Name: レンタカー不足（What’s Behind the Rental Car Shortage? | WSJ）
Uploaded: 2021-07-29T22:10:52.000Z
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- [Narrator] Americans are traveling again

but if your summer travel plans involve a rental car,

be prepared for long lines and sticker shock.

There isn't one area where you can find a cheap rental car.

- [Narrator] According to the travel website Kayak,

rental car prices in the first two weeks of June

But even if you decide to pony up the additional cash

many reservations are simply not being honored

and travelers have reported showing up at rental counters,

because there aren't enough cars on the lot.

So why have rental cars become so expensive?

And how long can we expect these high prices to last?

- It's a pretty classic supply and demand issue.

There are not a lot of rental cars to go around

because these companies downsized their fleets

which the rental car companies rely on very heavily.

- [Narrator] For months, the pandemic transformed airports

into ghost towns, which in turn wiped out

- What happens is all of the rental car companies

Downsize their fleets, cut costs, downsize their staff.

It was a make-or-break moment for these companies.

- [Narrator] To survive, many rental car agencies

because new car production still hasn't normalized.

but Mazari sees a silver lining in the disruption.

- COVID was a blessing in disguise for this industry

These companies basically had to cut their fleet size down

by 35%, so this was a dysfunctional oligopoly.

- [Narrator] This summer, consumer demand has returned

to a market that basically wasn't using them before.

- We're also hearing is that these companies

that they're buying cars in the used car market,

So don't be surprised if you get into some rental car

- [Narrator] Exacerbating the car shortage issue

of new vehicles has been slowed because of chip shortages.

- New car production with a chip shortage

So for these companies, it's gonna be very tough

And so this year, pricing's gonna remain very high.

that customers might have a tougher time securing a rental

"While still below pre-pandemic fleet levels,

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