Histoires de Clients

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Mark GerrardItaly

What was I worried about at the start? I did not want a big charge on my card at once. I travel alone and my budget is tight. If my credit card gets a huge payment in one day I feel a lot of pressure. When I booked the car on QEEQ I saw a payment way called One-Dollar Freeze. I only needed to pay 1 dollar first to lock the car and the rest would be taken before the pickup date. I wanted to try it. Later it turned out this choice was pretty good. In Venice those days I was still planning my trip. I kept thinking what if my plan changed. I did not want to cancel the car but I also did not want to pay a lot right away. How did it feel to just pay 1 dollar? It felt like I saved a seat and did not need to pay much now. I kept doing small budget math in my head and I felt safer with more money still in my account. One or two days before the trip I got the payment reminder. I asked myself if there would be any hidden fee. Would they charge more? When I checked the bill the amount was the same as the price I saw before. No strange extra cost. I asked myself again if there was any interest. There was none. The money was charged one time and my credit card record looked very clear. On February 17 around noon I was sitting in a small square in Venice in the sun and looking at my booking on my phone. I thought about picking up the Citroen C3 from Europcar at 11 am the next day. I asked myself how much I had really paid until then. The answer was still just 1 dollar before and the rest was only taken now. It felt like I pushed the pressure to a later time but it was not like a loan with interest. It was just simple pay later with the same price. For someone like me who travels alone this way of payment fits well. When plans change a bit I do not worry about a huge payment already taken from my card. Seeing only 1 dollar held at the start made me book earlier without fear. Then I could slowly fix other plans. During the whole process paying did not feel heavy and my credit card did not show a big number at once. It helped me plan my other costs in Venice and Florence in a more relaxed way.

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John TraurigUnited States

"You really booked the car with just one dollar?" my coworker asked me on a video call. He saw my Denver business trip plan and noticed I already had a car booked. I smiled and said yes, I did it on QEEQ. It was around the middle of January 2026. I was working late in the office. Papers and coffee cups were all over my desk. My boss suddenly told me I had to go to a meeting in Denver in early February. I started searching flights and also thought about renting a car. I felt a bit stressed because my credit card already had a few business expenses waiting for reimbursement. I opened their site and chose Denver airport in the US. I set the time to pick up the car on February 9th at 11 am and return it on February 17th at 10 am, a little later than my real plan so I would feel safer. I picked a Jeep Compass from Thrifty, automatic, four doors and five seats. It looked nice for a business trip. Just me, my laptop bag and a small suitcase. Not too fancy and still comfortable. After I chose the car, I was ready to see a big amount to pay first. Then at the payment page I saw an option called "One-Dollar Freeze". I stopped and read the short note again. It said I only needed to pay 1 dollar as a booking fee to lock the car. The rest would be charged automatically before the rental started and there was no interest. My mind relaxed right away. The first thought I had was that this way my credit card pressure would be lower. The year had just ended and many travel bills were still on the way. Adding one more big hold of a few hundred dollars on my card really did not feel good. I looked at the total price again and checked that there were no strange extra fees. Then I clicked and chose One-Dollar Freeze. When the payment went through, I got an email right away. On my phone screen I saw the order number and the car details. I slid my finger over the screen and felt that at least one part of this Denver trip was already safe. It was like I had saved a seat for myself and just needed to show up on the day of the meeting. During the next days I was busy working on my presentation. Sometimes when I walked out of the office late at night and felt the cold air, a small worry came back to my head that I had not fully paid for the car. Then I remembered I had booked it with only 1 dollar and the rest would be charged before the trip. I stopped thinking about moving money around just to make space on my card. A few days before my flight I checked my bank statement. I saw they had charged the remaining rental fee like they said. The amount was exactly the same as when I booked. Nothing extra. I compared the email and the bank record to be sure there was no extra fee. That made me trust this payment way even more. When I landed in Denver and walked to the rental car center with my suitcase, I felt calm. I did not feel like I had a huge deposit stuck on my card. It felt more like everything was already planned in a smart way. At the Thrifty counter I gave my name and details. The staff found my booking in the system and the process was smooth. They gave me the keys and I walked to the Jeep Compass. I thought that if I had not used the 1 dollar option, my card might have been full of holds and I would have been worried the whole time. During the trip some coworkers asked me again about the car. One of them said he often avoids booking too early because of his card limit and then ends up renting last minute at a bad price. I told him about the One-Dollar Freeze. I said I just paid 1 dollar to lock the car. It made the whole thing feel very light and easy. I did not worry about interest or big precharges before and after the trip. Now when I think back to that night in the office when I clicked that option, it was not only about saving money. It also took some weight off my mind when my schedule was already full. Paying just 1 dollar to secure the car and letting the rest be charged later in an automatic way really fits a business traveler like me who is always on the road.

