Will be arriving in Southampton on QM2 and have 10 days before river cruise out of Frankfurt. Want to see some of Scandanvia--Stockholm, Copenhagen and some of countryside. Would we be better off renting car or flying from Southampton to Stockholm and then to Frankfurt.

Fly to CPH or STO and rent a car there. You need to pick up the car and dropoff in same location or incur dropoff fees which can be very expensive. You can pick up a car in Denmark and drive in Sweden & v.v, take it on the ferry etc.

It could prove very very hard to find a UK based car hire company which will allow their vehicle to be taken over or under the English Channel.

BTW you can fly from Southampton to Stockholm:
http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flight...m/Southampton/

Even IF it was a good idea (it isn't IMO) you likely can't drop a right hand drive car in Sweden or Denmark (or anywhere else on the continent)

It is not hard to find a UK based car rental company that allows their vehicles to be taken to continental Europe. You have to pay a continental surcharge and there might be other things to pay for.

>>It is not hard to find a UK based car rental company that allows their vehicles to be taken to continental Europe.<<

Yes -- people drive from the UK and back in rentals, but can the car be <i> dropped off</i> in Europe? What would a rental agency do w/ a RHD car in Scandinavia?

Yes thanks Janisj, am quite aware of the issues with renting a car in the UK and dropping off in Scandinavia. I was addressing the incorrect comment made by ribeirascara where it was stated that it is hard to find a rental car that allows taking a rental car from the UK to the continent. It is not hard.

And neither are there direct flights from Southampton to Stockholm.