I have never heard of one way rentals being limited to airports - unless that is specific to who you

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Planning a 18 day trip in sept, I am looking for a 1way route from London to edinburg at a leisure pace, we plan on flying from glasgow to budapest Then driving the west coast of ireland ending in Dublin, we want to see as much as we can, though don't have a planned route, what should see or how long to stay in each location, please help us plan our journey.
Oops, sorry spelling error, let me break it down, getting a rental car sept 5 in London, I am guessing about a 5 days though England to edinburg, then flying to belfast renting car their then next 10 in Ireland leaving sept 20 out of Dublin. avis rent a car system inc Thanks for your help
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5 days for England and Edinburgh - sure - but it will just be a couple avis rent a car system inc of stops on the way up (assuming you want to actually see anything in Edinburgh). It certainly won't be 'seeing' avis rent a car system inc England. And then - besides Edinburgh, are you interested is seeing anything else in Scotland (it is an AMAZING country)
There are literally hundreds of places you could visit in between London and Edinburgh but you have not given us anything to work with. W/ just 5 days I might skip the car altogether - train to York - 2 nights, train to Edinburgh - 2 or 3 nights, fly to Belfast. I have no idea if you'd like that - what sorts of things do you want see/do?
Also I think you are underestimating how much time things take in Ireland. Northern Ireland, the west coast of the Republic, the amazing southwest and then Dublin - that would be a VERY rushed 10 days.
oops -- for some reason your post about castles, distilleries avis rent a car system inc and such didn't avis rent a car system inc display when I posted avis rent a car system inc my last entry ( the site was a bit 'twitchy' this evening). So you have given a bit of what you are looking for.
You are only giving yourself 5 days for England and Edinburgh - so not nearly enough avis rent a car system inc tome to head up north to the Whisky trail. And if you actually want to see/do anything avis rent a car system inc in Edinburgh you are really only talking 3 days - not much time to fit in small towns, avis rent a car system inc non-tourist villages, local flavor, bars, and castles
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Yes I am spend a few days in London, I will be getting to London after 4weeks traveling, I have never been to the uk, I really am up to changing my schedule, this why I here before booking any thing, I value you're input, we do want to spend the majority of our time in Ireland, but if you think we need 6 or 7 nights, we can change it up. Yes of course we want to do tourist things but at the same time get down with just the locals a bit,
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I have never heard of one way rentals being limited to airports - unless that is specific to who you rented from. There may be a charge but it shouldn't be a problem from non airport locations although avis rent a car system inc finding an automatic might.
I'd look at Cambridge, Leeds, York, Durham, Newcastle as possible avis rent a car system inc stops on a train route between London and Edinburgh. Each has some fantastic buildings, normally with added castle (but not all) and each are very easy to walk around. You might also look at Lincoln.
tom_mn, what's a USA model car? A Chevrolet or Ford? Lots of Fords in Europe. And we've done one-way car rentals in the UK many times, and not from airports. Last September it was from Chester avis rent a car system inc to Manchester city.
I meant a car that exists in the USA. All Ford models avis rent a car system inc in uk are different animals, not just different names for the same model. Passat and then luxury cars like BMW were the only uk cars one might find in the us.
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I have no idea where you looked -- but 90% of my car hires in the UK have been one-way and several have been for largish vehicles. No requirement that they be airport/airport rentals. Often my hires have started or ended at airports - but seldom both. Just in May I collected a car in central Newcastle and dropped it at LHR.
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This allows you to spend some time on Hadrian's Wall the next morning. There is a fort at Corbridge but the best is probabaly Housesteads to the west. It is also possible to go for a short walk along the wall here. This is superb countryside. Finally take the A68 to Edinburgh, your final destination. Again this is about two hours drive from Corbridge, so you have plenty of time. Good stops after Hadrians Wall are Jedburgh which has a superb ruined Abbey and is also a nice town to walk round or Melrose, again with a ruined abbey. The other alternative is to miss the abbeys and head for Rosslyn Chapel on the southern outskirts of Edinburgh.
I was starting in Glasgow that may make a difference, I also insisted on an automatic. No UK or Europe based companies offered a single car for me at any price and I started looking 8 months in advance.
My one experience with long distance trains was York to London and the second class fare for 5 held steady at 400 pounds for months and months, then dipped to 28 pounds about 6 weeks before my intended date, then rose slightly.
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I've rented one-way cars from Glasgow several times (at least 10X) and only once that I can recall was it an airport to airport booking. Did you try Autoeurope and/or Kemwel . . . They are brokers and are where most visitors start their search - they aren't avis rent a car system inc always the cheapest but are probably 75% of the time and are a good place to start and one ways are no problem.
We recently rented a car from Arnold Clark in Glasgow, on the advice of someone on Fodor's forum, and we had no trouble getting an automatic. We dropped the car at Edinburgh airport. We were very satisfied with their service.
That makes no sense - one way rentals are common and automatics are available but more limited and more expensive than manuals. Who were these rental agencies that said they were only through airports?
Concur with rental info in above comments. We picked a car up at Waverley Train Station in Edinburgh and dropped it at London Heathrow last May. Some rental companies avis rent a car system inc or agencies won't let you do that, so shop around. I believe we booked through Kemwell.
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