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Eric YehThailand

That night when I returned the car in Bangkok it was raining and the airport lights were on the wet ground. It looked a bit like a scene from a game. I suddenly thought one thing. I locked this Toyota Yaris with just one dollar and the whole trip felt very easy. Why did I feel that way? I was traveling alone and I already paid for flight and hotel. My credit card always feels tight. When I saw One-Dollar Freeze on QEEQ my first question was is it really only one dollar first. Is there some trick. I checked the price a few times. It did not change so I decided to try it. When I booked it felt kind of strange. I was renting the car for a few days but my credit card only showed a one dollar charge. Nothing else moved. In my head I asked where is the rest of the money. Will they suddenly charge everything and push my card over the limit. In the next days I just planned my trip like normal. I used my money for tickets and rooms first. My card limit stayed safe and it was not locked by the car rental fee. Sometimes I remembered this booking and did a small calculation in my head. If I had paid full amount at the start maybe I would be more stressed when I booked hotels. One or two days before the rental started I got a payment notice from the bank. It was the fee for the Toyota Yaris. I checked the number. It was the same as my order. No extra money and no interest. I felt pretty lucky. If I did not choose this way maybe I would have felt nervous about money the whole time. On the pickup day I went to the counter in Bangkok and saw the car. A small question came into my mind. If I had only looked and did not use this One-Dollar Freeze would I still drive this Yaris now. The car was clean and I drove alone through the city. At night I watched the lights along the road and I thought about this again. If I did not pay only one dollar at first maybe I would think too long and even give up renting a car. For someone like me with a tight budget this style of paying one dollar first to lock the car and then letting the rest be charged automatically really helped me spread out my credit card pressure. I did not worry that my limit was fully taken. I also did not worry about any interest. The whole thing felt simple. When I returned the car I took my stuff out and saw there was no extra charge. I only had one clear thought in my mind. Renting a car can be like this. First feel relaxed with just one dollar then pay the rest later. One-Dollar Freeze is actually very friendly for a solo traveler like me.

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Blaise BIANCOUnited States

That day I was in my room on my phone and the sun was very bright outside. My head was full of my February trip to the United States. I wanted to pick up a Volkswagen Jetta in Cape Canaveral and then return it in Miami a few days later. But what did I think of first? Not the car. I thought about my small credit card limit. Should I pay a big amount all at once? I felt a bit stressed. Then I saw the booking was on QEEQ and there was a plan called One-Dollar Freeze. My first thought was this. Is it really only one dollar first? I read the description again and saw that the rest would be charged before the rental starts and there was no interest. I started to feel more relaxed. It felt like someone helped me carry part of the pressure. What was in my mind then? I just wanted to try it once. One dollar is not a big risk for me. When I clicked to confirm I stopped for one second. I asked myself if I should wait a bit more. But I still clicked it. After I paid that one dollar I opened my credit card bill. Almost nothing changed. In that moment I felt very light. I felt like I did not need to stare at my balance for the next weeks. Later when I was preparing the trip I sometimes asked myself if they already took all the money. I opened my email and my bank app. I saw there was no big extra charge yet. Then I remembered the rest would be taken closer to the pick up day. This timing made me feel safe. I could keep my money for other things like maybe flight changes or some gear. When it was close to mid February and I was getting ready to pick up the car in Cape Canaveral I saw that the final payment had gone through. There was no extra fee and the pressure on my credit card was much lower than I first thought. In my mind it felt like this. So it can be done slowly like this. For someone like me who is still a student and does not have a big budget this way of paying one small amount to lock the car and paying the rest later fits me quite well.

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David ScottTurkey

That day I was still counting my budget for the Turkey trip and I suddenly felt I should book a car first, so I made a booking on QEEQ for a car in Istanbul. The thing that really made me click pay was their One-Dollar Freeze service. I only paid 1 dollar first to lock a Peugeot 3008 and the car photo on the page looked pretty cool. I imagined driving this car in a new city and I felt excited. Those days before the trip I was also busy with visa papers and changing my flight, so I was spending a lot of money. If the full rental cost was charged at once, my credit card would feel really heavy. Because I only paid 1 dollar, my bill almost did not change and it felt like I just held the car first while my mind stayed calm. Time passed fast. I arrived in Istanbul around the morning of February 17. The lights at the airport were a bit soft and yellow. I pulled my suitcase to the Alamo counter to get the car and I remembered that I did not have to pay everything at the start, so my body felt more relaxed. The staff there checked my booking and I thought to myself that it was good I locked the price before and did not need to pick something random on the spot. The real payment was done automatically before the pickup and I only noticed it when I got a message from my bank. At that time my flights and hotel were already set, and my money plan was more stable, so it felt very smooth. I did not feel that shock of a big payment all at once. The Peugeot 3008 was steady to drive. When I was on the roads of Istanbul, I kept thinking that if I could not book with just 1 dollar at the start, maybe I would keep hesitating and delay the car booking. For someone like me who has many costs before going abroad, paying just a little first and then letting the rest be charged later made my credit card stress much lower. During the whole rental I focused more on the traffic and the views and not so much on the numbers on my bill, and that feeling was really nice.