I recently booked a rental car on Priceline.com, thinking I had saved a few dollars. I always make sure I uncheck any obscure checkboxes during the checkout process so that I don’t inadvertently provide legitimation for sending me unwanted emails. Today, hardly a week later, I got several hundreds of emails from Priceline.

A new 2006 law shifts responsibility for having snow tires on the car entirely to the operator. Most rental car companies do not equip their cars with snow tires by default. Extra charges of up to €15/day apply. If you do not specifically ask for snow tires before you pay for the rental, you will [...]