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Cars that seat seven people often have limited boot space. We may need to consider hiring a roof-box with the car. The car-hire people may need to know this when we book.

There are some nine-seaters available; m³/£ will need to be considered when deciding between these and seven-seaters.

Attributes of car should be known that we might plan ahead.

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Here might be a good place to mention that Abroad has different driving rules and customs, and perhaps even list some relevant ones.

~~e.g.~~

No, I've put them on [[Archived:CountryMatters|CountryMatters]] for now.

* In France we must have a reflective jacket and traffic cone in the car.

* In Albania, ~~road rage incidents frequently involve fire-arms.~~

* For Turkey at least, we require an international insurance Green Card. letsgoturkey.org adds, slightly menacingly, that same must be valid "for ~~the whole of Turkey".~~

~~etc. etc~~.

=== So who are we going to hire it from? ===

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* Avis? [http://www.avis.com/car-rental/location/details.ac?LOCATIONCODE=MK8#Travel%20Into%20Other%20Countries No]

* Hertz? [http://www.hertz.de/rentacar/byr/index.jsp?targetPage=rentalQualificationsView.jsp#Driving%20Restrictions No]

* [[EuroCar]]? [http://www.europcar.co.uk/EBE/module/render/http://www.europcar.co.uk/TermsAndConditions-Details?link=3E80C13C-595E-D712-E040-1E0A548C515C:ContentCentralTerms&locale=en-GB No] international rentals in south east Europe

* EuroCar? [http://www.europcar.co.uk/EBE/module/render/http://www.europcar.co.uk/TermsAndConditions-Details?link=3E80C13C-595E-D712-E040-1E0A548C515C:ContentCentralTerms&locale=en-GB No] international rentals in south east Europe

* [~~[AutoEurope~~]]?

* AutoEurope? No - they seem to just be searching Europcar and Hertz websites

* DriveAway.com.au was encouraging in terms of what international-fu it would permit, but its website was uncooperative when I came to investigate further. Am awaiting response to my email query - Smith

* Sixt? [http://www.sixt.co.uk/rental-services/faq/ No], though note they're more liberal than many.

<pre><nowiki>Cross Border Rentals are allowed in the following countries:

Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Vatican City.

In the following countries must be entered, but not with vehicles from Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, VW, Porsche and Jaguar, as well as all Jeeps and off-road vehicles:

Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary.

May as well transporters with all vehicles of groups IVMR, SVMR, FVMR (including Mercedes-Benz B-Class, Mercedes-Benz Vito, Mercedes-Benz Viano) be driven in the latter countries.

If you breach the conditions for travel abroad all insurances lose their validity.</nowiki></pre>

* Budget?

* Alamo?

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 Cars that seat seven people often have limited boot space. We may need to consider hiring a roof-box with the car. The car-hire people may need to know this when we book.
+There are some nine-seaters available; m³/£ will need to be considered when deciding between these and seven-seaters.
 Attributes of car should be known that we might plan ahead.
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 Here might be a good place to mention that Abroad has different driving rules and customs, and perhaps even list some relevant ones.
-e.g.
+No, I've put them on [[Archived:CountryMatters|CountryMatters]] for now.
-* In France we must have a reflective jacket and traffic cone in the car.
-* In Albania, road rage incidents frequently involve fire-arms.
-* For Turkey at least, we require an international insurance Green Card. letsgoturkey.org adds, slightly menacingly, that same must be valid "for the whole of Turkey".
-etc. etc.
 === So who are we going to hire it from? ===
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 * Avis? [http://www.avis.com/car-rental/location/details.ac?LOCATIONCODE=MK8#Travel%20Into%20Other%20Countries No]
 * Hertz? [http://www.hertz.de/rentacar/byr/index.jsp?targetPage=rentalQualificationsView.jsp#Driving%20Restrictions No]
-* [[EuroCar]]? [http://www.europcar.co.uk/EBE/module/render/http://www.europcar.co.uk/TermsAndConditions-Details?link=3E80C13C-595E-D712-E040-1E0A548C515C:ContentCentralTerms&locale=en-GB No] international rentals in south east Europe
+* EuroCar? [http://www.europcar.co.uk/EBE/module/render/http://www.europcar.co.uk/TermsAndConditions-Details?link=3E80C13C-595E-D712-E040-1E0A548C515C:ContentCentralTerms&locale=en-GB No] international rentals in south east Europe
-* [[AutoEurope]]?
+* AutoEurope? No - they seem to just be searching Europcar and Hertz websites
+* DriveAway.com.au was encouraging in terms of what international-fu it would permit, but its website was uncooperative when I came to investigate further. Am awaiting response to my email query - Smith
+* Sixt? [http://www.sixt.co.uk/rental-services/faq/ No], though note they're more liberal than many.
+<pre><nowiki>Cross Border Rentals are allowed in the following countries:
+Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Vatican City.
+In the following countries must be entered, but not with vehicles from Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, VW, Porsche and Jaguar, as well as all Jeeps and off-road vehicles:
+Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary.
+May as well transporters with all vehicles of groups IVMR, SVMR, FVMR (including Mercedes-Benz B-Class, Mercedes-Benz Vito, Mercedes-Benz Viano) be driven in the latter countries.
+If you breach the conditions for travel abroad all insurances lose their validity.</nowiki></pre>
+* Budget?
+* Alamo?