I need a van with a tow bar. I have to go back to France and collect the rest of our belongings. Can anyone advise where I can hire one or do you have one to sell? I am north of Venice near Belluno. Thanks,Tedtedatkins@gmail.com
Lots of interseting stuff here. I got really 'stung' before I got my car at Venice Treviso. I turned up for my pre booked car with Holiday Autos. I was asked to provide a credit card. I do not have a credit card. My debit card that I had used to make the payment was no longer acceptable and the car was refused to me. I was stuck and had to hire again in the airport from another company for twice the pre book amount. I have hired many cars over many years and never been asked for a credit card as opposed to a debit card. I now have been compleled to have a credit card for the first time in my life.I am taking issue with the company who have offered a small refund which I have refused. You can take out annual car hire insurance to cover all eventualities often for less than the cost of a single trip.
Hello, Ted Atkins, I am new here but think I may become a regular. I saw the piece, tell us your story, how to make a success of Italy. Success is how you feel. Nothing simpler; live in France first; then Italy is pure joy. I was taking a taxi to the airport in UK when I was returning to France. The driver asked me where I was going. I said France. 'Going on holiday' he asked. No, I live there, I replied. 'What's it like living in France then'? I wanted a quick analogy so I asked, well you know that you can go to a great pub with bad company and you will never have a good time; you can go to a bad pub with good company and be sure to have a good time; Yes he replied. Well France is the good pub. He nodded sagely.Which brings me back to Italy. The pub is great and the company is exceptional. We are living in Masare near Alleghe in the Dolomites. We are in a hire apartment while we wait for the paperwork for our amazing new house to clear legal. You will may have been warned of the beaurocracy and difficulty of living here. First you need a code fiscal. After France we were dreading this. We went to the office, easy. Inside someone asked if they could help us and directed is in English to the correct desk where we filled in the form. This was taken from us with an apology that the computer was down. 'Go take a coffee' we were instructed. We did, we went back and were given our codes and a smile. Now we are at the end of our first week and we cannot believe what we have done. We have our residents permit and this afternoon get our residents bank account which is so much cheaper than the non-resident account. It is not what has been done but how it has been done that is the best, with a smile always by people who clearly wanted to help us. People who were so apologetic if things took a few minutes and who would laugh with us at our efforts to speak their beautiful language. I have more, so much more, too much for now.PS We went from getting our resident permit to the bank. We left with a bank account and bank cards ready to use. We know that we will encounter difficulty at some stage but this is such a good start. We love it here.
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Lots of interseting stuff here. I got really 'stung' before I got my car at Venice Treviso. I turned up for my pre booked car with Holiday Autos. I was asked to provide a credit card. I do not have a credit card. My debit card that I had used to make the payment was no longer acceptable and the car was refused to me. I was stuck and had to hire again in the airport from another company for twice the pre book amount. I have hired many cars over many years and never been asked for a credit card as opposed to a debit card. I now have been compleled to have a credit card for the first time in my life.I am taking issue with the company who have offered a small refund which I have refused. You can take out annual car hire insurance to cover all eventualities often for less than the cost of a single trip.
Hello, Ted Atkins, I am new here but think I may become a regular. I saw the piece, tell us your story, how to make a success of Italy. Success is how you feel. Nothing simpler; live in France first; then Italy is pure joy. I was taking a taxi to the airport in UK when I was returning to France. The driver asked me where I was going. I said France. 'Going on holiday' he asked. No, I live there, I replied. 'What's it like living in France then'? I wanted a quick analogy so I asked, well you know that you can go to a great pub with bad company and you will never have a good time; you can go to a bad pub with good company and be sure to have a good time; Yes he replied. Well France is the good pub. He nodded sagely.Which brings me back to Italy. The pub is great and the company is exceptional. We are living in Masare near Alleghe in the Dolomites. We are in a hire apartment while we wait for the paperwork for our amazing new house to clear legal. You will may have been warned of the beaurocracy and difficulty of living here. First you need a code fiscal. After France we were dreading this. We went to the office, easy. Inside someone asked if they could help us and directed is in English to the correct desk where we filled in the form. This was taken from us with an apology that the computer was down. 'Go take a coffee' we were instructed. We did, we went back and were given our codes and a smile. Now we are at the end of our first week and we cannot believe what we have done. We have our residents permit and this afternoon get our residents bank account which is so much cheaper than the non-resident account. It is not what has been done but how it has been done that is the best, with a smile always by people who clearly wanted to help us. People who were so apologetic if things took a few minutes and who would laugh with us at our efforts to speak their beautiful language. I have more, so much more, too much for now.PS We went from getting our resident permit to the bank. We left with a bank account and bank cards ready to use. We know that we will encounter difficulty at some stage but this is such a good start. We love it here.