thinking about future trip: driving from greece to lithuania
 

my wife and i are getting ready to a month wandering southern italy and sicily next week and already thinking about next spring. considering flying into greece, renting a car and then driving northward ending in lithuania where she has family - been there 3 times. doable by 70+ couple who have traveled independlently for the last 20 years.

thanks

You almost certainly can't do a one way car rental from Greece to Lithuania. If you can expect to pay a hefty one way fee.
Assuming you can rent a car how long are you planning on for the trip?

Autoeurope will rent you a car to do it but it's going to be expensive. On the other hand, it will be cheaper and more reliable (and less hassle/headache) than buying a car in Greece to sell in Lithuania.

Autoeurope shows me $1989 for a 25 day rental in August (pick up Athens airport, drop off Vilnius airport) with collision and theft insurance.

I say go for it. Buy a TomTom and update the maps before you leave.

If you do it, please come back and tell us all about it.

THANKS FOR RESPONSES. PLANNING ON 5 WEEKS. WHAT ABOUT TRAIN AND BUS PART OF THE WAY AND THEN FINISH WITH RENTED AUTO.

If you pick up the rental car in one country and drop off in another, you will still have to deal with the international drop-off fee.

I can't tell you if it will be cheaper to train/bus part of the way then rent a car or just rent a car for the whole time. You are going to have to play around with travel dates and bus and train timetables to see what the numbers come out to be.

You will also have to find out what the one-way fee is, because it is not normally included in the price quoted for the rental, and often has to be paid at the office you collect the car from.