# International car rental - which company do you use?
**URL:** https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038
**Category:** Life Hacking
**Created:** [February 25, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038 "2022-02-25T14:26:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@s0974748](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/s0974748)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/1 "2022-02-25T14:26:07Z")
I’m looking at car rental for a two week long stay in another european country. There’s about a millions different rental companies and about five million different “intermediaries” (like [billiger-mietwagen.de](http://billiger-mietwagen.de), ferienmietwagen.ch, sunnycars.ch,…).
I usually go with ferienmietwagen.ch since I have a TCS Mastercard and I like to be sure that I’m completely “safe” in all circumstances without any hidden costs. That’s why I usually don’t mind paying a bit more. But for this trip their offers are much higher than competitors.
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### Author:  [@xerox5003](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/xerox5003)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/2 "2022-02-25T14:38:11Z")
Some people I know use the same companies you mentioned.
I personally always use Sixt since I have platinum membership there.
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### Author:  [@dbu](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/dbu)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/3 "2022-02-25T15:15:42Z")
I usually start at [rentalcars.com](http://rentalcars.com) and then double check with the actual providers if they come at a lower cost.
I do have a rental car insurance cover in my Axa policy, so I don’t pay for theirs any more.
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### Author:  [@Neville](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Neville)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/4 "2022-02-25T15:34:24Z")
Europcar.
Sometimes we book in Germany, sometimes in Switzerland. If you have an UBS credit cart you get a discount when booking at Europcar in Germany.
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### Author:  [@Barto](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Barto)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/5 "2022-02-25T16:13:59Z")
Haven’t used them since before Covid but broker Economy car rentals.
Seem to find best offer from Europcar etc. They have a guarantee of no extras at the desk. A hire company charged us once and we got the money back from Economy
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### Author:  [@FunnyDjo](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/FunnyDjo)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/6 "2022-02-25T16:19:12Z")
I need to rent a car in the US ATM and 2 thirds of the cost come from the full insurance from the provider.
I haven’t got a car insurance in Switzerland like @dbu so the extension is not an option but if anyone else got tips, i will be interested.
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### Author:  [@Ed\_Waadt](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Ed_Waadt)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/7 "2022-02-25T18:16:02Z")
I have had good experiences with [Rentalcars.com](http://Rentalcars.com) and autoeurope.eu
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### Author:  [@ChickenFat](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/ChickenFat)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/8 "2022-02-26T19:05:17Z")
For cars in Spain [www.doyouspain.com](http://www.doyouspain.com) usually has rates below all other options mentioned here!
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### Author:  [@Architect](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Architect)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/9 "2022-02-28T08:37:32Z")
> [@Ed\_Waadt](#):
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> autoeurope.eu
I also had several good deals through Autoeuropa platform… usually better than the providers’ website directly. Never had a problem after. The website is clean ad easy to use.
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### Author:  [@kane](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/kane)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/10 "2022-02-28T13:35:01Z")
I like Sixt because they have a good selection of premium cars at most locations (mostly BMWs and Audis), and you actually get the car you selected online. I can’t be bothered to drive a shitbox during my vacation. Also, their front desk is usually not that annoying in trying to upsell insurances, compared to the cheapo rentals.
For insurance, check credit card offers, you can e.g. get the UBS Gold card which has **CDW** insurance included for a 100.-/year in the first year, or the Platinum for 250.- which also includes **LDW**. Might be cheaper to get a card like that, use it to pay for the rental, and then cancel it again.
Lastly, make use of discount codes and employee discounts. Like hotel chains, large multinational corporations like banks, consulting firms, etc. usually have dedicated discount codes which give you better rates at booking cars. Maybe you have a friend who works at CS or UBS and can give you the code to apply in the booking process. Staff at the counter have no easy way of actually checking that you actually work for the company whose discount code you are using, most often they also neither care or ask about it.
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### Author:  [@Leap](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Leap)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/11 "2022-02-28T13:55:47Z")
Sixt offers you shareholder-discounts when you purchase a single stock (I just bought one today funnily enough). I haven’t had any experience yet with how that plays out however.
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### Author:  [@Ardius](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Ardius)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/12 "2022-02-28T20:57:59Z")
I like to compare with [Skyscanner.com](http://Skyscanner.com)
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### Author:  [@prodent](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/prodent)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/13 "2022-03-02T09:50:06Z")
I often rent in Germany and have used Check24 successfully also in Switzerland in Italy. Support is good and they have helped me in a timely manner when I had disputes with the rental company, too. So usually not only cheaper and better insured but also more convenient to deal with than booking directly with the rental company.
Most recently though, I managed to find the cheapest rate with some margin by booking directly with Sixt (shareholder discount).
What’s more important (imo) is to find a cheap / free credit card that comes with CDW insurance. I haven’t been able to find any CH cards with CDW insurance that don’t cost CHF 200 or more per year, so I stuck with French online bank boursorama’s “Visa Ultim” where I still had an account from when I was living in France. Not sure if they would take non-resident new clients: [Ouvrir un compte bancaire en ligne - Boursorama Banque](https://www.boursorama-banque.com/ultim/)
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### Author:  [@prodent](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/prodent)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/14 "2022-03-02T09:53:11Z")
You get in touch with them (there’s an e-mail address which I unfortunately don’t recall but should be easy enough to find), send them a screenshot of your brokerage account showing that you own at least 1 share along with your Sixt account info, then they will upgrade your Sixt account to “AKTIONAERE / SHAREHOLDER SIXT AG” – at least that’s how it’s displayed for me on [sixt.de](http://sixt.de)
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### Author:  [@Jaime](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Jaime)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/15 "2024-05-07T12:30:54Z")
how much discount does the sixt shareholder discount give?
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### Author:  [@Puglet](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Puglet)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/16 "2024-05-15T13:09:15Z")
check out carify. Same principle as carvolution.
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### Author:  [@SwissTeslaBull](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/SwissTeslaBull)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/17 "2024-05-16T06:09:45Z")
Most of the time I use Swiss/Easyjet together with the flight. Otherwise I use [booking.com](http://booking.com) to compare prices.
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### Author:  [@Ardius](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Ardius)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/18 "2024-05-16T06:14:10Z")
I usually search with [https://www.skyscanner.ch/ch/en-gb/chf/carhire](https://www.skyscanner.ch/ch/en-gb/chf/carhire)
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### Author:  [@campFIRE](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/campFIRE)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/19 "2026-01-07T13:56:45Z")
Hello! I’m going to rent a car (outside CH, but in EU) using for the first time [discovercars.com](http://discovercars.com).
I always used [rentalcars.com](http://rentalcars.com) before, but this time the price I got felt quite high and checking around I saw that DiscoverCars is 50% cheaper!
I must pay in advance, what is it better to use\*? A debit card or a credit card?
I’m wondering if challenging a transaction that happened in the past is possible.
Imagine that I book and pay now, then in 4 months I arrive at the rental place and there is no car. They refuse to return the money.
Can I do a credit card chargeback? A debit card chargeback? Are them equally easy/viable?
Many thanks for your input / experiences 🙂 !
\*let’s exclude costs due to the FX conversion
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### Author:  [@baldur](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/baldur)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/international-car-rental-which-company-do-you-use/8038/20 "2026-01-07T14:46:33Z")
> [@campFIRE](#):
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> Hello! I’m going to rent a car (outside CH, but in EU) using for the first time [discovercars.com](http://discovercars.com).
Not much input there, apart from that I have used [discovercars.com](http://discovercars.com) for the 1st time last summer (in Iceland) and all went fine.
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