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Car location,,,which type of car ?

Posted by (Montréal, Canada ) on

Hi !
We are looking for recommandations about our car location for our Next summer trip (Spain and Portugal).We will rent 2 cars : 6 days in Spain and another one for 5 days in Portugal. Portugal seems more expensive despite having it for one less day !

We are two adults and 2 kids (5 and 9 years old) , so the kids would need carseat (booster type for the oldest one).

We will travel with two 50 liters backpack and a small foldable stroller.

We want to rent with AutoEurope and they gave us those options (model and prices depend from locators) :

Economy car: Opel Corsa, VW polo or Seat Ibiza. Cost is between 180 and 200 Euro

Compact car: Hyundai I30, Seat Leon or Renault megane. Price is between 210 and 275 Euro

What would you do in our situation ? Those carr are not avaible in canada so I cant look at them tto have a better idea of the one that would suit us.

Thanks !

Posted by
11294 posts

Look carefully at trunk sizes. I found their estimates (of how many suitcases and of what sizes the trunk space would hold) to be accurate. That necessitated a larger car, even though there were only two passengers, but we were very glad we got it, as we could never have fit our bags in the smaller car's trunk.

Posted by
390 posts

Thanks again for those answers !

1) We have a hard time figuring exactly what car seat would be good for our kids. Does the regulation the same everywhere in Euro zone ? Could we use the same car seat in Portugal and Spain ? can we bring the one we got from home ?

3) Does anyone know Dollar car rental ? i've found an ok deal not fram from our appartment in Barcelona, but it seems the same adresse than Thrifty and Hertz.

3) We will take the plunge and go for larger (but still compact) car. It's better to be safe than sorry !

Posted by
813 posts

We have driven the Renault Megane on some of our trips and I am sure it would meet your space requirements. As has been said, you want to err on the side of bigger. The other problem you can face if you cut the space very tightly is that if you go back and look at the rental offers you have received, somewhere in the fine print you will find the phrase 'or similar' which means you get whatever car they have in that category.

Posted by
11879 posts

Dollar Rent a car and Thrifty are part of Hertz Corp.

The cars will likely come from the same "pool" of cars, its just a matter of which "window" you go to, to do the paperwork at pick up

Check rates for all three as they probably will be different.

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