Eurotrip: Student Style
Discussion
Me, my 2 friends, my girlfriend and one of her friends are planning on doing a 21 day trip through Europe seeing most of the landmarks/cities and taking in some of the best roads along the way. I'm 20 whilst my other two friends are 21 and 22 come the time of the trip. Just wondered what the best way to hire a car is as Hertz do student rental now or if there are any other companies who specialize in this sort of thing. I know its very hard to come by due to insurance companies/hire companies what with the age etc. Woule you recommend getting a RHD car over here or get one in France which is LHD?
Many thanks,
Dave
Many thanks,
Dave
Rent a car on the continent. They're much more relaxed on ages. Pretty much any of the big companies will rent you something half decent (I've found Europcar to be decent with this). Much better than the boggo Focus that is the best you'd hope for over here!
Also get yourself some hire car excess insurance.
Also get yourself some hire car excess insurance.
D4VE 3LL said:
Thanks for the tip 
Just don't want to get there and find we can't get anything though :/
How old were you and what did you hire? And alos for how long?
Thanks, Dave
You can book online before you go with any of the major companies. Just don't want to get there and find we can't get anything though :/How old were you and what did you hire? And alos for how long?
Thanks, Dave
I went to Germany with some mates, I was 21 I think and hired an Astra Twintop, my mate who was 19 got an Audi A3:
Not amazing but better than you'd ever get over here. Only hired them for a weekend.
If I were you I'd be looking for some cheap flights to somewhere in Europe and booking the car to collect at the airport - use the websites to check for age restrictions, prices etc.
You not fancy driving your own cars?
Me and 3 mates went in a Celica and Ibiza, jumped on a ferry across to Holland, went Amsterdam, down to the Nurburgring, and then back through France. Was epic! And didnt really cost that much, just petrol, ferry tickets and parking were the main ones (apart from sleeping in the cars in a lay-by near Nurburg.. a lot cheaper than a hotel
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Im not sure how much renting would cost for your length of time, but with everything on top, might be cheaper to go in your own?
Bet you'll love it though, whatever car it is. Road trips are the best!
Me and 3 mates went in a Celica and Ibiza, jumped on a ferry across to Holland, went Amsterdam, down to the Nurburgring, and then back through France. Was epic! And didnt really cost that much, just petrol, ferry tickets and parking were the main ones (apart from sleeping in the cars in a lay-by near Nurburg.. a lot cheaper than a hotel
)Im not sure how much renting would cost for your length of time, but with everything on top, might be cheaper to go in your own?
Bet you'll love it though, whatever car it is. Road trips are the best!
Basically between us we have a new 1.6 Focus, new 1.3 Fiesta, new Aygo, Corsa and Fiat Punto and none of us really want to risk crashing each others cars etc by going in one car. Besides its more of a holiday than a full on hoon. The best we can hope for is another 1.6 Focus hatch and my friend doesn't want to put even more miles on his Focus which I suppose is fair enough. All the other cars aren't big enough.
me and some friends usually go to europe in the summer
last year we went to nice, drove down in one of the friends dads van, also visited monaco, italy, germany, luxemburg and belgium.
this year, we looked into hiring a car in italy, but it seems very expensive, add on to that that they wanted an extra for young drivers (were all 21)
we find that when you at up the cost of getting to the UK airport, parking, flights, car hire, it works out cheaper to drive if theres a few of you sharing the cost of petrol/tolls.
either way, yourll have lots of fun, driving in europe is much more fun/easier than here, less cameras and faffing about with yellow boxes more just get on and go
oh and speed cameras on motorways mostly had signs just before, say 200 yards.
we didnt see any cameras in the towns at all
this is over 2500 miles over about 8 days
last year we went to nice, drove down in one of the friends dads van, also visited monaco, italy, germany, luxemburg and belgium.
this year, we looked into hiring a car in italy, but it seems very expensive, add on to that that they wanted an extra for young drivers (were all 21)
we find that when you at up the cost of getting to the UK airport, parking, flights, car hire, it works out cheaper to drive if theres a few of you sharing the cost of petrol/tolls.
either way, yourll have lots of fun, driving in europe is much more fun/easier than here, less cameras and faffing about with yellow boxes more just get on and go
oh and speed cameras on motorways mostly had signs just before, say 200 yards.
we didnt see any cameras in the towns at all
this is over 2500 miles over about 8 days
dugt said:
me and some friends usually go to europe in the summer
last year we went to nice, drove down in one of the friends dads van, also visited monaco, italy, germany, luxemburg and belgium.
this year, we looked into hiring a car in italy, but it seems very expensive, add on to that that they wanted an extra for young drivers (were all 21)
we find that when you at up the cost of getting to the UK airport, parking, flights, car hire, it works out cheaper to drive if theres a few of you sharing the cost of petrol/tolls.
either way, yourll have lots of fun, driving in europe is much more fun/easier than here, less cameras and faffing about with yellow boxes more just get on and go
oh and speed cameras on motorways mostly had signs just before, say 200 yards.
we didnt see any cameras in the towns at all
this is over 2500 miles over about 8 days
dugt, thanks for the info. That what were planning to do, get a car from Birmingham Airport as it's closest. we're not botherd about the speed or how good an interior is in a car it's just space. A Focus hatch is the biggest we can get due to age.last year we went to nice, drove down in one of the friends dads van, also visited monaco, italy, germany, luxemburg and belgium.
this year, we looked into hiring a car in italy, but it seems very expensive, add on to that that they wanted an extra for young drivers (were all 21)
we find that when you at up the cost of getting to the UK airport, parking, flights, car hire, it works out cheaper to drive if theres a few of you sharing the cost of petrol/tolls.
either way, yourll have lots of fun, driving in europe is much more fun/easier than here, less cameras and faffing about with yellow boxes more just get on and go
oh and speed cameras on motorways mostly had signs just before, say 200 yards.
we didnt see any cameras in the towns at all
this is over 2500 miles over about 8 days
i just remembered the MOST important thing
bring loo roll
whilst there are stops generally every 10 to 20 miles on the motorways, some of the toilets are little more than holes in the ground. dont be afraid to use the disabled loos, yourll get some funny looks. but most times you will find the people giving you funny looks took one lok at the "normal" loos and waited for the disabled one too.
the stops are great though, no worrying about if you miss this one it could be 60 miles to the next one like in the uk
bring loo roll
whilst there are stops generally every 10 to 20 miles on the motorways, some of the toilets are little more than holes in the ground. dont be afraid to use the disabled loos, yourll get some funny looks. but most times you will find the people giving you funny looks took one lok at the "normal" loos and waited for the disabled one too.
the stops are great though, no worrying about if you miss this one it could be 60 miles to the next one like in the uk
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