As noted earlier, we drove from place to place in Italy, utilizing rental cars we'd reserved through Auto Europe. I was very pleased with Auto Europe's pre-departure coordination through their service desk and our cars were ready and waiting at Fiumicino airport and Venice Mestre Railway station as promised. The cars were exactly as advertised and were sized to fit 4 adults and their bags. I did not intend to pick up our car leaving Venice at the Mestre Railway station but it was what my reservations said. As they say, you learn more from your mistakes so this was a learning experience.
So with perfect hindsight, here are our recommendations:
As mentioned in an earlier post, I dropped off our first rental car in Venice at the central rental location adjacent to Piazzale Roma, about 1/3 mile or so from the cruise ship docks. This was a great drop off point, but if I had paid more attention, dropping it off at the Mestre Railway station would have been better since we were staying in Mestre. Ditto for our pickup at the end of our cruise, it would have been better to pick up the car at the Piazzale Roma location rather than the Mestre Railway station. In either case though, both of these locations would be preferable to picking up/dropping off at the Venice airport which is farther away and more complicated to get to via public transportation.
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| Hertz Map - but other companies are in all three places |
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| These are the addresses from the map |
1) If returning a car on day of the cruise embarkation, drop it off at Piazzale Roma.
2) If you are picking up a car on the day of cruise debarkation, pick it up in Piazzale Roma.
3) If you are staying in Mestre pre-cruise (which we did) drop it off at the Mestre Railway station (Stazione Ferroviaria Mestre above).
4) If you are staying in the Venice area for a couple of days post cruise and then flying out of Venice, pick it up at Piazzale Roma and drop it off at the Venice Airport (Aeroport Marco Polo).
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