“I made it halfway up to the fourth floor before smoke started to pour out of the engine”
Don’t rent a car with a manual transmission. That’s the takeaway from Sean Snodgress’ unfortunate case with Europcar.
Don’t rent a car with a manual transmission. That’s the takeaway from Sean Snodgress’ unfortunate case with Europcar.
If I’ve seen Lee Wendkos’s case once, I’ve seen it a hundred times. Delayed on his way to Europe, he tried to invoke EU 261.
If you happen to drive down the Brenner Autobahn between Austria and Italy this summer, keep a little cash on hand to pay the toll.
It was supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime for Pat and James Frost — a river cruise in France on the Viking Europe, from Avignon to Chalon-sur-Saône. The retired couple from Concord, Ohio, even added three days in Paris to round off their bucket-list getaway.
After only a few miles, her rental car stops running. Now Hertz is demanding 1,233 pounds for a replacement clutch. Doesn’t insurance cover the damage? Apparently not.
Bill and Mary Lou Haas were looking forward to a peaceful European river cruise booked through Vantage Travel during the Christmas holidays. But their expectations were figuratively shattered when they found several unexpected guests would be joining them on their vacation: kids.