bb3520

I need some rental-car help if anyone can. I plan to rent a car at Heathrow, spend time in Dorset, and then return from the Dorchester area to London to catch the Eurostar to Paris. Is there a car rental company that has a convenient drop off location at a train station so I can take a train into London rather than drive there? And which train station?

I would much appreciate any suggestions.

janisj

I'd just drop the car back at LHR and head into London/St Pancras on the tube.

bilboburgler

I think janisj is right, you could faf about dropping off in Bournemouth or Salisbury but LHR is easy enough.

Gordon_R

Is your reason for returning to London only to catch the Eurostar? If so, you could avoid it completely and return your car at one of the other Eurostar stations outside London (i.e. Ashford or Ebbsfleet).

bb3520

Thanks all for the input. LHR may be best. Bournemouth would be 1 hr 30 min less driving but maybe has urban driving hassle. Salisbury (smaller town) might work too -- an hour closer than LHR, then 90-min train to Waterloo.
I do simply want to catch the Eurostar and a drive to Ashford is possible; it is 188 miles -- 3 hr 15 min -- but that is only an hour further than LHR and no London hassle.