Meo Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I'm going on holiday! - finally getting out of the hurly burly of Paris and heading where most of you lucky folks seem to live, out in the country. We are getting the TGV down but want to hire a car when we arrive. However neither me nor the OH has a carte bleue (british or french) and we are both several months shy of 25 which seems to be the age they start trusting you.Does anyone with any experience of these things know whether either of the above would be a problem? We are going to the Pyrenees, if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntina Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 You will find that all the major car rental firms require some sort of card, visa, mastercard etc to provide 'insurance' against any problems - do you have any of these?If you are under 25 you may have to pay a 'young drivers surcharge' around 15 GBP per day, and will have a capped top priceIf you have pleanty of time before you need the car, you *may* be able to pay by cheque - but dont bank on itTry www.france-car-hire-rental.com they are brokers and I know they will do what they can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meo Posted June 7, 2005 Author Share Posted June 7, 2005 Thanks for the reply. The only French card I have is a cash card exclusively for La Poste but I do have a British debit card. Would they accept that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntina Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 If it carries the Visa, Matercard logo you should be ok - best to make an enquiry directly with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourangelle Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 A British credit card should be fine. I'd just warn you off going with Ada though, if you were thinking of them at all because they have had a really bad press recently in the consumer magazine "Que choisir". Lots of dodgy practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntina Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Tourangelle - you are right - a british credit card is fine - a debit card however may not be - depends if it shows the visa / matercard logo's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourangelle Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 yes, sorry, hadn't read that properly!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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