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Old Nov 23, 2010, 9:17 pm
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keisari
 
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Originally Posted by red star
A one way car rental is more than 800€?? I very much doubt that.
Avis will not allow me to do a pick up in Spain and drop off in Portugal; Hertz actually quoted US$ 1225.00 for a 2 day rental in the last week of December picking up in Malaga and dropping off in Lisbon. WOW.

I looked at trains but there is no direct route to Lisbon;
If you decide to go to Madrid and then take the night train to Lisbon you get to see Madrid along the way and the cost on raileurope.com is aprox 220 US$ per person for one way - similar to the flight you were quoted.

A round trip flight with Iberia comes out to US$ 200 from Malaga to Lisbon; you can always throw away the return portion; A one way trip for the last week of December comes to US$ 160 but has two stops: Malaga to Barcelona to Madrid to Lisbon with Spanair.

You most economical way would be to take a bus.
Can you change your return flight and leave out of Spain instead? then you can rent a car in Malaga, drive around, go to Lisbon by car (no big deal) and then drive back into Spain, drop off the car and fly out of Spain.
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