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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and
heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011:
Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire mike_lane at mac dot com |
Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
"Mike Lane" wrote in message dia.com... Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. Athens airport to the Peloponnese is 100% motorway. The only time you'll have to stop is to pay the toll tim |
Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:46:57 +0100, "tim...." wrote: "Mike Lane" wrote in message media.com... Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. Athens airport to the Peloponnese is 100% motorway. The only time you'll have to stop is to pay the toll Why waste time driving and paying per kilometre, if you can start from a more convenient place? As the options for this more convenient place a 1)Taking the bus to the Peloponnese presumably from Athens bus station. Any idea where that is? I'll wager it isn't very convenient 2) Flying to Kalamata. Hm, I wonder how many flights a day that gets from London/New York or wherever it is that the OP is starting. They don't seem very convenient to me. It's a 100 km drive, how hard can it be? tim |
Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
On 06/19/2011 03:24 AM, Dan Stephenson wrote:
Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, I can't speak for Athens, but what you might want to consider are - does the company have an on-airport depot or do you have to wait for the courtesy bus and even worse, find the depot again when you return the car. Off-airport depots are a lot cheaper, but driving round at night in the back streets of some industry park looking for the depot while the time for your check-in ticks away is no fun. - do the airline and car rental company have a big fly&drive deal, in which case you may be standing in line for hours with all the other pax that booked fly&drive. |
Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
"Tom P" wrote in message ... On 06/19/2011 03:24 AM, Dan Stephenson wrote: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, I can't speak for Athens, but what you might want to consider are - does the company have an on-airport depot or do you have to wait for the courtesy bus and even worse, find the depot again when you return the car. Off-airport depots are a lot cheaper, but driving round at night in the back streets of some industry park looking for the depot while the time for your check-in ticks away is no fun. Athens aiport is new build on a large green field site. All the facilities are in the same place tim |
Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
tim.... wrote on Jun 23, 2011:
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:46:57 +0100, "tim...." wrote: "Mike Lane" wrote in message dia.com... Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. Athens airport to the Peloponnese is 100% motorway. The only time you'll have to stop is to pay the toll Why waste time driving and paying per kilometre, if you can start from a more convenient place? As the options for this more convenient place a 1)Taking the bus to the Peloponnese presumably from Athens bus station. Any idea where that is? I'll wager it isn't very convenient 2) Flying to Kalamata. Hm, I wonder how many flights a day that gets from London/New York or wherever it is that the OP is starting. They don't seem very convenient to me. It's a 100 km drive, how hard can it be? Or: 3) Bus to Piraeus (leaves from airport outside arrivals), then100 metre walk to ferry gets you to Ermioni, or Porto Heli in the Peloponnese. I know which I would rather do. -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire mike_lane at mac dot com |
Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:32:57 +0100, "tim...." wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:46:57 +0100, "tim...." wrote: "Mike Lane" wrote in message inmedia.com... Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. Athens airport to the Peloponnese is 100% motorway. The only time you'll have to stop is to pay the toll Why waste time driving and paying per kilometre, if you can start from a more convenient place? As the options for this more convenient place a 1)Taking the bus to the Peloponnese presumably from Athens bus station. Any idea where that is? I'll wager it isn't very convenient 2) Flying to Kalamata. Hm, I wonder how many flights a day that gets from London/New York or wherever it is that the OP is starting. I flew from South America via Paris to Athens and changed planes to get to Kalamata. and how much waiting around at Athens did you have to do? (Skyscanner show one flight a day) And how much did it add to the cost? They don't seem very convenient to me. It's a 100 km drive, how hard can it be? 100 km drive to where? Peloponnese. he's going to be there for 10 days, so he's going to be covering all of it. If he starts off in the south west he's still going to have to drive to the bit in the NE tim |
Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
"Mike Lane" wrote in message dia.com... tim.... wrote on Jun 23, 2011: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:46:57 +0100, "tim...." wrote: "Mike Lane" wrote in message dia.com... Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. Athens airport to the Peloponnese is 100% motorway. The only time you'll have to stop is to pay the toll Why waste time driving and paying per kilometre, if you can start from a more convenient place? As the options for this more convenient place a 1)Taking the bus to the Peloponnese presumably from Athens bus station. Any idea where that is? I'll wager it isn't very convenient 2) Flying to Kalamata. Hm, I wonder how many flights a day that gets from London/New York or wherever it is that the OP is starting. They don't seem very convenient to me. It's a 100 km drive, how hard can it be? Or: 3) Bus to Piraeus (leaves from airport outside arrivals), then100 metre walk to ferry gets you to Ermioni, or Porto Heli in the Peloponnese. I know which I would rather do. But the guy is still going to be hiring the car (presumably) to go touring. Why **** around lugging your bags on/off a ferry to save a 100km (one hour) drive? And what happens if when he get to Piraeus the next ferry is full? tim |
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