I finally started the AutoEurope booking. We pickup in Switzerland and dropoff in Rome. Last year we pickedup in Zurich at an office near our hotel - we will pickup at the same location - 33 Lindenstrasse. It was a nice, small office in a quiet residential area a short cab ride from the hotel.
For dropoff in Rome, we are trying another in town location. Ann from HI on the message board found this one - Via Dei Prati Fiscali, north of the downtown and Villa Borghese area, just off the Via Salaria (SS4), not far from where the A1 meets the Rome ring road.
I requested a midsize automatic because it was almost the same price as the compact (VW Bora for midsize, VW Gold for compact). The cost is about $500 more for automatic for this 29 day rental. Expensive, but the driving will be easier and I can do some of the driving (although last year we had an automatic and I only drove once). There is also an extra charge for droppingoff in a different country. I should be able to get a travel agent discount, since Slow Travelers is an AutoEurope affiliate. We got a discount last year.
I also wrote to our Gstaad rental agency to see if we can change from a Sunday - Sunday 2 week rental to Monday - Monday, because adding on the extra day in Konstanz means we don't arrive until Monday in Gstaad. I don't know if this is possible, but if it is, it means we can just drive straight from Gstaad to Levanto on the Monday. Otherwise we will make it 2 day drive.
