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Tanner YINPortugal

At the start I was kind of complaining about myself because I had my Portugal Cascais trip locked in early April but my credit card limit was really tight. I wanted to rent a car but I did not want to pay a big amount in one go. I finally booked through QEEQ and saw a payment option called One-Dollar Freeze. I thought I would just try it since it was only one dollar. When I think back to that booking moment it feels pretty easy. I only paid 1 dollar first. It showed that the rest would be taken from my card automatically before the pick up date. So I stopped thinking too much about putting all the money in at once. In the next days I was still spending on other things like food and tickets and some bookings. The money on my card was quite tight but since the full car rental fee was not taken yet I felt less pressure and I did not need to count every cent all the time. Around April twentieth the weather in Cascais was really nice with strong sunshine. I walked with my luggage to the Guerin counter to pick up the Renault Clio and on the way I was thinking if the money was really taken or not and if they would say I did not pay. I felt a bit nervous. Then I checked my phone and saw the payment record. The rest of the fee had already been taken a few days before. The amount was the same as the price I saw before and there was no extra charge at all. I felt calm and just did the paperwork at the counter and took the key. I felt I planned this part pretty well. The whole booking process was simple. The main point for me was that I only paid that 1 dollar first which made my credit card pressure much smaller when I was getting ready for the trip. I did not worry about suddenly having no limit for other things. For a young person like me with a tight budget who still wants to travel in a relaxed way this payment style fits me really well.

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Cesar LaddItaly

The day I booked the car I was still at home planning our Italy trip and my head was full of thoughts about money because traveling with a kid costs a lot. We wanted to pick up the car in Verona in the middle of May and return it in Venice a few days later. I set the time more or less on the sixteenth in the morning a bit after nine to get the car and on the nineteenth in the early evening around six to give it back. This way we could still bring our child to see the night view of the water city. I chose a Fiat Panda with Budget. It is a small manual car with four doors and five seats. For our family of three it felt just right. What really made me confirm the booking was seeing the One-Dollar Freeze on QEEQ. At first I thought it was some kind of coupon. I clicked in and saw that I only needed to pay one dollar first to lock the car. I told my wife you pay one dollar now and they will charge the rest before the rental starts. Her first reaction was she asked if the credit card would get any interest. I cared about that too so I checked the description again and saw that there was no extra interest. It just locked the car and the price. I felt much more relaxed. Since we travel with a kid we already pay for flights hotels and tickets months before. If I paid the full car rental at once in the beginning the pressure on my credit card would be high. I explained to her that now only one dollar is charged and the rest will be taken close to the start date so the card limit will not be hit so hard right away. She thought about it and said we can try. I clicked confirm and saw that only one dollar was taken from the card. In that moment I felt like I had reserved a spot and everything was under control. A few days later we started to book other parts of the trip. Our kid kept asking if the car would be big and if he could sit by the window. I laughed and said the car is not big but it has four doors so he can fight for the window seat. I knew very well that without this pay one dollar first plan I might have kept delaying the car booking. I would be busy checking the budget and the credit card bill date. Now the car was booked but the money was not all gone at once so I had room to plan other costs. As the travel date got closer I sometimes opened the order to check. The times were still the same. We would get the car in Verona on the morning of the sixteenth and return it in Venice on the evening of the nineteenth. My kid saw the car photo and said it looked like a toy car. I told him this is our little car in Italy and we already locked it with one dollar. It sounded funny but for a parent traveling with a child this feeling of having the car and price fixed without heavy card pressure is very important. Before the trip started the rest of the payment was charged automatically. I did not worry much because I knew it would happen and I was ready for it. It was not a surprise bill. When I look back the whole booking process felt simple and light. My credit card never scared me. For a family that has to prepare many things for a kid this way of paying just one dollar to secure the car and the price really took away a lot of pressure and gave me more space in my mind while I was planning the trip.

