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April DeLaRosa
Member
Username: Delarosacalm
Post Number: 8
Registered: 04-2010
Posted From: 62.153.212.23
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 07:27 pm: | |
Paul, If you get to Ramstein, you can take the medevac bus from Landstuhl to Vicenza, it runs twice a week and it is free. |
Paul_M
Member
Username: Paolo
Post Number: 22
Registered: 02-2008
Posted From: 72.71.208.98
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 10:16 pm: | |
Thanks for your comments everyone. It helped in my planning. Going to give Space-A a try even though it is the dreaded "Summer Season". Final destination is Naples. Looking to get to Rota then await a flt to Naples or Sicily. If we wind up at Ramstein, will take a train into Italy before renting a car. Will rent in northern IT. When I arrive in Naples, I'll turn it in to whomever (Hertz, Avis, etc) then rent long term at the Naples Navy facility there near the civilian airport. Prices are far better from the base. For departure, will return the rental to Naples Base and await Space-A there. Wondering now if renting from the mil facility north of the airport navy base would be less expensive? I know that at the civilian part of the terminal, in the past, there is that extra fee (+20%?). To avoid it I've gone into Naples to the train terminal to rent and saved. Does anyone think this would be the same wrt the two military locations there - one at the airport (+20%) and the other further north (-20%)?? |
Bob Dart
Senior Member
Username: Bobdart
Post Number: 1517
Registered: 06-2005
Posted From: 80.148.17.23
| | Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 05:52 pm: | |
I was leaving Copenhagen yesterday and had planned to drive or train down to Ramstein. After costing out all options it turned out that flying was far less expensive than either the train or a one-rental. |
John D.
Moderator
Username: John_d
Post Number: 4465
Registered: 06-2003
Posted From: 95.208.80.143
| | Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 04:06 pm: | |
That's what I did - found an Avis rental at Stuttgart that needed to go back to Italy. Avis gave me a killer rate on it and I dropped it off at Naples - win-win! |
Leland
Senior Member
Username: Leland
Post Number: 6215
Registered: 05-2006
Posted From: 98.218.147.237
| | Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 03:43 pm: | |
Hey, PR, very useful site. Drive from Germany to France. Excellent. Thank you. |
William Standage
Senior Member
Username: Charlie13
Post Number: 1088
Registered: 07-2004
Posted From: 75.172.59.118
| | Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 03:24 pm: | |
Each rental car company has their own rules. In Germany, I find that some restrict where their cars can be taken in Southern and Eastern Europe. They fear the cars will be stollen and shipped to Africa or the Middle East. Sometimes the restriction only applies to the more expensive car classes. |
PR
Senior Member
Username: Pretzlaff
Post Number: 1668
Registered: 06-2003
Posted From: 67.190.52.82
| | Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 02:55 pm: | |
When they do get stuck with a specific car in the wrong country, they actually let others drive it back.
http://www.hertz-transfer.eu/index.php?lang=GB |
Leland
Senior Member
Username: Leland
Post Number: 6214
Registered: 05-2006
Posted From: 98.218.147.237
| | Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 02:10 pm: | |
The EU has not standardized automobile registration, inspection, insurance, etc. Hertz Italy cannot rent out a car registered to Hertz Germany. If you rent in Germany they will let you drop it off in Italy, but only if you pay for Dieter to travel to Italy and retrieve the car. And that is expensive.
They don't care if you drive to Italy, as long as you return it to the country of origin. |
Paul_M
Member
Username: Paolo
Post Number: 21
Registered: 02-2008
Posted From: 72.71.226.90
| | Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 01:45 pm: | |
I have an auto rental question. Say I land in Ramstein and rent a car on or off base (maybe this makes a difference?).
If I now drive to Italy, can I drop it off in Naples sometime later, for example?
Basically I'd pick up in one country and drop it off in another.
.... and would one rental agency be better than another (Hertz, Avis, Eurocar)?
In the past, I have always rented and stayed within that country and not crossed borders with the rental.
For this next trip, because it is my first Space-A adventure, I most likely will not get directly to Italy, which is my objective. If there are issues with this approach, I'd take a train instead, say from Ger., or wherever, to Italy, then rented a car in Italy. I like the car approach though because I can mosey along at my own pace and explore.
Your comments please,
Paolo |
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