The Dallas Convention Center is a world class, full-service convention center that offers “warm and friendly southwestern hospitality”. Facilities at the convention center are capable of handling any type of event and the unique environment, located in the vibrant downtown Dallas, make the Dallas Convention Center one of the most popular destinations for Rentacomputer.com customers.

The convention center itself is home to over 1 million square feet of exhibit space and houses Exhibit Hall F, which is 203,000 square feet and is the largest column-free exhibit hall in the entire country.

Since the convention center is so popular, Rentacomputer.com offers a vast selection of trade show and convention booth rental equipment, including:

• LCD and Plasma Rentals
• Video Wall Rentals
• Sound System Rentals
• Pipe and Drape Rentals
• Staging Rentals
• Laptop Rentals
• Projector Rentals
• Wireless Microphones
• Amplifiers
• Presentation Equipment Rentals
• and more!

Every rental from Rentacomputer.com is delivered by a local, professional installer who will set up your entire rental, test everything to make sure it is working and come back and pick it up whenever you are done using it. In addition to that, you also have a local technician on hand for any and all troubleshooting, should something go wrong.

Your Tech Travel Agent is also your single point of contact for your entire rental period. From the moment you call and ask about a quote to the minute all of your equipment is returned you work with a single Tech Travel Agent. That means no getting transferred between departments or talking to ten different people who probably have no idea about your rental.

Rentacomputer.com has been in the computer and technology rental industry for over 25 years and is proud to have the Dallas Convention Center as one of its most popular destinations for its customers. With all that insider experience with the industry and the convention center itself, Rentacomputer.com is capable of handling any event you may have at the Dallas Convention Center.

The most frequently asked question in the world of computer rentals is undoubtedly “How much does it cost to rent a computer?” Well, the answer isn’t as simple as many people may think because the cost of your rental depends on 4 distinct variables: time, space, spec and availability.  Computer rental prices vary depending on the length of your rental period, where you need the rental, the specification of the rental and the availability of the rental.

With Rentacomputer.com, your computer rental rates vary depending on how long you want the rental whether it be monthly, weekly or daily. Typically, a Pentium 4 desktop computer will start at approximately $99 per week in most markets for a weekly rental. However, based upon the computer specification, availability and location, prices can be 20% to 40% higher or lower.

Delivery locations could have an impact on cost as well. Getting a delivery to a convention center is naturally going to be more expensive than delivering to a business address. Why is this you may ask? Well, business addresses normally have specific parking areas for delivery trucks as well as easy access to the delivery or installation room. Convention centers, on the other hand, requires a lot of hard work and effort from the rental company and the company receiving the equipment. Making a delivery to a convention center usually takes a lot longer for the delivery man than it would at a business.

We all know that when we go into a store to buy a computer, not all the prices are the same, they vary depending on a lot of factors. The same goes for computer rentals. Most computer rentals consist of an Intel Pentium 4 computer running Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Apple Mac OSX. Standard RAM is generally 2GB with a 6GB or larger hard drive. Higher specifications than that, like a higher graphics card, cost more to rent.

One issue that comes into effect when it comes to computer rentals is the issue of supply and demand. The number of competitors in a given market area as well as total computer rental units can have a huge affect on the supply of a computer rental. The best way to get a computer rental is to have a Tech Travel Agent book your technology rental needs. That way you will have a guarantee that you will always get the equipment you need. By using a Tech Travel Agent you don’t have to rely solely on a single vendor because Tech Travel Agents can get equipment from any retailer in the United States, Canada and Europe.

If your company generally employs temporary employees, then a computer rental is perfect. Why buy a computer for somebody who isn’t going to be working for you long term? A computer rental is also perfect if your company tends to go to different trade shows or conferences. Companies that do this realize that lower costs and no maintenance are a great way to save some money.

Overall, a computer rental is a great way to get high quality computers without having to make a permanent purchase.  If you have any questions on computer rental pricing then visit Rentacomputer.comtoday.

