Good car, good company

Friendly service and thorough introduction

I was worried about others saying they'd push insurance on us, or add insurance without our consent. However, they just asked for our home address, showed us the contract on a screen, and had us sign it. We couldn't fully understand, but we signed anyway. I used my phone to translate and told them we already had insurance. I think they understood because there were no insurance charges on our final bill. We were lucky and didn't end up having to buy extra insurance. The car was relatively new and very clean. Fuel in France is really expensive, usually around 1.98. It's cheaper in Italy, around 1.8 for the one time we filled up there. French highway tolls are also extremely costly. So, self-driving trips aren't cheap! It's just convenient not having to drag suitcases everywhere. But driving is really tiring!

The service staff at AVIS in France were very enthusiastic. They loaned me a brand-new Mercedes. The Mercedes there performs better than the same class in China because it uses diesel, which is available at all French gas stations. The return location is at the airport. Renting and returning at different locations costs the same.