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Car Rental in Norway
We are headed to Norway in July. Unfortunately the ferry no longer goes from England to Norway so we are flying in to Oslo, picking up a car for 12 days, driving around quite a bit, and then flying out of Bergen. There will be 5 of us with luggage so we need to rent at least an intermediate car. I've been looking at car rental and the prices are much higher than I expected, with additional one way fees as much as $200. I've been checking lots of websites and it's also sometimes hard to tell if the one-way fee is included or not so I'm having trouble comparing prices.
Can anyone recommend a good website for the best prices for car rental in Norway? Someone had recommended carhiremarket.com before. I've looked at that website, but they don't include the 1-way fee and don't seem to tell you what it will be before you book. Any other suggestions? Thanks for the help! |
Have a look at kemwel.com If you go through the booking procedure using Oslo and Bergen it tells you if there is a one way fee you will be notified and can cancel at no charge.
In your case I think it's best you phone and get things straight up front no matter who you go through. |
I have no solutions...only empathy. We arrive in Oslo on July 19, then fly immediately to Aalesund (between Bergen and Trondheim). We rented a Ford Focus wagon through Hertz for about 16 days. I don't recall the exact price, but it was arund $100+ per day...far greater than in the US. The "drop off fee" to leave it in Oslo at the end was over $400. That was the best we could find.
All these numbers are approximate, but my point is that prices are faaar greater then in the US. We tried Chemwell--no better. |
Did you rent directly with Hertz? Some of the car rental discount sites seem to be slightly cheaper, but since I haven't used them before I'm not sure which are reliable.
Among the ones I've looked at are: secureholidayautos.com, carrentals.co.uk rhinocarhire.com, carhiremarket.com, as well as autoeurope, hertz, budget, etc... Any input on any of these sites? (I've typed them in based on my messy handwritten notes, so hopefully those are correct). |
Autoeurope (U.S. office) offered a one-way rental from Bergen to Trondheim, Kemwel had a lower rate but then a drop-off fee that made the rental more expensive. The irony is that we asked for a Ford KA (or similar) and got a Passat station wagon upgrade, which I really did not want. I'm waiting for the final bill to confirm that I did not pay extra for that upgrade.
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