How to organise a fully flexible one-way car rental in Europe?
Our travel plans are very flexible, so we'd like to rent a car in Geneva, then return it to an unspecified location at an unspecified date.
That is, we won't know the return city or end date at the time we take out the rental.
Are there any companies which will allow this? All of the car rental search engines I've seen require the Pick Up and Return addresses and dates up-front.
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@relaxed's answer proved to be correct, and I was able to phone up and change the drop-off location easily. The cost was calculated at the time of drop-off based on the miles driven, duration of the hire, etc.
But since I mentioned Geneva in the question it's worth pointing out that while I was free to drive the car into other countries, I had to drop the car off within Switzerland.
(I believe this is because of country-specific requirements like the Swiss toll sticker, and the fact that snow-rated tyres are required within Switzerland over winter, so the car company doesn't allow you to drop the vehicle off in another country.)
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Can you rent a car in one country in Europe and return it in another?
In most European countries, and with most rental companies, you can pick up your car in one city and return it at another with no extra charge. A no-cost one-way rental allows you to use an open-jaw air ticket and avoid the time and cost of doubling back to a single arrival/departure airport.Can you take a rental car throughout Europe?
Can I take my rental into another country? In Europe, car hire companies typically allow renters to drive their vehicles across international borders into neighbouring countries. However, you may have to pay a cross border fee in order to drive the car abroad.Can you rent a car and drop it off in another country?
Can you return a car in a different country? In some cases, yes. This is most common in Europe, where crossing borders is fairly easy. Usually, rental companies will let you cross borders with the rental car, but a cross-border fee may be also applied in addition to the one-way rental fee.Which country in Europe has cheapest car rental?
Eastern Europe is where travellers can drive longest for least, with the cheapest country for car hire being Montenegro. There, you can rent a vehicle for seven days for just $61.8 Tips for Renting a Car in Europe
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