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YUAN Benally

Italy

May 23, 2026

One-Dollar Freeze

I want to start with the moment I was most nervous. When I was in Naples returning the car, I stood next to the Jeep and a thought just hit me. If the full rental fee had been charged at the start, my budget for this trip with my kid might be totally broken. Then I remembered that for this trip I used QEEQ One-Dollar Freeze. The booking was made a few weeks before. That night my kid was next to me asking me to play, and I was checking the plan from Rome to Naples on my phone. I saw a Jeep Avenger with automatic gear. The space looked good and it had enough doors. I felt it was nice for a family with a child and luggage. But my card had just been used for other travel costs that week. To be honest I felt a lot of pressure. In my head I was doing the math again and again and I was worried my limit would not be enough. Then I saw the payment part that said I only needed to pay 1 dollar first to lock the car. My first reaction was to not really believe it. In my mind I was like maybe there will be some hidden fee later. It said the rest of the money would be charged automatically before pickup and there was no interest. I thought about it for a while. It was only 1 dollar so even if something went wrong it was not a big loss. I clicked confirm and my phone only showed a charge of 1 dollar. At that moment I really felt relaxed and I said to myself at least my card can still breathe for a few days. Before the trip started, I had to pay for my kid’s ticket and hotel deposits and many other things. Then I really felt how helpful it was to only freeze 1 dollar at the start. If the full rental fee had been taken at once, I think I would need to cut some plans. With this way, the big payment was only taken close to the pickup time in Rome. I could plan for it and I even checked the bill again. The amount was the same as the price I saw before and there were no strange extra fees. When I went to the Europcar counter in Rome to get the car, holding my kid and our bags, I felt quite calm. The main payment was already handled so I did not need to worry about my card at the desk. The staff checked my info and it was smooth. They did not ask me to pay anything extra. It was just normal papers and then I could drive away. On the road my kid fell asleep in the back seat and I thought if there was no 1 dollar booking way I might keep worrying about money and maybe choose a smaller car. When I parked the car in Naples and walked to the counter, I remembered that night when I made the booking. I felt that clicking confirm was a very good choice. As a parent who travels with a child and has many costs, this way of paying only 1 dollar first and having much less pressure on my credit card fits me very well. It made the whole booking with them feel a lot easier for me.