Undercover Tourist, one of the leading suppliers of online discount tickets to attractions in the Orlando, Florida area, just announced a partnership with Texas’ Alamo Rent A Car to provide substantially discounted rates on rental cars when attraction tickets are purchased through Undercover Tourist.

Discounts for Alamo Rent A Car are available online with the purchase of an attraction ticket, which has the potential to save you as much as 30% by bundling your car rental with a ticket purchase. In addition to that, these savings available during check out through Undercover Tourist and include the same vehicle options that would be available if you booked directly from Alamo at the Orlando International Airport.

According to Chief Executive Officer for Undercover Tourist Ian Ford, “We are committed to providing Orlando travelers with the best possible resources and discounts toward an Orlando-area vacation. We are excited to call Alamo Rent A Car a new partner and to pass along these savings to our customers.”

This partnership is the most recent in a slew of cost-saving moves from Undercover Tourist, which already allows customers to experience Orlando attractions quickly and at a discounted price. In addition to that, customers also receive actual tickets as opposed to vouchers, which eliminates the need to stand in long lines at the ticket booth once you arrive. Undercover Tourist’s discounted rates, free shipping and flexible rates make it a favorite among travelers.

Source: The Sacramento Bee – Undercover Tourist Partners With Alamo Rent A Car, Providing Additional Savings On Orlando Vacations

Luke Schneider, the CEO of Texas-based upstart rental car agency Silvercar is looking to change the game when it comes to renting a car. Schneider describes the current method of choosing a rental car as the “PT Cruiser Lottery”, which forces you to choose from the least terrible car of all the terrible ones on the lot. Schneider is looking to make every car you look at on his lot a winner.

More specifically, Schneider is looking to rent out an Audi 4. Silvercar, which has an influx of money from angel investors CrunchFund, SV Angel and others, is completely changing the rental car experience by giving customers the opportunity to choose from a rental car with some style.

According to Schneider, “We want to do for rental cars what iTunes did for music.” While that may sound like a laughable goal, Schneider does present an awfully compelling case. At Silvercar, you begin by choosing any car, as long as that car is an Audi A4 with a silver paint job.While that does limit your options of getting stuck with a lousy car, its the technology inside the car that makes Silvercar’s idea work.

According to Schneider, “The marriage between mobile and travel are really well suited to each other. We’re leveraging technology to get you on the road as quickly as possible.” It is in this sense that Silvercar utilizes a combination of web-based and app-based booking and payment methods that utilize Silvercar’s site and mobile apps.

The way the service works is you book your rental in advance via the site or app, which sets you up a profile that has your payment and contact information along with your favorite satellite radio stations and the addresses of your hotel and meeting locations. Once you go to pick up your car you go to the lot, pick out an Audi A4 and enter in its unique identifier into the Silvercar app. The car unlocks, the embedded data connection recognizes that you are you and all of your pre-saved data is downloaded to the Audi’s infotainment system in a matter of seconds.

Silvercar is definitely aiming to take the hassle out of renting a car, as well as the disappointment and frustration you get from renting another terrible car. Silvercar doesn’t make you wait in any lines or deal with any annoying desk clerks, though a concierge services is a simple phone call away. Oh and the best part is that, according to Schneider, renting a car from Silvercar won’t cost you any more than the rental price of an average full-size sedan from a traditional rental car agency.

Source: Wired – At Rental Car Upstart, You’ll Take a Silver Audi, or Walk

HomeAway Incorporated, the top online vacation rental service located in Texas, has just named Simon Breakwell as the newest member of the board. Breakwell formerly served as the director for travel website Expedia Incorporated, so you know that he is more than qualified for the position at HomeAway.

Breakwell will serve as an independent director, as well as a member of HomeAway’s audit committee, replacing Todd Chaffee, who recently resigned from his position on the board. This announcement comes directly from the company itself and was announced in a regulatory filing.

Breakwell was previously the president of Expedia’s international business and joins the board as HomeAway looks to expand outside of the United States and to add travel services to its mainstay business helping users rent vacation properties. HomeAway announced back in June that it will offer airline tickets as well as rental cars through a new partnership with online travel agency Priceline.com Incorporated.

