Getting a good deal on a car rental this summer may take some doing. Rates on car rentals are up and in some cases way up from a year ago, according to Abrams Consulting Group, based in Purchase, N.Y., which tracks car rental rates.

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The Port Authority has kicked to the curb a chauffeur service connected to rental-car company Avis — but safety advocates and city limo drivers are hoping for more action. The program — launched in New York a year ago — allows Avis customers…

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Clam Bason, president of Expedia Inc.’s Hotwire Group, says a year ago the average retail price for a rental car was $35 a day. Today, it’s $44 a day, and that’s expected to rise even further this summer.

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