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Stefan WillsUnited States

I have to say this first. For my business trips, booking a car through QEEQ this time felt very different because of their One-Dollar Freeze payment plan. When I was planning this US business schedule, I had flights, hotels and meeting costs all coming in at the same time. My credit card limit already felt pretty tight. Renting a car was not a small cost and I was thinking maybe I should wait until the next billing cycle before I booked. Then I saw that I could pay only 1 dollar first to lock the booking and I felt relaxed right away. I picked the car and looked at my budget in my head. I knew more expenses were coming. The idea that I only needed to pay 1 dollar to fix the price and the car made me feel safe, like I reserved a spot first without throwing in a big amount of money. At that moment the most important thing for me was not the exact car model. It was that my money would not be taken all at once. A few days later I was working late in the office and I almost forgot about the car booking because it was already done. When it got close to the start of the rental, I checked my credit card bill. The rest of the payment had been charged automatically. It was the same amount as I expected, no extra fee and no interest. My card limit was still enough for other business spending and that made me feel calm. For someone like me who often has to handle several project budgets at the same time, this way of paying 1 dollar first and then being charged later really cuts a lot of short term pressure. I do not get my card space locked by one big rental payment at the beginning. I can keep more money for urgent costs and I feel more free when I plan my schedule.

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KeShawn Ramos FuentesUnited Kingdom

I want to start with my feeling first. This time the best part of my booking was not the car. It was their One-Dollar Freeze. I was going to London with my kid and I had many costs. If I paid the full rental at once I would feel a bit stressed. So what did I do then. I just paid that 1 dollar first. If I pay so little is it safe. I was also a bit worried at the beginning. But the booking was confirmed right away and I got all the car rental info. It looked normal and safe. Did I keep thinking about the rest of the money. Not really. I knew that before the rental started they would take the rest from my card automatically so I did not need to click and pay again. Was the pressure on my credit card big. To be honest this time I felt much more relaxed. I could keep the money for flights hotel and tickets for my kid. My card was not hit by a big bill at once. What did I do when it was close to pick up day. I did not really do anything special. I just saw the charge go through and it was fine. I only needed to go to the counter in London at the right time to get the car. So in the end I used a very small amount to lock the car first. Later the payment went smoothly and there was no interest. For a parent like me it made planning our budget much easier. QEEQ really fits my family travel needs with this feature.

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Humberto EstevesSpain

When I was about to return the car in Alicante I suddenly remembered that at the start of this trip I really booked it with just one dollar. I was standing in the parking lot looking at the Volkswagen Polo and I thought to myself that it was good I did not pay a big amount at once. My cash flow would feel a lot tighter these weeks. If I go back in time a bit I was busy planning my business trip. I had to pay deposits for flights hotels and meetings. My credit card list was getting long and to be honest I felt a bit nervous. I also needed a car in Alicante to visit clients. When I found QEEQ I saw that I could book the car with One-Dollar Freeze. At first I was not sure if it was real and I wondered if there would be some hidden fee later. That day I tried to book. I only paid 1 dollar and the page said the rest would be charged automatically before the rental started. In that moment I felt quite relaxed. At least I did not have to push my card limit to the top right away. A few days later I went back to my work and almost forgot about the booking. Sometimes I just thought the car is already reserved and I do not need to worry. Closer to my flight I checked my statement and saw that the remaining rental cost was charged. The amount was exactly what I saw before and not a cent more. Then I really believed this payment plan had no interest and no strange extra cost. When I arrived in Alicante to pick up the car around the evening of May 13 I finished the paperwork at the counter and drove away in the Polo. I was still thinking that the early pressure on my budget was much lower this time. For a business traveler like me splitting the payment over time makes my mind feel lighter even if it is just a timing thing. A few days later when I drove back to return the car around May 18 I remembered that I locked in this car with only one dollar at the start. I felt a bit proud and thought this way to pay fits someone like me who often has to handle many costs at the same time.