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Business travelers take to taxis as rental car prices rise

Samantha Shankman

Photo Credit: Taxicabs parked haphazardly in Birmingham, Alabama.  Flickr / Dystopos

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Rental car companies admit prices are increasing, mostly due to heavier city taxes, but the flexibility and independence they afford travelers continues to drive business despite higher costs.

Colby Reeves Jr. was used to renting a car to get around town on his frequent business trips. Now, Reeves says, high rental rates increasingly are forcing him to bypass the rental-car counter and hea

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