Renting a car in Italy - Need advice

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ajcaruso
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Renting a car in Italy - Need advice

Post by ajcaruso »

Hello All

I'll be in Northern Italy for 2 weeks in early fall this year, flying in/out of Milan
and exploring the Lakes region, Modena area and Venice. Thought it would
be fun to rent a small BMW hatch for the vacation.

Any suggestions/hints for rental sources and vehicle? Maybe a 1 series hatch?

Understand Ferrari/Lambo in Modena area offer tours -
has anyone taken the tours?

Anthony
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afadeev
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Re: Renting a car in Italy - Need advice

Post by afadeev »

ajcaruso wrote:I'll be in Northern Italy for 2 weeks in early fall this year, flying in/out of Milan
and exploring the Lakes region, Modena area and Venice. Thought it would
be fun to rent a small BMW hatch for the vacation.

Any suggestions/hints for rental sources and vehicle? Maybe a 1 series hatch?
I did something similar a few years ago in Belgium - got a 1 series for a week of driving all across norther Europe.
After much shopping, I ended up renting from Sixt, who is a partner of National. However, I reserved via National car rental's site and got my corporate rental rates which were a half of those listed by sixt directly.

They do not guarantee that you get a specific car model, but it the worst case you get something comparable (e.g. Merc's B-class).

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