Thank you all for your responses. You have given me some very valuable information. i have done extensive reading on the traffic in the Costa del Sol area and hope that we will avoid some of that by going in March of next year. The weather may not be the best but the crowds shouldn't be too bad that time of year.

The main reason for renting two cars is that if all of us don't want to go to the same place on the same day, we will have two cars to use. I have gone online to check the prices of cars and am inclined to use carjet unless there is negative response to that. I have read some good feedback on them thus far. We are not into using a stick shift so are looking for automatic transmission cars and they are few and far between especially the size we need.

thanks again.

Cathy Berg