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live42day Sep 26th, 2015 02:32 AM

Hello mile high
I am in Iceland now. We rented with Reykjavik cars who use 'go Iceland.' We were talked into the full insurance, which I think is a good idea. The roads are good, but narrow with drops off the side so you can do damage is you go off the road, a foot drop in some places and a lot of loose rocks and fresh paving.

Driving is easy however. I will let you know once we drop the car off in four more days.
The young fellow who checked us in was very un friendly until we started chatting him up and he turned around. The other fellow in the office actually gave us a free GPS when we asked too many questions about getting to our hotel in reyjkavik.

They gave us a Nissen mica with over 100,000 Kim's and a few dings. They did not go over the damage or car with us. They said they had pictures of all the current damage. We walked around the car and took pictures of all damage ourselves. It was poring rain and we did not notice the ding in the windshield. We will see what happens with that.
We also take a picture when we drop the car off of the full tank of gas gage, just in case.

As I saw, fingers crossed, we will let you know next week.

MileHighHC Sep 26th, 2015 07:26 AM

awesome thank you so much @live42day! appreciate the feedback and good luck with drop off :)

live42day Sep 30th, 2015 11:59 AM

Mile high, we dropped off the car early this morning, 5 Am. There was no one there for abot 10 minutes but he finally showed up in a van. He was grumpy but again, I chatted him up and then he was okay. We got a bad ding in the windshield yesterday, a second one with a crack, so I showed him. He walked around the car, and the said " well it's a good thing you got insurance". And I was okay to go. So all is good unless you hear otherwise from me
Just be aware that they don't have a service to pickup/ drop off at the airport. It's not that far to walk, about 2 blocks in length, but with luggage and freezing rain it could be an issue. A very few have the service by the looks of it, but it will cost more to rent the car
We dropped off the luggage with my husband at the terminal and then I dropped the car and ran back to the airport.

MileHighHC Oct 1st, 2015 09:37 AM

Thanks for the update Live42day! Glad everything worked out. Now feel free to give us anxious travelers a full trip report ;) haha

live42day Oct 1st, 2015 01:05 PM

Ok mile high. I put my blog up. Just click on my name

Whathello Jan 28th, 2016 01:36 AM

Googletranslate has still areas of improvement.

RaymondLuxuryYacht Feb 8th, 2016 11:18 AM

Any (real) reviews of Reykjavik Auto? (not the different but very similarly named "Reykjavik Cars") Reykjavik Auto was one of the companies listed on the Iceland 24 blog mentioned above, and their prices seem good.

From the wide variety of experiences I'm reading, I'd rather pay more for a reputable company, so please share names of the most reputable companies (if you're a real traveler, not a troll or company shill). We're going in May. Thank you!

Here's the aforementioned blog posting:
http://www.iceland24blog.com/2013/05...arison-by.html

namalmicro Nov 2nd, 2016 09:51 AM

Taxi Service in Paris. you may require this.

http://www.taxiinparis.fr

WoinParis Nov 2nd, 2016 10:11 AM

Fun thread. You can hire taxis in Paris from Iceland.
Not only is our friend not able to read the rules of this forum he doesn't know his geography either.


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