My friend and I have mostly planned our upcoming trip to Norway but one question I still have is how much time to leave to return a rental car if we're going to catch a train. I'm not that experienced with car rental, let alone international, and some of my experiences have involved pretty significant rental company snafus. If we wanted to catch an 11:49am train, and it looks like there's a 45 minute tram ride from the airport, should I put 9am down as the return time? I prefer to get up early rather than sweat missing a train. Any tips would be welcome.
Posted by
Paris
10438 posts
Do you mean that you are returning the car at an airport rental location ? Where are you staying / coming from ?
Posted by
OP
Philadelphia
40 posts
Yes, it looks like most of the car rental places are down by the airport (but presumably not RIGHT at the airport so I guess there's also the question of getting from the car rental place to the tram station). We're planning to stay in Norheimsund the night before, which appears to be a pretty straight shot back to Bergen. Thanks!
Posted by
OP
Philadelphia
40 posts
Thanks EC, I just tried out matching the pick up and drop off times and that dropped $75 off the price!
KD, I've had experiences like that where I'm not the renter/driver so I'm aware of those possibilities. Just hoping some experienced renters can tell me how long they usually budget for that kind of thing, time-wise.
Posted by
OP
Philadelphia
40 posts
Just came across my old post and wanted to report back. The car rental places at Bergen airport ARE in fact right at the airport, a very quick walk from the light rail that takes you to Central Bergen. No need to take annoying shuttles around like you do at some US airports. I put 10am as both the pick up and drop off times, saving myself some money. We definitely got there on the earlier side since it was so easy to return the car and had a good hour at Bergen train station before our train left.