railway station car rental

I will be Auray, France in Brittany and would like to rent a car online. I have done extensive research but have never actually rented online never mind overseas. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have looked at what%26#39;s available at this trainstation and the reservations are possible through Europcar, Avis, Auto Europe or autoreservaton.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

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My personal favorite is Europcar. Their cars tend to be very new and I have never had any problems with them. They have loads of locations.

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Autoeurope is a broker through you may rent from Europcar at substantially lower prices than contacting them directly.

You may book either on line at www.autoeurope.com or call them at 1-888-223-5555 (from North America only).

Other companies include:

http://www.kemwel.com/

http://www.interrent.com/

http://www.europebycar.com/

No matter which company you choose:

1. make your reservation prior to leaving North America

2. request a diesel, it will save a lot of money in operational costs.

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HI Sarastro

Thanks for the links and recommendations. I lived in France as a students many years ago but never had to worry about such things as a car...too poor. And, there was no online anything.

So, once again. Thank you,

Jane

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You%26#39;re welcome Jane.

I love Calgary (a bit too cold in winter however). Went to the Stampede some years back, wildest covered wagon driving I have ever seen.

You don%26#39;t drive on the roads like that do you?

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We are renting cars in France in May on two individual occasions. We chose pick up and drop off at railway stations of smaller towns because of the fear of navigating in the larger cities while mastering driving on the opposite side of the road from what we are use to and because our French is very limited. We also found that Michelin gives you very comprehensive directions to and from the train stations of most towns. So for example we will be training from paris to Cahors where we pick up our car from the station and drop it off at Beziers station 5 days later. We are using Europcar only because I found their online booking seemed easier for me.

Two things I have noted are – it appears to be impossible to get a car on a Sunday and the same Auto transmission in the smaller cars.

Good luck!

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Hi Sarastro

Well, it%26#39;s not called %26quot;The Wild West%26quot; for nothing! And being from Dallas I%26#39;m sure you have seen wild driving,too. But I plan to just toodle around and since I am visiting some friends I am offering to drive and will not be wild or yahoo too much.

I just checked Europcar and their prices don%26#39;t include insurance while Autoreservation.com does. And Autoreservation also mentioned offering %26quot;basic rental suitable for US customers %26quot;. That seems the way to go. Ever dealt with Autoreservation?

Jane

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