 Poster: A snowHead
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We have hired twice this year from Geneva with EasyCar.com who act as agents for car hire companies.
In January we got a BMW 118 through SIXT which was v.good. No real probelms with it at all. First you pay through EasyCar for the car and when you arrive you need to add winter equipment, extra drivers etc etc which are then invoiced to you on return of the vehicle.
A few weeks ago we decided to go through EasyCar again and ended up hiring 2 Astra estates and ended up collecting from Alamo/National. Paid EasyCar their money upfront and waited for the extras to be added as before. All seemed well until we got back home and was billed a further £320!! This included extra cover and drivers plus quite expensive snow chains and service charges etc.
So a car hire we originally budgeted at £65 per day (as advertised on EasyCar) turned out to be £105 per day. A massive 62% increase on our original budget!!??
I'm not pointing the finger here, Easy Car do explain this to you as you are booking. I'm just informing you to be careful of these hidden charges. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've never paid additional costs for winter equipment when hiring from (the Swiss side of) Geneva airport. All the rental cars there seem to come fully equipped whether you request 'winter pack' or not.
I used EasyCar once - never again, it was a right pain sorting out the mess of the booking they created. I try a number of different booking agencies but ebookers and HolidayAutos always come out best for me.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I followed Rob's suggestion of e-bookers (Hertz) and hired at Geneva a couple of weeks ago, indeed the car arrived with winter tyres, chains in the boot and a Swiss motorway vignette all included in the hire cost, which was the lowest we could find anywhere for Geneva.
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I've always found Hetrz the most reliable and also the most open about charges. Wouldn't use anyone else now.
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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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Ski Bat - thanks for the warning. But do complain. The last time I had reason to complain to Alamo they were very good.
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brian
brian
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I used easycar once in the good old days when they were actually renting out cars themselves, little Merc A classes, absolutely cheap as chips. However, now they're a broker they never seem very competitive.
Mostly use HA with the  s discount link (courtesy of Phillip Stanton), but also used ebookers, carhire3000 and auto europe. It's worth shopping around.
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| brian wrote: |
I used easycar once in the good old days when they were actually renting out cars themselves, little Merc A classes, absolutely cheap as chips. However, now they're a broker they never seem very competitive.
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Yes they were very good especially if you booked some time in advance, but then they started to charge extra for mileage and I stopped using them.
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We did hire from the Swiss side too and were charged the extras on the standard stuff. Have had border control issues with hiring from the French side.
We can't really complain as it is all stated in the small print, it's just a bit of a suprise when you actually find a lump sum missing from your account. I'll take the advise given here and book via another source next time.
Have used EuropeCar before and didn't have any bother.
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