You hustled to find a plane ticket on short notice. You made it to America. You couldn't get a rental car. And you couldn't get to the funeral? NOBODY could come give you a ride, nobody was for hire, no bus, no Uber, nothing short of hitch-hiking with a stranger? That is just surreal. Is it because you had dogs or a dog with you? WTF
On the bright side, your new setting is heavenly. May you dust off the stains of your whirlwind trip and the missed funeral, and be well, and safe!
No, no--that's not quite it, thank God. I found tickets that I could have afforded, but knew I couldn't get a rental car from the airport so there was no sense buying them, and I didn't have enough internet to message folks looking for someone to come get me. I certainly couldn't call...I have a UK phone now and no international calling. I could have gone without the dogs. Even Her Highness Paige loves Michel enough to stay with him in my absence. Miracles never cease.
Ah, so you didn't fly to the States for nothing. phew But you did miss the funeral, all over the stupid rental car glitch. Make me wonder if the mountain mafia had a hand in that, but surely they don't have that kind of reach... right??? Pulling strings to make sure that "waste of skin" never sets foot in our neck o' the woods again -_-
Heh. Alas, no conspiracy in this. It's a general policy that all rental car companies have adopted to protect their assets--they can go after a major credit card company if the vehicle is damaged or lost much easier than they can go after a bank. Therefore unless you live in the same zip code where you're renting, and most of the time not even then, you can't rent using a debit or prepaid card of any type.
Wow. Cash wouldnt' work either, then.
What a world!