Smarter Car Renting

Here are car rental tips from the road trip-seasoned editors of RoadsideAmerica.com:

•  Fear of the Unknown: Unfamiliar with the streets of Palmdale? Consider adding a GPS navigation system to your rental. GPS provides turn-by-turn directions to a number of Palmdale attractions and businesses, and is offered by almost all Palmdale car rental agencies. The GPS helps you navigate like some mythical Greek God of Navigation! You can also add your own portable GPS on your handy windshield sucker, but remember to take it all with you when you turn in the car at the end of your trip.

•  Many States, One Car: If renting a car for a longer road trip, check with the car rental companies in Palmdale, California to see if they have policies about crossing state lines that affect the final rate you pay. May be no effect, but don't assume you can crisscross the globe with unlimited mileage impunity. There may be a GPS tracker in the car!

•  Leave Nothing Behind: At a road trip's end, we find we've accumulated souvenirs, kitschy mementoes, and piles of brochures from tourist attractions. These treasures prove you really traveled -- that it wasn't just some wacky delusion. When dropping off your rental car, carefully check every door pocket, drink holder and storage bin for these keepsakes. The rental car company sure doesn't have any use for them.

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Palmdale CA Area Attractions

• CA Allergy and Asthma Medical Group
• Los Angeles County Raceway
• Charlie Brown Farms-Dinosaurs Meat on a Stick (7.88 miles)
• Antelope Valley Hospital (8.18 miles)
• Lancaster Municipal Stadium (9.37 miles)
• Star Trek Gorn Battle Rocks (13.48 miles)
• Willow Springs International Motorsports Park (22.05 miles)
• Mount Wilson Observatory (24.66 miles)
• Olive View - UCLA Medical Center (26.79 miles)
• The Master's College (27.48 miles)
• Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital (27.97 miles)
• Impact Drug Treatment Center (28.17 miles)
• Bunny Museum (28.39 miles)
• Mission Community Hospital (28.74 miles)
• Pacifica Hospital of the Valley (28.88 miles)
• Rose Bowl (29.06 miles)
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (29.22 miles)
• Woodbury University (29.28 miles)

Palmdale rental guide