Using Priceline to rent cars is the way to go in JFK- in the range of $25 to $35 per day- not including insurance- However despite the claim on Priceline site that cars can be picked up a few hours before the official time – in reality on my last trip to NY- the car rental company wanted an additional $250 to pick up the car 3 hours earlier- as the rental period began at 12:01 AM and I wanted to pick it up at 10PM. Earlier means the same calendar day!
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Frequent Flyer Blog: TLV to JFK (or EWR, SFO, SJC, LAX) 
This reminds me of our holidays in USA last year. It made a difference having the freedom of a car, we hired one for three weeks, we saved quite a bit of time and convenience getting here and moving on. My partner and I are thinking of coming back.
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