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Hello
I know that there are a few threads on this but I was after some upto date info\advise on who fellow snowheads use for car hire
I have been given a few avis codes (which gives a fair discount on a already massive price) but was wondering if anyone knew of any good deals\promotions. A search on money supermarket and go compare give some good deals, anyone any advise?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi
We research car hire quite a bit for our guests - and www.holidayautos.co.uk seems to come out cheapest ever time.
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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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We met people here last week, with Hertz through Holiday Autos. Swiss side. They had two cars, one had chains, the other not. They had to buy chains in resort to get back to the airport safely, and though Hertz did reimburse them, it would have been better if they'd had them to start with. Cars from the Swiss side do NOT, despite constant assertions on Snowheads, invariably always include chains - check!
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| pam w wrote: |
| Cars from the Swiss side do NOT, despite constant assertions on Snowheads, invariably always include chains - check! |
That's correct. I've had about 30 car rentals from the Swiss side of GVA in the last three seasons. I never pay extra for the "winter equipment" option when booking through Holiday Autos. In those rentals two cars have not included chains (including this week's car hire), the rest have had chains. All the cars have had winter tyres, significantly reducing the need for chains (I've just driven from Courchevel to Les Arcs on very snowy roads, passing many cars sliding all over or having to stop to fit chains). From what I can remember the cost of the winter equipment for a week's rental is more than the cost of chains in local supermarkets. On both my occasions when chains were not in the car the rental was with Budget (rather than Alamo or Hertz who I normally get allocated cars with).
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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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My experience is similar to rob@rar. I normally book through holiday autos. The only time I had to pay extra for snow chains was with Budget. All other occasions had allocation from Europcar and Avis, and snow chains were included free.
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ajbaldwin, let your fingers do the typing here.
One will have some sort of deal on at any given time.
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Try this link for discounted Holiday Autos rates.
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Cheers all for the suggestions, as usual very helpful
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We hired a car from sixt a couple of weeks ago. They offered a good deal from the swiss side. However I had to do a bit of phone challenging !! - The web site www.sixt.co.uk has an English contact number where as www.sixt.com has a German phone contact number. On checking both sites the car hire was MUCH cheaper on the German site. So I phoned the English number to query this and the helpful lady was able to match me the German site price.
On the question of snow chains, our car did not have them but we were aable to add them at the airport for 2.59 euros per day - which sounded reasonable to me.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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And the winner is
Auto Europe
Booked from the thompson fly website was by far the cheapest, and they have Alfa's
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and they have Alfa's
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front wheel drive ones, I hope! With chains...
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You know it makes sense.
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pam w, with engines that don't break down. They certainly weren't cheapest by a long way when I looked for car hire for a short break.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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one other tip - be sceptical about the blurb and avoid the airline's car rental partner - you'll come out of baggage claim to see a queue an hour long - no kidding - none of them are any good at handling numbers (the only place which used to be was Europcar French side : turn up, sign and clear off) - in fact the "famous" Swiss hospitality gets downright intransigent.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Easyjet's partner at GVA is Europcar, Holiday Autos gets you an Alamo vehicle (or occasionally Hertz), and my Auto Europe booking is with Hertz.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chris Craggs, lummy - not the chris craggs from another mountain related site?? Are you planning some snow-fax guides (actually that's a good-ish idea...)
oops thread hi-jack...
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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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Helen Beaumont, We have had Hertz twice at GVA + Easyjet and both times cheaper than Holiday Auto's with disc. codes.
BUT now we have two flights into Grenoble and that really is turning up some price comparison fun 
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| Helen Beaumont wrote: |
| ... Holiday Autos gets you an Alamo vehicle (or occasionally Hertz) |
We've had Budget a couple of times as well, but mainly Alamo.
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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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Last year we got two cars from two different car hire companies on the French side of GVA. The queue for both was 90 minutes...
Am hiring two more from French GVA next week. Let's hope that happens again!
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