Price Drop Protector"Why did you suddenly say you saved money" my friend asked me on a video call when I was getting ready for my Turkey Trabzon trip. I was looking at my booking on my phone and the total price was lower than the first time I booked. Then I remembered it was because of the Price Drop Protector I chose on QEEQ.
I came from South Africa for this vacation and I planned to drive in Trabzon. At the start I just picked a car and booked with them. I thought the price was okay and it probably would not get much cheaper. Later one day I opened my booking again and compared it with my old screenshot. I saw the amount was lower. At first I thought I remembered it wrong.
I checked my email and my payment record. Then I realized it was the Price Drop Protector working. I did not click anything and I did not cancel or make a new booking by myself. The money was just less and I got the difference back. It felt like I got free extra budget. As a traveler who still feels like a student this extra money was perfect for another local meal.
The funny part is everything happened while I was still planning the trip. I will actually pick up the car in Trabzon around June 18 in the early morning and return it around June 23 in the evening. I never worried about price changes. When I go to the counter there I only need to check the car and time. The price part is already handled by them.
When I explained to my friend I just said that I chose this Price Drop Protector when I booked. Later the price dropped so they moved me to the cheaper deal and gave me the difference. I did not need to watch the market price or send emails. It feels like someone is quietly watching my wallet for me. My friend said he wants to try this next time he rents a car.
For me the whole thing was very simple. First I made a normal booking. Then I suddenly saw it became cheaper. Then I understood I basically "found" money. As an overseas visitor I really like that I can save money without extra work. It makes the whole experience feel lighter and more relaxed.
Price Drop ProtectorWhen I checked the bill I was a bit surprised because the final price was lower than what I remembered at the start. At first I thought I made a mistake. Then I realized it was because I chose the Price Drop Protector when I booked on QEEQ and they saved that difference for me. At that moment I felt quite relaxed and I thought that at least for this rental in Antalya I did not need to worry too much about the money part.
If I think back a bit I was planning a short trip to Antalya with my kid and the schedule was a bit tight. I had to compare cars and prices and also think about safety for the child so I felt quite tired. I picked a car from Cizgi. It was a Renault Megane automatic with four doors and five seats. It was just right for our family and our bags. That night I sat in front of my computer and calculated again and again. In my head I kept asking myself if I should wait a bit more to see if the price would go down.
My wife was next to me and said I should stop checking and go to sleep because our kid was already in bed. I told her that if the price dropped later then I would lose money. When I said that I also felt a bit silly. Then I saw there was a service called Price Drop Protector. It said that if the price went down later they would rebook for me and give me back the difference. I felt much more calm after that. I thought I could just book the car now and if the price dropped later it would still be fine.
So I placed the first booking. After some days I did not keep refreshing the price. I was busy with plane tickets and planning things for my kid. Around the start of June I suddenly got an email. It said my booking was confirmed again and the price was now lower. It also showed I saved a few euro.
My first reaction was that I did not change anything. I told my wife that the car price went down and they helped me adjust it. She asked if I changed the booking again. I said no and that it was the price protection working. I checked the old amount and the new one. It was really a bit cheaper. The amount was not huge but it felt like I found some free pocket money. With that we could buy some extra drinks or ice cream for our kid.
Now when I look back if I did not use Price Drop Protector I would probably keep watching the price or I would give up and just feel bad if the price dropped later. When you travel with a child you already have many things to think about. I did not want to waste energy on a few euro. This function is quite useful for a parent like me. It feels like a small safety net. You book first and if the price goes down they fix it for you.
Our plan is to pick up the car around June tenth at Antalya airport in the evening around half past six and to return it on the thirteenth early in the morning around half past seven. Because the pickup is in the evening and the drop off is very early I want to focus more on my kid and our schedule instead of thinking if I should cancel and rebook all the time.
During the whole process I did not really talk with customer service about this. I did not have to ask how to get the refund. When the price dropped they just changed it to the lower one and the old booking was simply improved. For me as the user the only thing I saw was that the bill was lower and the trip stayed the same. The car class was still the same with Cizgi in Antalya and everything followed the plan.
In my head I told myself that next time I book a car I will probably keep this option on again. I like to save money but I also do not want to sit in front of the computer every day to watch prices. This experience fits what I hoped for at the start. With a kid next to me if I can worry about one less thing then I already feel quite happy.