Chaffee is a partner at Institutional Venture Partners, which was an early investor in HomeAway. The fund participated in a $250 million financing round in 2008 that was led by Technology Crossover Ventures and also included Redpoint Ventures. Institutional Ventures has also backed Twitter Incorporated as well as LivingSocial.

In addition to that, HomeAway also raised $216 million in an initial public offering back in June 2011 by selling 8 million shares at $27 per share. The stock has since lost 13% and gained less than 1% to $23.60 at the close in New York.

It is interesting to see HomeAway looking to expand into international business. The site is already one of the leading vacation rental sites in the United States and international business could really be a huge industry for the site. It could also be a good money maker for renters in the U.S. as they could increase their customer base to international renters, allowing for transcontinental vacation rentals and house swaps.

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek – HomeAway Names Breakwell Director as Chaffee Resigns

H&E Equipment Services has just opened a new equipment rental location in Midland, Texas. This new store joins seven other full-service H&E operations in the state as well as 65 more across the nation. H&E stated that the store’s opening follows its proposed growth strategy plan which it recently announced.

The new Midland facility is 11,000 square feet and has been designed and newly constructed to serve equipment customers. The building has office space for sales and rentals in addition to a large shop, parts and yard areas. In addition to that, the store will specialize in aerial lifts, telescopic forklifts, compact and some large earthmoving equipment along with general construction equipment like generators, compressors, concrete equipment, light towers and more.

According to H&E Midland Branch Manager Joe Mancaruso, “We have visited and surveyed customers and determined that our full-service business model is exactly what they are after in an equipment supplier. We not only offer rentals, but new and used equipment sales, in-shop and mobile service and repair, a large parts inventory, training and many other value-added services. We feel the business climate and opportunity is prime to become involved in the Midland-Odessa, Texas area.”

Back in June, H&E Equipment Services started an “aggressive” recruitment program to add senior executives, branch managers and sales representatives in support of its US rental expansion. The company is also seeking to add rental locations to strengthen its network. The company has 65 locations, with most of its revenues generated in the Gulf Coast and intermountain regions in the United States.

Source: Access Lift & Handlers – H&E opens new rental depot in Texas

RealPage Incorporated, one of the leaders in software and software-enabled services for rental housing industry professionals, has just announced that it has acquired RentMineOnline Incorporated (RMO). RMO is a software-as-a-service provider of social network marketing solutions for the multifamily rental housing industry. This acquisition will extend RealPage’s LeaseStar multi-channel managed marketing solution which allows property owners and managers to originate, syndicate, manage and capture leads more effectively.

RMO helps property owners and managers generate leads by combining the success of online resident referral programs with the power of social networks, like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. It is estimated that the average social media user has over 150 Facebook friends and Twitter followers so network resident referral campaigns are quickly becoming an extremely important source of leads for the rental housing industry.

According to Chairman and CEO of RealPage Steve Winn, “Adding a social network referral channel to our LeaseStar solution is expected to help increase the percentage of overall leads that a property can generate organically, reducing dependency on more expensive traditional listing services. Social influence in the rental decision is providing to increase conversion rates, so property owners and managers are now using this type of tool to improve both the quantity and quality of leads that they receive. In addition, we expect social network recommendations to help improve search engine optimization of our LeaseStar websites.”

Ed Spiegel, CEO of Rent Mine Online, added, “We are excited to become part of the RealPage team. We have revolutionized the way property owners and managers utilize social media to drive demand reaching over 10 million unique friends since our inception. We are delighted that our vision and dedication on this front will enable us to become part of the LeaseStar multi-channel marketing solution, which should transform the way property owners and managers solve the total rental housing demand equation.”

Source: Market Watch – RealPage Acquires Rent Mine Online

One of the biggest new additions to many business in Texas these days is the addition of U-Haul rentals for customers. U-Haul rentals are probably the most popular transportation rentals in the country, as well as some of the most useful, which is why many business, both large and small, are adding them to their offerings.

