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.