22 year old renting car at VCE airport

Recent Experience: We rented a Peugeot 2008 automatic with Auto Europe / Europcar in May 2026. Picking the car up at the Bologna Airport upon arrival and returning it to the Venice Airport 30 days later. We always rely on the insurance provided by our Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card. If you contact Chase they will email you a copy of the policy to present to the rental company if requested. Can't speak to the age requirements. You will need an international driving permit obtained in advance. They ask for this
before releasing the car. We had a very professional experience on both ends of our rental with Auto Europe.

On your journey to the Dolomites don't bypass the village of Asolo. A very compact size village with excellent restaurants & coffee shops. As to the Dolomites; We stayed 3 nights in the Val Canali @ Cant Del Gal. Wonderful accommodations including evening meals right in the midst of the Dolomites. We enjoyed numerous hikes right from our doorstep.

You might try Auting.it. It's Italy's version of Turo, a peer-to-peer car lending program for 21+. https://auting.it/en

I tried a dummy booking on the europcar site showing 'age 22', and it let me select the optional coverage packages ( comfort or comfort+)

I know Americans immediately think "cars" but...

Having done the Dolomites a number of times by public transport alone - If renting is a hassle you can go almost everywhere you want to go by train or bus and join the locals in the process. The Cortina Express Bus goes from Marco Polo Airport directly to Cortina d"Ampezza. The same company then goes farther west to Corvara. Once you have a hotel in the Dolomites they will give you a free local bus pass. Or, catch the train from the Venezia Mestre station on the mainland (catch the Marco Polo to Maetre bus) and head to Bolzano/Bozen. The Bolzano bus station is 50m north of the train station. Then on to wherever in the western Dolomites. If you plan on doing any hiking the bus pass allows you to go up one lift (they are getting expensive) do your hike, and come down another lift and catch the free bus home. If you are into hiking check out Gillian Pricer's hiking guides to the Dolomites.

https://www.suedtirol.info/en/en/experiences-and-events

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have your applied and received your IDP? mandatory in italy (aaa.com/idp)
read the rules, laws, signage, what insurance covers, read the fine print, parking will be an ugly deterent. if "you" had an issue with a car company, they will have negative reviews which many could be the renters fault or ignorance and cause a scene. more great reviews you hardly read about,
also if they are charging extra per day with your age, many want 25 - 26 year olds, credit card you using is in your name. lots of changes has been going on for several years with the "overtourism" that has bombarded all over. you are traveling during high high HOT summer season with many travelers want to see the same as you. pack lots of patience, enjoy and have fun
aloha

When renting a car in Europe, before you leave the rental lot take a photo on your phone of any damage no matter how small on the rental car including the inside. Be sure that your phone’s time and date stamp match the local time and date in Italy. That way if the rental agency claims you damaged the car you will have photographic proof of the condition of the car when you picked it up. Edited to add that you can take the train to Bolzano and rent a car there at the tiny airport which is what we did. You can drop the car off at the Bolzano airport and continue touring Italy by train if your plans include more than the Dolomites. The trains are great in Italy and are good for going city to city. Cars are good if you are exploring the countryside.

Some companies won't rent a car to people under 25, most will rent to fellows over 21 with a surcharge and probably only small or relatively small cars.