If traveling to Europe for a visit of over about 2 weeks, why not consider a short-term lease instead of a car rental?

The Government of France has developed a novel tax-free scheme which enables manufacturers in that country to offer vehicles to travelers from outside the EU on the basis of a short-term lease. This is designed to encourage tourism.
For the term of your lease, you own the car, and the company offers a buy-back scheme at the end of the lease period at a predetermined price, which includes everything including comprehensive insurance with zero excess.

Whilst it is most cost effective to pick up and return the vehicle in France, arrangements can be made to do this in other countries (at a set price). This enables low cost one-way travel (much cheaper than with rental companies).
You can have the exact brand-new vehicle that you reserve, with 24/7 breakdown cover and can take it to some 30 countries.

The pricing is all inclusive and paid up-front, offering you one less thing to worry about when you are overseas.

No taxes will apply – compared to value added taxes of up to 20% that are always added to your car rental bill. There are also no additional driver surcharges.

In Europe, high fuel economy diesel vehicles have become the norm, and it is possible to guarantee that you can get one of these cars. This will result in a 30% to 40% reduction in fuel costs during your vacation.

The vehicles makes available under this scheme are Peugeot, Citroen and Renault.

If you would like to find out more about car leasing in Europe, contact one of the companies specializing in this aspect of travel. These include:

• Drive Travel – http://www.drivetravel.com
• Idea Merge – http://www.ideamerge.com

Submitted by John Kumm www.onlinetravelconsultant.com