Dallas/Fort Worth Airport still ranks second in the nation in a dubious category -- sticker shock for vehicle rentals, meaning the percentage increase from the base rate to the actual price paid. The extra money is mostly taxes and other fees charged by local governments and targeted at travelers.
A new study by the travel Web site Travelocity, based in Southlake, found that Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport ranked first, as it did in 2003, when Travelocity last did the study.
The top 10 airports are:
1. Houston Bush Intercontinental, 66.1 percent.
2. D/FW, 61.4
3. Phoenix, 52.3
4. Austin Bergstrom, 49.9
5. Kansas City, 45.4
6. San Antonio, 42.4
7. Baltimore/ Washington, 41.0
8. Tulsa, Okla., 40.3
9. Cleveland, 39.0
10. Albuquerque, N.M., 38.9
The average percentage addition to base rates is now 25.8 percent, up from 24.4 percent in 2003, Travelocity said.
