Wondering if anyone has had this experience? I went on http://www.argusrentals.com/, a broker, and looked at rates for a 9 passenger van for 9 days. The website asks for your country of residence, the default being the UK. The rate if you pick UK is ~$648 US and if you pick the United States as country of residence, the rate is $1,375. I went ahead and booked it with UK rate, checking the UK box even though I don't live there. I did get a voucher for the van thru. Europcar and my Visa has been charge.
Posted by
Portlandia
3313 posts
Ah, but did you check which side of the van has the steering wheel? ;)
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
When you pick up the car, be sure to show them your UK drivers license. :)
Posted by
Knoxville, TN, USA
7209 posts
I compared prices on www.autoeurope.com and www.autoeurope.eu and the european website prices were much lower and included 0 deductible insurance. I booked via the european website and had no problems when I presented them my Tennessee Drivers License.
Posted by
OP
Edmonds, WA
3 posts
Tim, Thanks for the info. Do you recall how much less the car rental was? In my case it is greater than 50% cheaper. Jim
Posted by
Auburn, Alabama
1064 posts
I have heard of this before, but it still does not make sense. Why would they charge a resident of the UK IN U.S. dollars?
Posted by
Lebanon
711 posts
I had been trying to rent a car in Amsterdam to drive for a week around the bulb fields in Lisse and the prices were horrible. 3 times what they should be. This is what I did. I called the Avis office in Amsterdam and got a wonderful gentleman who spoke perfect English and received a great rate with all insurance. It was one third of the rate on the internet.
Posted by
OP
Edmonds, WA
3 posts
Thanks Jane, that is very useful information.