Need advice on auto rental in Germany. Either picking up in Koln or Munchen. Which companies have you used. Did you get a GPS. How about road maps. Any other relevant thoughts.
Thanks globetrotterjfc

http://www.AutoEurope.com and http://www.Gemut.com are often used and recommended by regulars here. Both are brokers who can usually do a better deal than you can on your own.

Maps are essential and GPS extremely useful. I recommend you get one before you go so you can familiarize yourself with it and download updates/Points of Interest/program in routes etc.

Either TomTom or Garmin are safe bets. Keep it to use at home
or sell it on ebay/kijiji when you get home.

To my huge surprise, Hertz was the cheapest of all the car rentals I priced -- autoeurope, gemut, kemwel,sixt -- for a 9 day rental picked up in Frankfurt at the airport and returned to Friedrichshafen.

This trip we used Avis and found it to be cheaper than AutoEurope. However, AE promises to meet other competitive prices but I decided to stay with Avis.

Thanks everyone. Any suggestions on a road atlases? I have been recommended Freytag & Berndt Germany Supertouring Atlas and Falk Auto Atlas Deutschland. Gave a Garmen GPS I think I can update for germany.

Hi,

We've rented through www.gemut.com for our last 3 trips picking up and returning in Germany. As for maps, we like Michelin maps which we bought at Barnes and Noble. Never used a GPS and now we don't use maps anymore.

I bought the road atlas in Germany and it's been a handy thing to have since.

Usually, I use AutoEurope but it's pays to check around, I found a great deal on Hertz once.