Car hire; Milan
We haven't hired a car for a while as we've taken our camper.
We're off to Italy in three weeks; any recommendations on car hire firms? Our last experience was dreadful with the crooked Goldcar scam merchants. Might need light off roading ability as the house is up a mountain and kills hire cars (we've been twice before). Does anyone let you actually choose your car or is it still pot luck? |
Europcar
Have Jeep Renegades and Audi Q5's available. You can chose what you want before you go. make sure you have a confirmed selection however. http://www.europcar.co.uk/deals/sem-...yg6hoCUG7w_wcB |
Either would be ideal; I'll have a look; cheers!
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No worries Matt :thumb:
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see if Carjet.com cover that area, they are a broker and I use them all the time for Spain (4 - 5 times a year) you get to see the classifications of the car and the company who you will hire it from - sometimes the rates this way are better than direct too they also show any charges, credit card reserves etc.
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Cheers Paul; I'll look at that too.
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I have just hired a car for Germany using Epedia. They will quote you on all companies so you can take your pick. I only needed a car for 4 days and ended up paying £48 for an economy car.
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Wow, I'm sure this has got worse over the years.
If I want half decent insurance cover (advisable in Italy) it nearly doubles the price quoted. A booster seat is £22 for 6 days (you can buy them for under £20) and so on. Then there's the fuel policy lottery which seriously stung us on Goldcar. What a royal PITA. |
Matte try Questor for CDW insurance which is I assume what you need, you can be an annual policy but would have to claim back for the things outside of the normal cover offered by the hire company.
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Foreign car hire is a real PITA especially European holiday destinations.The web sites are blatantly misleading.They claim a complete final price & you always end up paying more on arrival.It's been a pet hate of mine for years & really spoils the start of the holiday yet nothing has been done about these crooks
Why doesn't a company have a reasonable rate including insurance ,fuel policy etc. & be totally transparent about the full & final cost? Surely they would make a killing. |
Wow, did some checking around and I now have full excess cover (up to £7k) for £16! The car hire company wanted £160 on TOP of the £180 car hire charge.
Used Direct Car Excess - a full year is only £33. I WILL beat the system...~! |
Originally Posted by Matteeboy
(Post 11713702)
Wow, did some checking around and I now have full excess cover (up to £7k) for £16! The car hire company wanted £160 on TOP of the £180 car hire charge.
Used Direct Car Excess - a full year is only £33. I WILL beat the system...~! that sounds interesting, we are about to book holiday car insurance does the company need to know what type of car etc you are booking - or is it pretty much a flat fee based on the country, how many drivers / passengers etc |
Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
(Post 11713716)
that sounds interesting, we are about to book holiday car insurance
does the company need to know what type of car etc you are booking - or is it pretty much a flat fee based on the country, how many drivers / passengers etc |
A word of warning from a hire car regular.
Some companies will accept a third party insurer but will want you to leave a credit card deposit with them also, usually a min of 600euros. It might be worth checking your hire company to see what their policy is. Nik.
Originally Posted by Matteeboy
(Post 11713702)
Wow, did some checking around and I now have full excess cover (up to £7k) for £16! The car hire company wanted £160 on TOP of the £180 car hire charge.
Used Direct Car Excess - a full year is only £33. I WILL beat the system...~! |
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