any advice on car rental?
Apr 21st, 2003, 09:04 PM
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any advice on car rental?
We are planning to tour tuscany by car for a week in September. I have checked out the main American Car Rental companies (Avis, Hertz) and they seem really expensive. Does anyone have any experience with Auto Europe, or can you recommend another car rental agency. Also, are we better off in a small economy car if we will be touring (and staying in) the hilltowns in Tuscany?<BR><BR>Thanks!
Apr 22nd, 2003, 02:53 AM
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Check rentacar-europe.com and autoeurope.com<BR><BR>Both are reputable companies that have been used by many posters here. Sometimes one has better prices, sometimes the other depending on where, when, what kind of car.
Apr 22nd, 2003, 03:48 AM
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AutoEurope is excellent. If you go to the bottom of the page on the price page you will see all the insurances the prices cover. Far, far below the big rental agencies. AutoEurope is an American company so they are easy to deal with. They use cars from Avis, etc. They also have an agreement to give you low mileage cars. The last time we rented we received a brand new Alfa Romeo. You have no worries to rent with them and you will be completely covered with insurance in Italy. In other countries you have to see what they cover, but in Italy you have no worries.
Apr 22nd, 2003, 04:50 AM
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Auto-europa has a internat special npw if you prepay by the end of April recieve a additional 15% off. Their phone number is at the bottom of their web-site and they are very quick, honest,and efficient.
Apr 22nd, 2003, 11:36 AM
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this is from autoeuropes site where I rec'd 15% off....<BR><BR>Instant Booking Reward! Book online now for pick up by December 31, 2003, and receive up to 15% off your European car rental if paid by April 30, 2003.<BR><BR>To see our latest sale prices, please click here. www.autoeurope.com<BR>
Apr 22nd, 2003, 01:09 PM
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We returned from France last week and had rented a car for a week.<BR><BR>We used Nova to get a good quote (through the net) and then Auto Europe matched the quote. <BR>The rep said that Auto Europe policy is to always match a quote. Many people say they are the best company and we also found them to be very good. The rate Auto Europe matched was $100 cheaper than their price quoted on the net (after the 15% discounts). The actual provider was Europcar.
Apr 22nd, 2003, 01:19 PM
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Hi<BR><BR>just a point ............ you can read about Euro car models in English here : http://www.whatcar.co.uk/<BR>Remember a US gallon is 3.8 litres. Imperial gallon about 4.6 litres.<BR><BR>Peter<BR>http://tlp.netfirms.com<BR><BR>
Apr 22nd, 2003, 07:36 PM
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I always check both nova and autoeurope's prices before I arrange rental just to see what the rates are, and have never bothered to ask autoeurope to match nova's price. We just use nova since we've had good experiences with them.<BR>
Apr 23rd, 2003, 01:03 PM
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The reason for getting and using a price match is the good reputation of Auto Europe. We were not aware that Nova has an exceellent reputation also--per the other posters in this thread. Also their cancellation policy was more liberal. (war and everything going on at the time)
