Availability of rental vehicle for 6
Jun 4th, 2019 | 02:59 PM
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Availability of rental vehicle for 6
We are three couples all over 70 planning a trip to the UK and Portugal may 2020. We are wanting to rent a vehicle for part of our timein the UK, we plan to take a train from Edinburg to York and then York to London. We plan to travel by car/van from Porto to the Algarve and end our 24 vacation days in Lisbon. We're looking for recommendations for vehicle rentals. Very aware this might be a difficult feat. Thanks in advance for your best advice.
Jun 4th, 2019 | 11:35 PM
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Check out Auto Europe (https://www.autoeurope.com) and its sister company Kemwel (https://www.kemwel.com). They are brokers with excellent deals. For 6 adults, you'll need a 7 to 9 passenger Mercedes Viano or equal. The come with an automatic or manual transmission.
Last edited by Robert2016; Jun 4th, 2019 at 11:38 PM. Reason: added info
Jun 6th, 2019 | 02:18 AM
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Some car hire companies do have an upper age limit of 70 or 75, some offices (usually franchises) may have different rules than the main company, and it varies from country to country. You need to make absolutely sure that they will accept you, and have it in writing if possible.
You will need an IDP for everyone driving, for Portugal.
Jun 6th, 2019 | 02:38 AM
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Thank you!
Thanks so much for all of your great advice. We actually have one person under 69 so we might have our chauffeur. It works out to be cheaper to rent two cars in UK but might have issues with the age of the second driver. We'll definitely check it out before leaving home and will try to get it all in writing.
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