Booking Thrifty through Odovera

No. Odovera is an independent travel agency, a brand of Affluence Hospitality LLC. We are not Thrifty, we are not owned by Thrifty, and we are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Thrifty. This page is written by us, not by them. If you meant to reach Thrifty’s own website, go to thrifty.com directly.

Yes — the reservation is placed with Thrifty in your name, and you collect the car from Thrifty at the location on your confirmation. We are the agency that arranges it; they are the company that supplies the vehicle and that you sign the rental agreement with.

It should, and you can check. Once the reservation is placed we send you Thrifty’s own confirmation number, not just an Odovera reference. That number exists in their system, in your name, and you are welcome to verify it with Thrifty directly before you travel. A reservation you cannot verify is not one you should rely on — from us or from anyone.

Usually not. On most bookings the supplier pays us a commission out of the rate you were going to pay anyway, so the amount you pay is the same. Where a service fee applies instead, it is shown as its own line on your quote before you approve anything.

There are cases where going direct wins — a corporate rate, loyalty status, or a members-only promotion we cannot access. Where we can see that, we say so rather than quoting around it.

We do not advertise exclusive or secret rates, because claiming one you cannot produce is exactly the kind of promise that makes travellers distrust agencies. What we offer is the comparison and the paperwork: several suppliers checked for your actual trip, the all-in total written down for each, and the counter rules confirmed before you commit.

Tell your agent the membership number and we will add it to the reservation. Whether points accrue, and whether member benefits apply to a booking made through an agency, is decided by Thrifty under their programme rules — not by us, and we cannot promise an outcome. If earning points matters more than the rate, booking direct is often the cleaner route, and we will tell you so.

At the Thrifty location named on your confirmation. Airport arrangements vary — some markets use a counter in the terminal, others a consolidated rental facility reached by shuttle — and those arrangements change. Your agent confirms the current pickup instructions for your specific booking in writing before you travel rather than relying on anything printed on a website.

Those are set by Thrifty, they differ between locations of the same brand, and they change — so we do not publish them here as though they were fixed. What we do is confirm the rules that apply to your booking, at your location, in writing before you commit: the expected security deposit, which cards are accepted and in whose name, what identification is required, and any young-driver surcharge. See our rental requirements page for how these work generally.

Both, to different things. Odovera’s terms cover the booking service we provide to you. The rental agreement you sign at the Thrifty counter is between you and Thrifty, and it governs the vehicle, the coverage, the deposit, the fuel policy, the permitted use and every charge assessed at or after pickup. Read it before you sign it.

Call us from the counter, before you accept an alternative or a different rate. We will work to secure another vehicle or another supplier as quickly as we can, and where Thrifty’s own terms provide for compensation or reimbursement of a reasonable alternative, we will pursue it on your behalf. To be straight about the limit: the vehicle is supplied by Thrifty, and we are not liable for its non-availability.

Us first. Your agent knows your file and what was quoted, and can escalate to Thrifty on your behalf. Two limits worth knowing: at the counter, Thrifty decides whether to release a car to you, and once you have signed their agreement, charges they assess afterwards — fuel, damage, tolls, penalties — are raised and resolved by them. We will advocate and chase. We cannot waive their charges.

Yes on free-cancellation bookings, and Thrifty’s own cancellation terms govern. We do not charge a cancellation fee on a standard booking. Prepaid or promotional rates may carry a supplier penalty or be non-refundable, in which case we say so explicitly on the quote and ask you to acknowledge it before booking. You can also cancel directly with Thrifty using your confirmation number — just tell us, so we stop working a booking you no longer want. Full detail on our cancellation page.

Yes, and that is most of the point of using us. Thrifty tends to suit price-led leisure travellers who are comfortable with a value-brand counter experience in exchange for a lower rate. Where your trip does not look like that — different dates, a different class, a location where another supplier is stronger — an agent will say so and quote the alternative. Suppliers pay us different commission rates, and our rule is that if the one paying us less is the better answer, we quote it and tell you it is the one we recommend.

Because a single-brand website can only sell you that brand. It cannot tell you that another counter at the same airport is cheaper on your dates, that its deposit is smaller, or that its rules will not work with the card you are carrying. We check the suppliers available for your trip, quote the all-in total for each, and confirm the counter rules before you commit — then you decide.

By the confirmation number. A quote is an estimate and reserves nothing. A booking exists only when an agent has sent you a written all-in total, you have approved a specific option, and we have sent you Thrifty’s own confirmation number. If you are holding that number, you are holding a reservation you can verify with Thrifty yourself.