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Old Nov 24, 2010, 12:59 pm
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CaptainMiles
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Originally Posted by keisari
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 am pretty sure that this is because in Portugal it's illegal to rent a car with foreign license plates. If you drop off a foreign car in LIS, a Hertz employee has to drive the car back to Spain, and then get him/herself back to LIS. Expensive.
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