first I thought it was just another ad. Then I noticed it was from the rental platform. I asked myself is there a problem with my booking. Is the car gone. As a solo traveler I really do not like sudden bad news. I opened it and then I saw that they changed my booking to a cheaper one and they refunded the price difference to me. The number was not huge. It was a bit more than twenty euros. But for me as a backpacker traveling alone that is money for a few dinners. I sat at my desk and looked at the screen and one thought came to my mind. I did nothing and I just got extra budget. I also remembered my feeling when I first clicked book. Should I wait a bit more. Maybe the price will be lower later. But I was afraid if I waited too long the good deal or even the car would disappear. Now when I look back this little fight in my head was solved by Price Drop Protector. I did not have to become the person who checks the web every day. If the price goes down they change it for me. If it does not I just keep my old price. For me it feels like someone stands behind me and watches the price while I live my normal life. That night I opened the map to plan some simple routes around Catania. A question suddenly came to me. How should I use this extra money. Should I eat one more seafood meal. Or should I sit at a cafe by the sea and order a drink that is a bit more expensive than usual. At that moment I understood in a real way that the saving is not only a number on a screen. It becomes real food and real time for myself. I wrote small notes on paper like Catania sunset and cafe by the sea and I felt pretty happy. I also imagined what would happen if I did not have this service. It would just be a normal booking. After I paid I would forget it. If I later saw the price go down I might feel a bit bad and say to myself I should have waited. Now it is the opposite. I do not feel regret. I feel a small surprise instead. For someone who travels alone this kind of small surprise makes the whole trip more exciting even before I start the journey. Later I talked with my friends. They asked me if I met any problems when I booked the car. I told them I did not check the price every day but when it dropped they still gave me money back. One friend asked me if I needed to contact support for that. I said no. I did nothing. One day a new order and the refund information just showed up in my inbox. This kind of question and answer in our chat made me go through the whole thing again. I realized my favorite part was that I did not have to spend time online fighting for a small discount and the money still came back to my pocket. Now when I think of that email I remember the light from the screen on my desk and the sky outside already a bit dark. I was alone in my room and I saw the extra twenty plus euros and it felt like someone quietly helped me save money. For a solo traveler this feeling is pretty warm and it makes me more relaxed about my coming days in Sicily. When I first chose QEEQ I did not think so much. I just felt the price was okay. But this Price Drop Protector made me feel like I got a small bonus. Next time I book a car I will look for this service again because now I know from my own experience that passive saving like this is really comfortable.
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