Lyon Car Hire - winter tyres
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Started by Wanderer in France 07-Oct-2015 - 5 Replies
Wanderer posted Oct-2015
Anybody know how to get winter tyres on hire cars from Lyon? None coming up so far on usual searches. Closest, I am getting so far is "we can request but cannot guarantee until day of pick-up" which is really not much use :roll:
SwingBeep
reply to 'Lyon Car Hire - winter tyres' posted Oct-2015
Do a search using the name of the car hire company you want to use and pneus hiver e.g. sixt pneus hiver = http://www.sixt.fr/location-voiture-pneus-hiver/
Tony_H
reply to 'Lyon Car Hire - winter tyres' posted Oct-2015
You will not be able to rent a car in France with winter tyres unless you pay a serious upgrade and even then they still wont guarantee it. Its ridiculous.
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Wanderer
reply to 'Lyon Car Hire - winter tyres' posted Oct-2015
Not sure how but I seem to have gotten sorted :roll: . Eventually found a car (Nissan Juke) with winter tyres with Hertz and not too expensive either so happy enough :lol: . It seemed to be the only model available - not huge luggage space but we should be able to manage. Taxi transfers from Lyon are horrendously expensive - nearly more expensive than flights :shock:
Still, it is astonishing that car hire companies are not more alive to the demand from skiers, especially as their affiliates in Switzerland, Germany and Austria have now got this sorted.
The idea that they will not guarantee winter tyres until you arrive at the airport is laughable - they really are a must if heading into the mountains (imho) and I would be extremely reluctant to hire a car without them. :x
Still, it is astonishing that car hire companies are not more alive to the demand from skiers, especially as their affiliates in Switzerland, Germany and Austria have now got this sorted.
The idea that they will not guarantee winter tyres until you arrive at the airport is laughable - they really are a must if heading into the mountains (imho) and I would be extremely reluctant to hire a car without them. :x
Woolfie58
reply to 'Lyon Car Hire - winter tyres' posted Oct-2015
Why dont you just take snowsocks for the car, easy to fiy
Ade73
reply to 'Lyon Car Hire - winter tyres' posted Nov-2015
I had the exact same problem last season. It's a nightmare. I also found hertz and had a juke. It was from chambery. We took a surf roof rack that folded in a case and used that for our skis/boards. It is ridiculous that you can't book it. Other countries are fine. Not quite sure what the French are thinking but then will we ever know.
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Topic last updated on 01-November-2015 at 15:15