Why are the taxes so high for rental cars in Kansas City?

Its the worst I have ever seen in a city location. Any tricks for saving money? I'd love to be under $200 for a week's rental, is this too much to hope for?Why are the taxes so high for rental cars in Kansas City?
Because the morons in Kansas City voted for a tax to build a stadium downtown by ripping off the people who rent cars in Kansas City, MO without having a actual team to play there while the perfectly good stadium ,Kemper Arena ,goes underutilized.


there is many dealers and car rentals in Levenworth, Kansas which is a short airport shuttle ride away.


If you rent a car at the airport you will pay and additional 8% airport tax and $5.00 more a day stadium tax so you can see a short taxi or airport shuttle will more then cover the extra fees they rip you off at the airport.





IF YOU STAY at the Day's inn or Super 8 in Leavenworth they will provide a free shuttle to and from KCI/MCI airport and when you get to the Hotel you can call Enterprise rent a car in Leavenworth and they will come to the hotel and pick you up.Why are the taxes so high for rental cars in Kansas City?
If it's for a stadium, as a visitor I *REALLY* don't want to pay the tax for someone's non-existent sports team I don't care about. Thanks for the advice; it's ridiculously expensive, even to someone coming from California!

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It's called, soak the traveller so that the city can garner funds for thier own use.





High taxes on hotels and cars are always popular, since they don't affect those who vote ';yes';.
try priceline.com.





just bid low enough that you can cover the taxes. If you bid $20 a day you should be OK. Beward that priceline rates don't cover a second driver.





Also try Enterprise.
they r sucking the blood from visitors...we do the same on restaurant food here is SW Virginia...
It's a luxury tax, because the idiots in the state capitals consider a rental car a luxury. Ours in Maryland is 11.5 %. There isn't much you can do about it unless you have a tax exempt number (if you were a business).
They do that pretty much everywhere. They need to raise taxes so they suck the blood out of tourists. They call it the bed and booze tax where I live. Sales tax where I live is 6%. The tax for hotel rooms is 15%. I'd shop around for rental cars. You can go to tripadvisor.com, or any travel site to check rates of all the rental companies. They should be able to get you a good deal.