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Car Rental
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 02:08
New Member
Has anyone used the the car rental link tool under the bookings tab? I was planning on potentially renting a car in Austria during the end of September but after selecting the options it showed that every type of vehicle was sold out, which seems hard to believe. Has anyone experienced the same problem or know why this may have been? Perhaps everything is already booked? Any other advice or recommendations on car rental websites?
Think “car rental” is a new addition — perhaps still in beta test phase. There are several posts in this forum with rental and leasing suggestions. I don’t have time to look them up right now, but you can probably find them.
Traveling Man — it can definitely pay to shop around. Also try BookingBuddy.com and .co.uk as well as Kelkoo, Momondo, and AutoEurope.
If you need more than 3 weeks, it can be better to do short-term lease. Peugeot and Renault do these; one is called “Eurodrive” IIRC.
Of course I guess you’re aware of the expenses and hassles, such as tolls and stickers, parking and fees in cities (and being able to read basic German to know what the parking signs say), petrol near $8/gal equivalent, and manual transmissions being the norm. I enjoy having a car in the countryside, but hate having a car in unfamiliar cities.