 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
Can anyone suggest a car rental company at Salzburg airport, looking for cheap and cheerful, and only 2 people, so a small car will do.
Also, can you hire a car with just a UK Photo Licence??
Thanks
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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 find it's cheapest to book through holiday autos and then they broker the best price with the car hire companies. Salzburg has all the main companies, Avis, Hertz etc, which are all similarly priced I think. I think if you book through the ryan air or thomson fly websites it can be slightly cheaper? You only need your UK licence but remember to take the photocard and the big green part.
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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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Re the latter, I've hired all over Europe with just the photocard part, although I always carry the big green part as well just in case (cos it gives me an opportunity to moan about the bureaucracy which comes up with a nice wallet sized card and then says "ah but you really need to carry this big green thing as well, just to make the whole exercise pointless"  )
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I've hired several times from Salzburg recently, always just used the photo card, but I always carry the other bit just in case.
I've always booked through the skiclub, I think it is holiday extras.
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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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I generally use these fellows when hiring an auto on the continent: http://www.skycars.com/
Usually some good deals to be had.
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watch out for pick up and drop off times, I've had difficulty in the past with late flight arrival and hire pick up in the evening being closed at the airport
I've ended up transferring to Zell am See and hiring locally 
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During the summer I used Weekrent.com 100 euros cheaper than anyone else on an MPV.. Cheap cars were very cheap too. Good service, unlimited KM, reasonable opening hours and late drop of service available. Also, you pay nothing until you get there!
Hope this helps
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Some car hire companies in Salzburg have started picking people up at the airport then transferring them elsewhere in Salzburg to pick up their car, even if they chose to collect at the airport, so watch out for this as it delays your journey a little and can be a pain of you're taking the car back late or on Sunday
Deb
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Watch out for the out of hours charges.... 
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Thanks for all the help, especially the mention of the out of hours charge, which will add about £20 at least, but in vienna they charge by the half hour after closing!... could work out v expensive!
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| djfletcher wrote: |
Some car hire companies in Salzburg have started picking people up at the airport then transferring them elsewhere in Salzburg to pick up their car, even if they chose to collect at the airport, so watch out for this as it delays your journey a little and can be a pain of you're taking the car back late or on Sunday
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Come on Deb name and shame please
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I hired from Budget at Salzburg airport in January and March 2007 for long weekend trips, arriving at 10am on Friday and dropping back at 5pm on Monday, both times with no problems at all. We had three people and their kit in a VW Polo on one trip, and a Skoda Fabia on the other, and while it was tight in the Polo, nobody minded for the short hop to Kaprun (75 minutes). The car will have winter tyres, and nowhere I've been in Austria required chains at any point, but I may just have been lucky.
Their office is in the car hire block opposite the terminal, along with Avis/Hertz/Europcar and so on, and they have marked parking bays underneath in the multi-storey carpark. We booked online, and both times was around €150, with fuel being about €45 for the 4 days with some running around town and up to the glacier and back. We're planning a similar trip again this year as a top-up to our main holiday over New Year 
Paul.
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ousekjarr, welcome to snowHeads 
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