Zip Car Rental

Rent a Zip Car at universities or cities as part of the new car-sharing craze. These make cheap cars for college students on campus, and for those who occasionally need a car in a big city. In contrast to Uber or Lyft, you drive the Zip Car.

ZipCar Car Sharing Rentals- Great Cars on Campus

Zipcar NYC

Many 4-year colleges and universities discourage their incoming freshmen from bringing cars on campus. In most cases you are expected to live on campus at least for your freshman year, during which there is not much need for driving. Additionally, on-campus parking is expensive and an unnecessary cost you would be happy to do without. Fortunately, there is a smart alternative, Zipcar.

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What is Zip Car?

Zip car station in Washington D.C.

Zipcar is a car-sharing company that offers use of their cars to their members 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. The Zip Car company has partnered with many colleges and universities across the nation to provide students, faculty, and staff with rental cars and vans on campus for hourly or daily use. Members can reserve Zipcars online, by phone, or by text at any time.

Ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft offer easy ways to get around while letting someone else do the driving.

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Savings on Transportation - Cheap Cars for College Students

Electric cars and Zipcar SF, green transportation alternatives

You can check with the college of your choice to see if they offer Zipcar, or check out our list of colleges offering Zip car below. By becoming a student member, you can save a great deal on transportation since you will only pay for the hours that you use the vehicle, without being responsible for gas, insurance, maintenance, parking, or any lease fees. Furthermore, reservations can be made minutes in advance. For instance, if you want to drive to town to see a movie with your friends you’ll reserve the car for only a few hours and you would split the rental cost with them.

On most campuses you are required to be over the age of 18 and have a valid Driver’s License. (Non-students need to be 21 years of age to rent a Zipcar). Since some traditional car rental companies won't rent you a car if you are under age 25, or will charge you extra, the Zip Car is definitely a cheap car for college students to drive.

Some location offer vans, making it easy to move into that first apartment near school.

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Zip Car Rates | ZipCar Coupon Codes

You can conveniently reserve a Zipcar from your mobile phone or online. Typical Zip Car rates include a membership fee, and an hourly rate. For example, you may pay an annual membership fee of $50, then hourly rate of $8 an hour or $66 a day to rent a zip car.

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Zip Car Locations

Zip Car locations include over 50 cities in the US, including the following major cities/areas:

Atlanta GA, Baltimore MD, Zipcar Boston MA, Zip Car Chicago IL, London, New York City (Zipcar NYC), New Jersey, Philadelphia PA, Pittsburgh PA, Portland OR, San Francisco (Zip car SF) CA, Zipcar Seattle WA, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington DC.

Zip Car locations also include many major colleges and universities, including:

Alabama (AL)

University of Alabama

Arizona (AZ)

Arizona State Univ

California (CA)

Cal Poly, SLO

California State Chico

California State Long Beach

California State Univ, East Bay

Caltech

Chapman University

Loyola Marymount Univ

Occidental College

Point Loma Nazarene Univ

Pomona College

San Diego State University (SDSU)

Santa Clara University

Stanford Univ

UC Davis (UCD)

UC Santa Cruz

Univ of California, Irvine

University of California, LA (UCLA)

Univ of California, Riverside

Univ of California, Santa Barbara

Univ of California, San Diego (UCSD)

University of San Diego

University of Southern California (USC)

Connecticut (CT)

Connecticut College

Trinity College

Wesleyan University

Yale Univ

Delaware (DE)

University of Delaware

Florida (FL)

University of Florida

University of Miami

Georgia (GA)

Columbus State University

Idaho (ID)

Boise State University

Illinois (IL)

Elmhurst College

North Central College

University of Illinois

Indiana (IN)

Indiana University

University of Notre Dame

Maine (ME)

Bates College

Bowdoin College

Colby College

University of New England

Maryland (MD)

Hood College

Massachusetts (MA)

Amherst College

Babson College

Brandeis University

Clark University

Endicott College

Hampshire College

Holy Cross

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)

Smith College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

Wellesley College

Williams College

Michigan (MI)

Michigan State University

University of Michigan

Minnesota (MN)

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Winona State University

Nebraska (NE)

Creighton University

New Hampshire (NH)

Dartmouth College

University of New Hampshire

New Jersey (NJ)

Drew University

Monmouth Univer

Seton Hall University

New Mexico (NM)

University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque

New York (NY)

Hamilton College

Hofstra University

Purchase College

State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo

SUNY Oswego

Syracuse University

University at Buffalo

University of Rochester

Vassar College

North Carolina (NC)

Duke University

East Carolina Universities

Elon Univ

Meredith College

North Carolina State University (NCSU)

UNC, Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina Greensboro

Wake Forest Universities

Oregon (OR)

Reed College

Willamette University

Pennsylvania (PA)

Bryn Mawr Colleges

Bucknell Universtiy

California University of Pennsylvania

Dickinson College

LaSalle Univercity

Tennessee (TN)

Belmont Universities

Rhodes College

Vanderbilt University

Texas (TX)

Baylor University

Rice University

University of Texas, Austin

Vermont (VT)

Green Mountain College

Middlebury College

Vermont Law School

Virginia (VA)

Christopher Newport University

George Mason University

Old Dominion Universities

The College of William & Mary

University of Richmond

University of Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University

Washington State (WA)

Pacific Lutheran University

University of Puget Sound

West Virginia (WV)

West Virginia University

Wisconsin (WI)

Marquette University

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Note: if you can't find your college or university on the list, search the Zipcar website at www.zipcar.com.

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