The most recent business to add U-Haul rentals to its offerings in Texas is Econo Self Storage. Thanks to a recent partnership with U-Haul, Econo Self Storage can now offer its customers a plethora of moving equipment and supplies specifically designed for moving household furnishings.

These rentals includes things like moving van rentals, open trailers, closed trailers, furniture pads, appliance dollies, furniture dollies, tow dollies and even auto transports. Econo Self Storage will also offer sales items to protect their customers’ belongings and make moving easier. These items include things like heavy-duty boxes, which are also made up of 90% recycled content and are also available in a lot of different sizes to accommodate any situation.

According to President of the U-Haul Company of North Houston Jerry Lunn, “U-Haul is proud to be partnering with a quality independent business such as Econo Self Storage David is a great example of the type of successful business relationship U-Haul has established in order to build and maintain a strong network of more than 15,000 independent dealers across North America.”

U-Haul has been partnering with business owners all across North America in order to increase convenience for customers while simultaneously helping the environment, which is also a part of supporting the U-Haul Company’s Corporate Sustainability initiatives.

Source: Market Watch – Econo Self Storage in Porter, Texas Adds U-Haul Rentals

During the second quarter of 2012, there was a strong demand for apartment rentals in North Texas, which was a surprising fact given the rebounding home sales market. Renters absorbed 8,031 apartment rental units in Q2 2012, which totals out to five times the completed 1,563 apartment units.

Apartment occupancy was 94.1% in the second quarter, which was an increase of one full percentage point over the previous quarter according to data collected from Carrollton-based apartment analyst MPF Research.

According to Vice President of MPF Research Greg Willett, “Substantial job growth in North Texas is keeping apartment demand robust at the same time that single-family home sales are rebounding from their recently low levels. These are the kind of housing demand numbers we were hoping for and expecting to see.”

With occupancy levels rising, apartment rental prices also saw an increase of 1% during the second quarter according to the data collected. The top submarkets for rent growth included Uptown, Oak Lawn, the Northern Dallas suburbs, Grapevine and North Fort Worth.

The majority of the vacancies in the market are concentrated in the least desirable properties that were built from the 1970s and earlier, according to Willett. However, ongoing apartment construction is now set to deliver 14,832 apartment units to be delivered anywhere in the country, which has analysts concerned, Willett added.

Willett went on to say, “Delivery timing is the one thing to watch that could lead to a brief bump in the road for the North Texas apartment market, but so far developers have done a good job of spreading out completion dates.”

Source: Dallas Business Journal – North Texas job growth leads to robust apartment market

If you were in North Texas last week then you probably had a bit of a run in with some nice-sized hail. North Texas motorists are still running around, looking for temporary transportation after a hail storm caused massive damage to homes and cars.

According to predictions, it is estimated that tens of thousands of cars will need to be fixed or completely replaced due to damage from the hail. Body shops in the are are still packed due to a recent tornado outbreak in April, with these damaged cars adding to the mayhem.

Naturally motorists are turning to rental car dealerships for help. While these rental car locations are doing their best to meet drivers’ needs, their stock is running out, leaving people without any transportation whatsoever.

A representative from Enterprise Rent-A-Car checked availability at the locations in Oaklawn, McKinney and Inwood, all of which were completely sold out. In addition to that, the representative also said that she has been inundated with calls from the Dallas area as well due to all the hail damage.

A sign on the Enterprise located on Northwest Highway tells customers to expect delays and is also asking people to be patient because of the catastrophe. In addition to that, the company is also bringing in more than 2.500 cars to North Texas to help with the increased demand.

The best advice that Enterprise is capable of giving customers at this time is to call a location directly to see if a car is available. Other companies, like Thrifty Car Rental at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport and LoveField, have had available cars, though it is unclear how long they will last.

At the present time it is estimated that the total damage to North Texas residents is in excess of $400 million with that number only expected to increase as time goes on.

Source: NBCDFW.com – Rental Cars Limited After Hail Storm