Does anyone have any suggestions for hiring a car in Geneva (Switzerland) that’s not crazy expensive? It’s expensive to start, and then there are additional costs to pick up from the airport (both French and Swiss sides it seems). The car requires to go to just over the border to the French alps, so understand there are rules regarding requiring to be an EU car or have the EU decal to drive on EU roads (but still working out how to confirm the car has this if I find a cheap car deal). It’s only required for 2 days (driving for approx an hour and back), but taxi rates according to online calculators would be even more costly. There appears to be no public transport for this route unfortunately. Suggestions would be much appreciated!

What about using uber? Might be worth checking out? https://www.uber.com/en-CA/cities/geneva/
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Oh we don’t have Uber so didn’t even think of it! Thank you!

I've used Uber and Lyft while traveling in other cities/countries. It's much cheaper (and dare I say more reliable!) than a local taxi. I really wish Metro Vancouver would get on board with these types of transportation options!!

Not sure about car rentals in Switzerland but I am just back from France and was able to book my one week car rental at the Marseille airport, drove to Italy and then back to airport. Was thru COSTCO travel and was extremely reasonable. Def. book as far in advance as possible.

I’ll look up Costco travel to see if I can chat with somewhere there! Thanks!

You can do it online yourself to see if it might work. Just go to Costco travel Canada and input your dates and pick up/drop off locations. Should give you a quote right away.

Oh awesome
Thanks!!

Doh! My locations weren’t accepted online so it asked me to call, but I’m not a member so couldn’t proceed. Thanks for the advice! I’ve saved it in case I get a membership!

My information is probably long out of date but there were no bureaucratic difficulties the last 2 times I rented a car in Germany and drove into Switzerland (and Liechtenstein for that matter). In general it is always cheaper to book your rental car from here than to wait till you get there. I'd also consider the Swiss railway system if you can get away without a vehicle...there are post buses to small communities and Swiss public transport is very efficient. In my experience, unfortunately, there is no such word as "cheap" in Switzerland. I do have friends in Lausanne, so if you have specific questions about destinations I could try asking them for you.

Thanks for confirming some of my assumptions like needing to book ahead! Unfortunately there is no transit available to gite du passant as I emailed them to ask!
Thank you so much for offering to contact your friends, that is very kind! I think I might call a worldwide car hire company here and ask them the best way forward as I am struggling! If I cannot proceed further I may return to ask thank you!

I don’t know your route, but if you’re going just city to city, try Blablacar! We used it going from Lyon to Geneva and it was like €12 pp. there are lots of tolls on those highways to so think about that when you factor in cost too...

I had never heard of them! It sounds awesome!! I thought my problems were solved but apparently it is a quite uncommon route and there’s no trips, and unlikely, but I’ve saved it for other journeys I need thanks!
And thanks for the heads up on highway tolls, I hadn’t factored that in yet!

Is this where you are going: https://www.yverdonlesbainsregion.ch/en/P14875
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