One way rental in Europe, anyone ever try?

[KidOOO]

I am looking to pick up the car in one country and return in another

After some research it seems no one will let you pickup in GB and return elsewhere as those cars can't be rented anywhere else (with the exception of hertz which will do it for 500 GBP charge)

I only need it for 2 days, anyone know of a way to get this at a sane price? (like $300-$400 max)

[eli1571]

Can anyone help,
Looking to rent a car in Poland and return in slovakia, One way fees are crazy high, anything that can be done ?
Should be discussed somewhere but i cant find it

[Sig]

Can anyone help,
Looking to rent a car in Poland and return in slovakia, One way fees are crazy high, anything that can be done ?
Should be discussed somewhere but i cant find it

I have never been able to crack the code on this one either. The only solution I used that works if there is are two decent sized towns on both sides of the border are to return your car on one side, take a taxi or Uber across the border, and start a new rental on the other side. It used to be that one way fees were a often percentage of the rental cost so you could do a variation on that trick by doing a one day rental to cross the border in the cheapest car available then swap out anywhere in the next country to your longer term in country rental. But it seems most are fixed fees these days.

I can tell you the last time we bit the bullet and paid the one way fee they gave us their oldest, highest mileage crappiest car which had an AC that failed about 20 minutes into every drive. They knew they were passing a car off to another location and were unlikely to see it again, so they used it as an opportunity to get rid of their clunker.

[sillypainter]

Can anyone help,
Looking to rent a car in Poland and return in slovakia, One way fees are crazy high, anything that can be done ?
Should be discussed somewhere but i cant find it

Try the Lufthansa car rental portal. Have seen pretty good one way rates there.
https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/flight-search?activeTab=advsCar

[eli1571]

Try the Lufthansa car rental portal. Have seen pretty good one way rates there.
https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/flight-search?activeTab=advsCar

cheaper, but still 500 euro for 1 day

[yelped]

Try the Lufthansa car rental portal. Have seen pretty good one way rates there.
https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/flight-search?activeTab=advsCar

Seems like they only support cities with an airport code.

[eli1571]

Seems like they only support cities with an airport code.

Meaning ? I need Krakow which is KRK to kosice which is KSC

[SuperFlyer]

Dates and times would be helpful.

[eli1571]

Dates and times would be helpful.

mar 2 1030 am - return march 2 10pm

[SuperFlyer]

mar 2 1030 am - return march 2 10pm

All I found is over $1k.
1 way rentals across borders are typically prohibitive, but I have seen exceptions in Western Europe.
In the eastern and South Eastern Europe one has to be extra careful with the countries that one is allowed to drive to.
It could mean that you aren't allowed to enter a neighboring country and need circumvent it with a 12h drive etc.*
Sometimes I advise to return the car right before the border and take a taxi or other transport to cross.
Could mean huge savings.

*it can also mean that the prices are prohibitive because fewer or only 1 company allows this rental and so prices go up.

[m65]

a few times ive taken out from BRU and returned in FRA and CDG for a 250 eur one way fee to avis

[SuperFlyer]

a few times ive taken out from BRU and returned in FRA and CDG for a 250 eur one way fee to avis

Exactly my point, which is quite reasonable.
Same for AMS.