By David Eifrig
Inflation almost sent me biking across California wine country...
I recently turned up at Avis in Santa Rosa to rent a car for the weekend. I'm a regular customer there, so I'm familiar with the typical rental costs.
Of course, this year has been anything but typical. Normally, it would cost me $800 to rent a car for an entire month. This time, I was quoted $800 just for the weekend.
I ended up paying much less, thanks to my status as a longtime customer. But if I hadn't been... well, lucky thing I can still ride a bicycle, because I wasn't about to pay that price.