Car hire in Italy

italiastar

Donnie wrote:

I have no idea if you've made a mistake.
What dates were utilised? Was the price quoted in euros or £s? Did the Holiday autos price include the late opening?

I've just had another look at the site and the prices seem rather high on some bookings. Stick with the insuranceforcarhire tip.
I've checked and they are on the FSA registry.

Thanks for your further help - what I'm after is a Punto (group2) from 6/10 15:30 to 22/10 15:30 - the price I'm getting is £502 or 700 euros. this link may take you to my quote - http://www.rent.it/acquarent/en/rates.asp?gruppo=B&un=13&gn=6&man=102005&on=15.30&ur=13&gr=22&mar=102005&or=15.30&ad=8&ad=7&prom=

Am I doing something wrong?

Donnie

Probably not. That's just horribly expensive. Avis with code comes in at £213.51. Add 51.45 for insurance4carhire. £265 in total. Just over £16.50 per day with all excesses covered.

Holiday Autos comes in at a similar price, but DOES NOT include the Excess Damage Waiver.
If included this changes the cost to £297.46. Also there appears to be be no Theft Excess Waiver!

Recommend you go with Avis(plus code) and insurance4carhire.com

italiastar

saveapenny wrote:

Tried Avis http://www.avis.com/AvisWeb/home/AvisHome then use the code D005297
on the second page

Be wary with Avis - I've found out that the excesses for Italy are a wopping 850 euros damage and 1700 euros theft - they'll cover the damage for 12.5 euros and theft for 9 euros, but this puts the overall price up dramatically.

rookiesaver

Thanks for top Car-hire tip - we used the avis voucher and the insurance4car.com leads and managed to get a great deal - not just for now but for the rest of the year! :T

italiastar

autoeurope had the best deal for me - you can also see who the car will be booked through before you complete the deal - mine was with Europecar - low excesses.

vk2003

balloonist wrote:

Have a look at

www.insurance4carhire.com

£49.50 per insurance tax of 5% for one years European insurance for all super liability insurances thefts etc. Much much cheaper than buying directly from car hire desks

This has proved to be much cheaper than taking out similar policies through Avis for me so thanks for pointing them out..

Just to make them a little cheaper though.....

If you go to tiscali.co.uk and sign up for (free) membership, there is currently a £10 discount on each of these policies from insurance4carhire

**NB the insurance4carhire link above contains a referral ID - this is for the tiscali discounted rates, and you may be able to use it without signing up for tiscali - it is not an affiliate link that benefits me**

HTH

Counting_Pennies_2

Personally I wouldn't even attempt to drive in Rome, it is mad, completely out of control.

Taxi and close my eyes any day

budgetflyer

italiastar wrote:

Thanks for your further help - what I'm after is a Punto (group2) from 6/10 15:30 to 22/10 15:30 - the price I'm getting is £502 or 700 euros. this link may take you to my quote - http://www.rent.it/acquarent/en/rates.asp?gruppo=B&un=13&gn=6&man=102005&on=15.30&ur=13&gr=22&mar=102005&or=15.30&ad=8&ad=7&prom=

Am I doing something wrong?

Holidayautos have the following

destination :
italy
pick-up location : rome ciampino airport
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]drop-off location : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=-1]rome ciampino airport[/SIZE][/FONT]
from : Fri October 6 2006at: 10:00
to : Sun October 22 2006at: 10:00
no. of days : 16
age of driver : 30
car selected : : Economy 2dr
phone price : 388.58 GBP
total saving :121.16 GBP
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]discounted price :[/FONT]267.42 GBP

damage excess waiver 2.50 GBP per day. click here for details.40.00
GBP cancellation waiver protection. click here for details.12.57 GBP
tick box to enter a promotional code.
total payable 307.42 GBP