car rental in athens
 

I will be arriving late at night in Athens and I'm looking for a good car rental company. Who would you recommend?

I'd think two or three times before renting a car in Athens, but I imagine you have reasons for doing it. I would rent thru Auto Europe here in US www.autoeurope.com It might be a problem picking a car up late at night, but one would think there's be a way to do it.

Make sure you keep all correspondence to/from Autoeurope, I traveled with my friend & her family last month. Her father picked up a car from them in Athens and they tried to charge him some kind of "pick-up" fee that was never mentioned on any of the correspondence. Apparently it was not too pleasant, but they DID NOT end up paying that extra fee.

James,<BR><BR>All the major US companies are represented in Greece, and most of them have offices at the airport. Airport pick-up has extra fee which usually is considerable amount, so have in mind. The other thing I have noticed throughout the years is that my friends who visit from the US usually get better rates when reserving from the US, the opposite from what happens with hotels.<BR>

WE used Swift (the car rental suggested by Matt Barrett's website) we found them very helpful and accomadating as well as having the best prices.

aNN: Perhaps it was the Athens' city tax? <BR>I knew beforehand although I don't remember how:) (website, reserving by phone, paperwork) that AE doesn't cover this local tax (~10e?). Or in a case like Italy a "Road Use" tax (~2.5e/day). Regards, Walter <BR>