By Brian O’Connell Get creative with short-term driving needs with these driving ideas. Auto rentals were already high going into 2022, but seven months later things are really getting out of hand. First, auto rental rates rose by 50% from December 2020 to December 2021 and up 60% from the same time period in 2019, according to Autoslash.com. Auto rental consumers may look back at those days fondly. By mid-2022, U.S. car rental rates have experienced a “massive spike”, with average weekly rates well over $500 in U.S. cities like Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles, among many ot…