Price Drop ProtectorI think the funniest part of this car booking actually has nothing to do with driving. It was that I suddenly felt like I made money for free. I used QEEQ to plan my Turkey trip. I booked a Hyundai i20 automatic with Nissa, picking up in Nevsehir in the morning around May 25 and dropping it off in Kayseri the next day around noon on May 26. When I booked, I was doing small math in my head, changing the price to VND and thinking this was ok, so I just paid. A bit later, I got an email on my phone. My first thought was that something went wrong with my booking and I got a little nervous. I opened it and then I saw the price went down. They had already made a new booking for me and sent back the price difference in VND. I just stared at the screen for a moment and in my head I said, so Price Drop Protector really works, it is not just some nice words. I did not check prices again and I did not change anything. I literally did nothing and then found out I saved a big amount of money. I started to think that this extra money could pay for a better dinner during my trip and my mood went straight up. At first I only cared if the car was automatic, had four doors and five seats and if the trunk was big enough. I did not expect any surprise discount. I even looked at the numbers they sent. The difference in VND looked huge and my first thought was this is like many hot pot meals in Ho Chi Minh City. I felt a strange kind of safety. It felt like someone in the background was watching the price for me and quietly helping me save money. I just needed to think about where to go and how to drive. From my side it was simple. One booking, then later I wake up and see that my account basically got a small surprise gift. I told my friends about this. They were shocked because they said many platforms never tell you when the price drops unless you ask. This time it was the opposite and they gave me money back by themselves. I thought that if I book a car again, having this thing that automatically returns the difference makes me relax a lot. I do not need to refresh quotes every few days and keep checking if the price went down. For someone like me, an overseas traveler who thinks too much and is also too lazy to compare prices all the time, this kind of passive saving feels really nice.
Dedicated customer serviceWhen I think about that car rental in Turkey the first thing in my mind is not the view but the numbers on my bill. I booked the car with QEEQ and I thought it would just be a normal rental. Then I saw a few charges in Turkish lira on my credit card and I got nervous right away.
The whole story actually started after I returned the car. It was around the afternoon of April twenty sixth or twenty seventh at Izmir airport. I was sitting in the terminal with my bag and I checked my credit card app. I saw two pending holds of 8000 lira each one charge of 7654.79 lira and another one of 4999.97 lira. At first I thought I read it wrong. I checked again and did the math. It looked like much more than what I expected to pay. I remembered the night I picked up the car in Denizli around April twenty fourth or twenty fifth. The light at the Europcar counter was kind of dim. The staff gave me some papers and spoke fast. I already felt a bit unsure. From that moment the thought that I might be overcharged kept spinning in my head.
Now when I look back these numbers are not scary anymore because the support team helped me ask about each charge and explained them. I slowly learned that some amounts were deposits some were one way drop fees and some difference came from exchange rates. At that time I knew nothing. I only saw many charges and felt like my money was just taken away.
I want to start from the result. Right now I know that the final real charge was 7654.79 lira for the one way return and the rest were deposit holds that would be released. But on that day I was very confused. I was pulling my suitcase with one hand and typing on my phone with the other hand. I wrote a long message to their support. I told them I saw 7654.79 lira plus two 8000 lira holds and one 4999.97 lira and I really did not understand any of it. As a visitor in a foreign country seeing so many numbers on my statement made me feel a bit scared. I was afraid the rental company would just take money and no one would help me.
The reply came faster than I expected. It really felt like someone was specially following my case. They told me not to worry too much and said they would ask the rental company. They also reminded me that some of these 8000 lira amounts were only temporary holds and not final charges. I was sitting in the waiting area listening to Turkish announcements that I could not understand. I was tired and stressed. When I saw that someone answered me carefully and checked the details one by one I felt a bit calmer.
During the next few days after I went back to Singapore this problem was still in my mind. Every time I had a break I opened the app to see if the 8000 lira holds changed. Each time there was something new I texted them again. It felt a bit like waiting for test results at school. The exam is already over but you keep worrying about the score.
The support team kept updating me. They told me they were in touch with the rental company. They explained that the deposit would be cancelled after some working days. They also told me that the 7654.79 lira was the correct one way drop fee and it matched what I should pay. When the bank changed it to my home currency it just looked like a bit more. Before this I had no idea about such small differences. I only followed the number on the screen.
I was stuck on the idea that I paid one extra deposit. I really believed one of the 8000 lira amounts was not normal. Support explained that the total deposit amount in the rules was about that level and the way the rental company held it made it look like two parts. They also told me to watch the pending status on my card because when the bank finished processing it my limit would come back. I remember staring at my banking app and watching those pending lines slowly disappear. It felt like I could finally breathe.
In the end what I felt the most was that someone was walking with me through all these numbers that I did not understand. I am not good at calling foreign companies. I do not know their terms. If I had to solve it alone I might give up and just accept the loss. This time they kept checking for me and telling me which line was deposit and which line was the real charge. My job was only to wait a bit.
