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Hi guys and girls,
We are doing our usual Feb half term drive to the alps.
We need to hire a 9 seater as our five teenagers have outgrown our car for long journeys.
I've had a quote from Enterprise of £1,040 from Friday morning until the following Monday morning, incl compulsory Euro breakdown and excess protection.
Can any Snowheads recommend a more competitive company ?? We live on Bucks/Herts border
Thanks
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ah thanks, we are staying overnight in an accor hotel so they might look on us favourably.
Obviously we need to hire in the UK though, so fingers crossed that can be done
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Two cars? Your usual one plus a small hire car? Should save a bunch of money.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The problem with hiring any cars in the UK that you (obviously) have to tell them you are taking them abroad, normally has a 200 mile limit per day, then x amount per mile after that. Its a con, but nothing to really get round it
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Enterprise is unlimited mileage and full Europe. Apparently they have started doing it since COVID, to boost bookings
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| jafa wrote: |
| The problem with hiring any cars in the UK that you (obviously) have to tell them you are taking them abroad, normally has a 200 mile limit per day, then x amount per mile after that. Its a con, but nothing to really get round it |
200 x 9 = 1800. Should cover it unless a very far flung part of the Alps
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Ah, the one part I never mentioned, was that the total mileage ie the 200 per day, was only while you were in the UK. So the driving from Calais etc didnt count towards the total allowable mileage. I argued with them when I was looking to book, and they wouldnt have it.
This was in the summer of 2018, and I was wanting a car to drive to Austria for two weeks.
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www.holidayautos.com is showing £706 for a 9-seater minibus from 12th-22nd Feb. And that was based on a search in London, and was with Enterprise.
That is for unlimited mileage; but the terms say for UK use only. But as others have kindly pointed-out here, they may have changed the terms to allow full European travel, so best to contact them directly. But of course, they may well charge an additional fee for this.
Have a great and safe trip!
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@jamie72carter, you could try Kendall vehicle hire.
Nearest may be Chertsey, to you, if that's possible. I've hired vans from them and priced an estate car for holiday travel contingency to Europe. You'd need to cover more fine print details for yourself but they were fine with this usage.
They've a depot near to Croydon tramlink at south Wimbledon for within London public transport connections, about 200 metres away if of any use.
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| jamie72carter wrote: |
Hi guys and girls,
We are doing our usual Feb half term drive to the alps.
We need to hire a 9 seater as our five teenagers have outgrown our car for long journeys.
I've had a quote from Enterprise of £1,040 from Friday morning until the following Monday morning, incl compulsory Euro breakdown and excess protection.
Can any Snowheads recommend a more competitive company ?? We live on Bucks/Herts border
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I think that is quite resonable, at least compared with rates local to me (Chamonix)
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