I posted this in the wrong forum, so here goes again! We are flying into Nice airport on 27th July and wondered if anyone knew if it%26#39;s cheaper to hire a car once in France or do it before we go, there are 7 of us so we need a people carrier.
Thanks
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At that time of year all of Cote d%26#39;Azur is frantically busy so you need to pre-book from UK. If you try on arrival you would be v lucky to get what you need. I use Holiday Autos. For collection and return at Nice Airport they are quoting £550 for a week for a 7seat Renault Espace or £750 for a 9seat VW Caravelle.As you will presumably all have at least one case the Espace would probably not be big enough overall even though it has enough seats.
As end July/August is peak season in NIce (all of Paris seems to decamp to Cote d%26#39;Azur then) there are no bargain prices on offer. Oh and the roads are congested for the same reason.
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In our experience definitely cheaper to prebook from the UK.
Prices and offers like free upgrades and additional drivers change all the time, so it%26#39;s a good idea to do a trawl of lots of the broker and car hire company websites.
Some of the ones I always try include:
www.kelkoo.co.uk- (results not in any order so need to look at them all)
www.auto-europe.co.uk
www.travelsupermarket.com
www.carhiresearch.co.uk
plus the main rental companies own sites eg Avis, Hertz, Alamo and Sixt.
Auto Europe can be useful because they price match if you can find a cheaper quote elsewhere and don%26#39;t charge cancellation fees.
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Hi thanks very much to both of you for replying, think I will pre book, do you think we will need a car, we are staying in boulouris, we don%26#39;t really go sight seeing we are beach people with some horse riding thrown in. What is the travel network like in the area?
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If you stay in boulouris near st raphael, yes , you will need a car because you have nothing around except beach ::))
it%26#39;s a residential area and the center with restaurant, supermarket...at 10 min by car or you could take a bus (the day not the night)
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