For a person like me who still feels like a student and always needs a calculator when doing math this kind of care is very clear. Even though I did get a bit annoyed and worried that the deposit would take a long time to be released I also learned that next time if something like this happens I do not have to panic alone. Someone can help turn these complicated numbers into simple words I can understand.
Price Drop ProtectorDid you ever have this moment when you book something and then you see the same thing get cheaper a few days later. I was worried about this when I booked my car through QEEQ.
I planned a trip to Goreme in Turkey. I wanted to pick up a small automatic car like an Opel Corsa from Nissa in the afternoon on May 17 and return it in the same town in the afternoon on May 21. When I paid in Japanese yen the price looked fine. But in my head I kept thinking what if the price goes down later.
One night I was at home in Japan. I was just scrolling on my phone while looking at the lights outside the window. Then I saw a new email about my booking. My first thought was that the price went up. When I opened it I saw that because I had Price Drop Protector on my booking they found a cheaper price for the same type of car. The system already made a new booking for me with the lower price and they would refund the difference. It was more than ten thousand yen. I read the number twice to be sure I did not see it wrong.
I felt a bit shocked. I did nothing special. I just booked like normal. And now I saved extra money for free. For a student this amount is pretty important. I already started to think about using it for more Turkish tea in Goreme or some small gifts to bring back to Japan.
The best part for me was that nothing important changed. The pick up place was still in Goreme in the afternoon. The return time was still in the afternoon a few days later. The rental company was the same and the car group like the Opel Corsa automatic stayed the same. I did not need to call the rental counter or any customer service. From my side I only read one email and they handled the rest.
Before this I always felt I had to watch prices all the time when I booked things. Now it feels like someone is watching the price for me in the background. When I think about the extra yen I saved with this price drop I still feel pretty happy.
Price Drop ProtectorI was a bit worried when I first booked because I was going to Trabzon in Turkey alone and my budget was not very high. On the QEEQ site I kept doing math in my head while I looked at the car prices. I chose a Peugeot Traveller with Cizgi and when I was about to pay I saw there was a thing called Price Drop Protector. It said if the price went down they would rebook and give me the difference back. I thought the price should not change that much but I still clicked it. It cost me nothing extra and I did not need to do anything.
A few days later I was planning my trip and I was thinking if I should go back and check the price again to see if it got cheaper. Then I felt tired just thinking about checking every day. In my head I said to myself that I should stop stressing and that it was good enough that I had a car booked. I put my phone away and tried to focus on other things.
One day I was on my phone and I saw an email that said my booking was updated. My first reaction was that something went wrong. I felt a bit scared because I thought maybe the car was gone or I had to pay more. I opened the email and read it slowly. Then I saw that the price had dropped and they had already rebooked the same type of car for me and gave me some money back. I was a bit shocked and the only thing in my mind was that this thing actually worked and was not just some nice words on the page.
The email showed how much I saved. It was not a crazy big number but for someone like me who travels alone every bit helps. I quickly started to plan how to use that money. In my head I was like this can be a few more Turkish teas in Trabzon or maybe one more dish at dinner. It felt like the trip suddenly got a little bit richer without me paying more.
The funny part is that I did not change anything in my booking and I did not talk to customer service about it. It just happened by itself. Before this I even thought maybe I should wait a few more days before booking because prices might go down. Now when I think about it I am glad I did not sit there and refresh the price every day and delay the booking. I just booked the car and went back to my life. I waited for my visa and worked on my travel plan while they kept an eye on the price for me in the background.
That day when I was packing my stuff in the living room I opened that email again and looked at it one more time. I started to recalc my total budget in my head and saw that I now had a small extra part because of the refund. When you travel alone and you have to pick up a car late at night in a new city there is some pressure. I always think about where I can save a bit so I have some backup money in case something happens. For other people this refund might just be a small nice thing. For me it felt like someone stood next to me and helped me save money.
Now in my mind when I think about my pick up time in Trabzon which is around the night of May twenty first close to eleven I feel more relaxed. I know the car is booked and the price even went lower later. I do not have that feeling of regret that I should have waited longer. Before I often felt bad when I booked something and then saw the price fall later.
This time because of Price Drop Protector my feeling is very different. I can book early and then focus on other things like checking the routes and reading about places around Trabzon. I do not need to stay in that loop of asking myself every day if I should wait. When the price really went down the work was already done for me and the money just came back on its own.
When I think of this booking now the thing I remember most is not the car model. It is that moment when I checked my payments and saw the refund amount. I felt like I earned a small amount for free. I did nothing and I did not argue with anyone about the price. They just made the same car cheaper for me. As a solo traveler that feeling is quite rare and it makes my whole trip feel a bit lighter.
