Ridesharing works out cheaper than renting a car.

One of the few things that IMAX isn't helping me out with while I'm in Georgia is transportation while I'm here. They paid for my flights, of course. I get a few other stipends; but, ground transportation is on me.

I did the math and decided to stick with rideshare for the month instead of renting a car.

Yes, I'm already experiencing how convenient having ready access to a car can be, especially in an area as sprawled out as Buford. Still, the reality is that, compared to the cheapest car rental, Uber is about $300 cheaper for the month.

Even with a few hits like calling Ubers to take me to and from the grocery store on a day off; or, taking a round trip to the grocery store before another round trip to work -- which would be more expensive than the cheapest rental car for that day -- rideshare has still has the edge.

Day to day, a round trip to work via rideshare is a little over $20. That same day would cost me $35 with a rental car.

Furthermore, with the way we're doing the schedules, I'll have three days off a week. That's three days where I may be paying zero dollars with rideshare and three days that would be $35 each with a rental car.

This isn't even accounting for having to put gas in the rental car, or the small possibility that I'll manage to have my first traffic violation in more than a decade.

I both options were definitely feasible for me. I seriously considered both when I saw the cost of the Uber from the Airport to my AirBnB. Still, I couldn't find any way to make the cost of rideshare go up to the cost of a rental car having full knowledge of the situation.