CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you're planning a post-vaccine vacation, you might want to go ahead and book your rental car now.
Experts say because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they're getting hard to come by and getting more expensive.
As more people get the COVID vaccine, families are looking to travel, but they're running into a roadblock: a lack of rental cars.
So what's the deal?
According to reports, rental car agencies were hit hard by the pandemic. To make up for the lost revenue, they sold off cars. Now that people are heading out again, there aren't enough to around, and experts say it won't be easy for these companies, like Enterprise, Alamo and Avis, to increase their supply quickly.
New cars are in short supply as manufacturers deal with a computer chip shortage (this has also affected Sony's distribution of its PlayStation 5 console). So now the big rental companies are trying to shuffle around their existing supply to get cars where travelers need them.
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So what can you do?