Hi All

Finally we have found a beautiful little place near Chieti to rent,while we find a place to buy.We will be arriving 1st November.
Does anybody know of a cheap car rental.We are looking for a small car with automatic transmission for the first 3 months.

Thank you in advance for any advise

warmest
rik

Mmm, I don't you can put cheap and car rental in Italy in the same sentence !

lol oh I see ok we have been quoted about Euros 1800 for 90 days is that a good price ?

Depends what it includes. the best advice I got was off this forum.
That was make sure you get the zero waiver as you will definitely get a bump or scrape. When I returned my vehicle (full cover and yes someone scraped us) we paid nothing, but 2 parties at the desk were being charged €1100 and €2000 for small scrapes and dents. There was wars on!! Get full cover!!

thanks for the advice, yes I would always get full cover anywhere

It's the waiver that's important on this one...

QUOTE=RikiB;12041818]thanks for the advice, yes I would always get full cover anywhere[/QUOTE]

ok Noted thank you so much, will remember to check

Sooooo jealous...love abruzzo

You're resident in the US, aren't you? US credit cards, (Visa, Mastercard, and Amex) all have CDW coverage automatically when you book/pay with a credit card. It isn't universal to all countries, but it does work in many, including the UK.

When the CDW coverage can cost almost as much as the basic rental rate, the CDW coverage through your credit card is a very nice little perk.

No I am British but live in Dubai and have credit cards from there, but will check many thanks

I quoted, and was replying specifically to Gwensvilla, not to you. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

I also just noticed an ambiguity in my post - I meant that US credit cards provide CDW coverage in many countries, not that credit cards from many countries provide CDW coverage (I don't know whether or not that is true, but I suspect not).

no problem sorry

I hadn't realised that about the credit card. I have visa and amex. I will check that out!!!
Italy has very different car hire rules to both uk and america...as is the driving:there!!!!(terrifying, esp. Rome!!)combined with the narrow streets. I can see why the car hire companies do it.
they have cdw but with different levels of exclusions. but the level of punishment metered out on small scrapes was way over the top.I had assumed the cdw was the same as the uk/usa, but it isnt...
I learned that from this forum and without that info it would probably have cost me €1-2000 luckily I paid the extra waiver approx £100 for 2 weeks.
I am now thinking that credit card may have saved me that lol. still better safe than sorry.

ive sent you a email

When we were here for a week house hunting in Feb we used a firm called worldwide travel insurance to cover the excesses. It cost us £18 for a week. Much cheaper than the car hire companies. Just showed them the agreement when we got to the airport.