Ah, the good old days of booking a small car and hoping for a free upgrade to a medium; you might be lucky to get any car at all. In 2020, when the pandemic hit, auto rental companies slashed their fleets worldwide. When we were all free to travel again, they were caught without enough cars. https://www.traveller.com.au/car-rental-shortage-why-car-hire-is-harder-and-more-expensive-than-it-used-to-be-h25ydo
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