{"id":233,"date":"2026-03-09T16:25:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business-and-financial-services\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:45:20","slug":"automobile-rental","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business-and-financial-services\/operations-services\/purchasing\/vendor-listing\/automobile-rental\/","title":{"rendered":"Automobile Rental"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vehicles rented for University-related travel should be in the most economical price bracket offered by the auto rental agency. Travelers are encouraged to choose mid-size or compact cars to reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All employees and students who are renting automobiles while on Clark University business are covered by Clark\u2019s automobile insurance. When renting a vehicle to be driven within the United States or Canada, you should decline any liability or collision insurance offered by the car rental company. You must, however, purchase comprehensive and collision insurance for any non-US or Canadian rentals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, Enterprise should have the lowest rates. Enterprise and National are owned by the same company so they share the same Corporate Discount and Billing Account numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Enterprise\/National has an Emerald Club membership offered to Clark University travelers.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To enroll in the Enterprise\/National Emerald Club please go to this link set up for Clark University \u2013 Emerald Club Membership<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Benefits of the Emerald Club are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bypass the Counter \u2013 <\/strong>As an Emerald Club member, bypass the rental counter and go directly to the Emerald Club Aisle\u2122 at more than 50 major airports in the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose Your Own Car \u2013 <\/strong>As an Emerald Club member, don\u2019t waste time looking for your assigned car \u2013 just choose any car from the Emerald Club Aisle and be on your way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speed up Returns \u2013 <\/strong>As an Emerald Club member, there\u2019s no need to wait around for a piece of paper when you return your car. We\u2019ll email you a detailed receipt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*Please make note to use National every time a rental is needed at an Airport location<\/strong>.  Reasoning for this is that you will be able to utilize the Emerald Club as well as the best rate guarantee that is in our contract; this will lower your rental price if retail pricing is less costly at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enterprise car rental offers discounts to Clark University nationally through MHEC. Clark employees may also use these rates for personal use but must use a different code instead of the Clark main code.\u00a0Please note<\/strong>\u00a0that you should never provide Clark\u2019s Billing Account number when booking trips for personal use. (Discount and billing codes are found on the\u00a0SmartBuy Plus<\/a>\u00a0home page).<\/p>\n\n\n\n