Well, it is always something.
I had looked at all of the car rental sites trying to
determine which SUV/Sport Wagon style car would be best for our car camping in
Iceland. Lots of cars are listed but they are European models so hard to know
exactly what they are.
Our concern is that the back area be big enough with
seats down. We have a tent, but in the event there are high winds or heavy
rains we need something that we can sleep in.
We determined what we thought was the equivalent of
the Hyundai i10 and at the Hyundai car lot we asked if they had the model we were
looking for. The salesperson pulled out a car, we put the back seat down and
climbed in, laying down to see how we’d fit. We didn’t, so figured we would rent
something larger. I don’t think that the salesman ever figured out why we’d lay
down in the back space of a car and not even get into the driver and passenger seats
Finally I’d made a decision and paid for it upfront,
with a credit card. All settled, or so I thought.
Later that evening, I was reading about Iceland and
found warnings about renting from some of the car rental companies. I looked up
the company I’d just paid a bunch of money too and it looked like others had
problems with them. I wasn’t sure what to do.
The next morning I woke up to a message that my credit
card had not gone thru, they had thought it was a possible fraudulent charge.
Well maybe it was but not for the same reasons.
I got back on line and rented a car from a mainstream
company, one I rent from all the time. We ended up getting something a little
larger, more money but likely more comfortable and we know that we won’t be
pressured into paying for other stuff we don’t want.
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