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chayes Sep 3rd, 2013 05:25 PM

Car Rental at Geneva Airport
 
I want to rent a car at the Geneva Switzerland Airport to travel into France. I have read that it is very important to rent on the FRENCH side of the airport. When I look at car rentals, I don't see any specifying the French side. I noticed Europcar has choices that have Swiss side. Can anyone help with information about this. Do I need an International driver's license. I got one last year to drive in Italy and no one ever asked to see it.

RonZ Sep 3rd, 2013 05:50 PM

Talk to someone at Autoeutrope using the toll free number.

chayes Sep 3rd, 2013 06:22 PM

Do most people get complete insurance coverage. It is almost as much as the car. I never get it in the US, but I know I need some overseas I just don't know what to get.

spaarne Sep 3rd, 2013 09:36 PM

Ditto RonZ.
Also see http://tinyurl.com/qcyx2fx. This subject has been chewed on here before.

chayes Sep 4th, 2013 02:00 PM

Thanks so much for the link! Sounds complicated after an 18 hour flight.

spaarne Sep 4th, 2013 07:02 PM

<i>chayes on Sep 4, 13 at 6:00pm
Thanks so much for the link! Sounds complicated after an 18 hour flight.</i>

You could catch a train at the airport to take you to your first French stop and rent a car there the next day.

BiarritzTaxi Sep 6th, 2013 01:12 AM

Here is a link to the GVA website: http://www.gva.ch/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-72/
Second half of the page shows which hire car companies are on the French side.


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