Help my friend on her honeymoon!
Help my friend on her honeymoon!
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Harry Flashman

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21,787 posts

271 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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...by finding me a place in Italy that will rent them something a bit interesting to drive from Florence, via Tuscany to the Amalfi Coast. It's their honeymoon.

Her wedding is sorted (they're borrowing my car to drive from church), but I'm not letting them take it to Italy with them!

I am doing the usual google search, but thought that I would mine the wealth of knowledge that is PH. And hope that I don't get a broken drill bit, so to speak.

My friend is a lovely girl, and it would be awesome to make her honeymoon that much more special with an interesting classic or supercar, rather than a rented Alfa, on the Italian leg. They are both investment bankers, so (within reason) money isn't a serious issue.

Help me Obi Wan PH. You are my only hope.


braddo

12,294 posts

217 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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I seem to recall there were some classic cars available for hire around Sorrento, alhtough perhaps these weren't self-drive. Perhaps the option is to have a car from around Sorrento delivered up north so your friend can then drive it back down to the Amalfi coast (making it easier to hand back at the end?).

I can dig out the details of the wedding planner we used in Sorrento if you want someone local to see if they would have any self-drive classics for hire?

Crusoe

4,123 posts

260 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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something like this sounds about right http://www.classiccarhireworld.com/contentok.php?i...

anonymous-user

83 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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Not got time to google the name right now but there is a rental company I used in Garda last year. They rent to other parts of the country and also arrange tours. They specialise in alfas which include classic gtvs, spiders, 'suds and also have some lovely 500s which were fairly cheap.

Harry Flashman

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21,787 posts

271 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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braddo said:
I seem to recall there were some classic cars available for hire around Sorrento, alhtough perhaps these weren't self-drive. Perhaps the option is to have a car from around Sorrento delivered up north so your friend can then drive it back down to the Amalfi coast (making it easier to hand back at the end?).

I can dig out the details of the wedding planner we used in Sorrento if you want someone local to see if they would have any self-drive classics for hire?
Yes please!

Crusoe

4,123 posts

260 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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that would be my link above smile

Harry Flashman

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21,787 posts

271 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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Crusoe said:
that would be my link above smile
I meant for the wedding planner - your link already forwarded, with thanks!

Edited by Harry Flashman on Thursday 7th April 11:20

C8PPO

20,860 posts

232 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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Seriously, just Google it. We were originally looking at getting married in Sorrento and I fancied hiring something for a day-before-in-lieu-of-stag run down the Amalfi coast. As I recall, plenty of options came up, from the aforementioned 500s to Ferraris, with some classics in between. That said, you probably don't want to punt a 430 which you don't own along those narrow coast roads!

Harry Flashman

Original Poster:

21,787 posts

271 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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C8PPO said:
Seriously, just Google it. We were originally looking at getting married in Sorrento and I fancied hiring something for a day-before-in-lieu-of-stag run down the Amalfi coast. As I recall, plenty of options came up, from the aforementioned 500s to Ferraris, with some classics in between. That said, you probably don't want to punt a 430 which you don't own along those narrow coast roads!
Thanks chap! I have been - and sending her links. Thought I'd ask for personal experiences though - if anyone said "these chaps are worth paying extra for because the cars/service is so good", that would be useful!

braddo

12,294 posts

217 months

Thursday 7th April 2011
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C8PPO said:
Seriously, just Google it. We were originally looking at getting married in Sorrento and I fancied hiring something for a day-before-in-lieu-of-stag run down the Amalfi coast. As I recall, plenty of options came up, from the aforementioned 500s to Ferraris, with some classics in between. That said, you probably don't want to punt a 430 which you don't own along those narrow coast roads!
That raises an intersting point - have the OP's friends driven in Italy before?

Oh, and do NOT drive into Naples!