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Do any of the car hire companies throw in snow tyres/chains FOC or I am better off buying a set of chains in france. Also do any car hires companies not charge extra for one extra driver
Thanks
Ken
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just checked and snow chains are extra at €45 per rental. A one week rental of something like a Vauxhall Astra was £170 including the excess waiver.
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dublin1, welcome to  's most will charge extra for another driver and in france for chains, the swiss however will give you chains inc the price and winter tyres as it is the law in their counrty in winter months, problemn with buying chaions for a hire car is will they fit your car if you drive or will they fit another hire car next time
holiday autos are great sometimes but watch their insurance ....pretty basic
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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dublin1, ..... welcome to snowHeads.....
It DOES depend on which company you hire from. Currently there are seven hire companies with depots at Lyon (LYS) airport.
ALL have different terms & conditions and ALL have different charging structures, even for insurances so do check all small print before you hire.
To the best of my knowledge, (last year) all charge for chains, roof racks, child seats etc, etc.
I hired quite a lot from Hertz last year, but bought my own chains. (Normally about 40 - 50 euro for a decent set) Hertz were very helpful in providing the same type of vehicle for each hire.
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dublin1,
Welcome to , another irish - keep them coming
No Lyon will not give you chains as standard and in fact don't always have them in stock if you want to add them to the rental.
GF came back from France last night and had a car that she booked throught e bookers and they were offering a second driver for free as a special offer which was the reason that she used them for the car
Bernards idea of buying chains will pay dividends in the long run especially if you have somewhere to leave them in France
Personally I have never used chains as Bourg is only at 800m - Judging by conditions today however this weekend could be my first time to need chains
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In my experience, Hertz & Avis tend to include snow tyres & chains, other charge extra for these.
I did find it somewhere on the websites of the above companies.
regards,
Greg
EDIT: note I've hired from Geneva, Basel, Vienna and always have had snow tyres & chains...
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Wed 24-01-07 15:56; edited 1 time in total
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Last time we hired a car from Lyon chains were extra. Ended up buying a set from the hypermarket in Chamnord, and returned them (with receipt, unused and still in box) for a full refund a few days later.
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I hired from Lyon in December (with Hertz via HolidayAutos), and because I normally hire from Geneva (where chains/winter tyres are included) I forgot to pay the additional 'winter pack' charge for the rental. Inevitably it snowed and because I didn't have chains I had to clear a section of road by shovel so that I could get the car out of the garage. That's a mistake I won't make again - I'll either pay extra for chains or hire from Switzerland where they come included with the rental.
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Whilst chains may be the law in Switzerland, Holidayautos will charge you an extra 7CHF per day payable locally, for their Snow Pack which includes chains.
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| Whilst chains may be the law in Switzerland, Holidayautos will charge you an extra 7CHF per day payable locally, for their Snow Pack which includes chains. |
They might be happy to take your money, but if you decline this option at booking (and when collecting the car if it is offered) you still end up with a car with winter tyres and (most of the time) chains in the boot. I frequently rent via Holiday Autos at GVA and have never paid for winter equipment - every car has had winter tyres, and every car except one came complete with chains.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Just back from Lyon on the 12th. We hired from Europcar - no charge for chains, a mate hired from Herz - charged 38€, and another from Alamo who charged 35€. Have you looked at www.carjet.org.uk who were the Which car rental company of the year last year
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the swiss however will give you chains inc the price and winter tyres as it is the law in their counrty in winter months
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not quite always. I have hired cars on the Swiss side of Geneva and had to order chains extra (and wait ages whilst they shuffled around finding them). Always check in advance. It looks as though, after these few snowy days, there's no more snow coming for ages, so chains might become rather irrelevant again for a while!
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You know it makes sense.
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Rob, I may give that a go tomorrow.
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