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Wow, are you sure you don't mean $500? I've seen vans going for $150/day this year, which is pretty rich compared to pre-covid.

We also had a tough time getting a large passenger van, waitlisted until the day before, but still managed to pay $1500 for 10 days.

yeah $5000 can't be right lol

Yep, $5,000 (a five, followed by 3 zeros). It was a late booking, and we needed the room to haul equipment (work trip). This was back in September. When we returned in October, prices were sane again.

Wow! Makes me less sore about paying $50/day more than I would've liked. :)

$5000 for 3 days in minivan? Was Uber XL not an option?

Nope, we needed to haul around equipment for field work.

Are you sure you didn’t buy it for 5k?