Planning a trip to Pittsburgh? Need to book a cheap car rental? Here are some tips and ideas to help you:

-Search online for discount coupons and codes. Rental car companies offer a lot of special discounts in the form of coupon and discount codes. The offers range from upgrades to percentage discounts to flat amounts of savings. Additionally, some codes are valid across the entire US, while others are only for specific destinations. And while most rental car companies publish many codes on their website, they also have deals and specials with other travel websites, which publish their own collections of codes. Therefore, to find out exactly what’s available, it’s best to fire up Google, and spend a bit of time searching.

-Comparison shop. While you may think one rental car company is offering the best deal, why guess when you can simply visit a price comparison website. When you search through a price comparison website, you will be able to see exactly which company is offering the best rate on the type of vehicle that you want to rent.

-Book sooner than later. The earlier you book, the more good deals you will be able to find. If you wait until right before your trip to book, or don’t book in advance at all, you can say goodbye to finding a cheap rental car.

-Think small. The smaller the vehicle you rent, the cheaper. Additionally, a small vehicle will use less gas. Unless you need a larger vehicle, go small and enjoy saving money.