Need to rent a car for a few days in Tuscany. Which rental car do you suggest?
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
15300 posts
I prefer renting from major rental companies rather than independent locals. All major rental companies have a presence in Florence: Avis-Budget, Hertz, Thrifty, Alamo-National, Europcar, Maggiore, Sixt, etc. It's substantially cheaper to rent from a city office, rather than the airport. Even more so if you pick up from out of center locations. Check rates here:
www.autoeuropa.com
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
7737 posts
I think Roberto has a typo. Although there is a company called www.autoeuropa.com, they consistently get TERRIBLE reviews here and SlowTrav and Tripadvisor. He probably meant http://www.autoeurope.com/, a completely separate company that consistently gets great reviews. That's who we're using for our upcoming trip in May to rent a car in Verona. Type "autoeuropa" into the Search window on this page (upper right) to see the negative comments I'm talking about. As Roberto mentions, one tip to save a lot of money is to avoid picking up or dropping off a car at an airport or at a train station. We'll be saving over $150 in Verona by walking about 2000 feet from the train station to pick up our car.