Perfectly sized rental car by Bwana_Brown
In anticipation of starting our driving trip in Alicante and heading southwest from there to the Costa del Sol region, about a month earlier I had managed to book a Ford Focus station-wagon rental (capable of handling three suitcases between Sue's sister and us) for the 3-weeks we would be spending in Spain. However, our decision to leave Madrid the day after first landing there meant we would arrive in Alicante two full days before we were supposed to pick up that car, but the rental agency would not let us advance our booked date. Once again, since there was only Sue and I to deal with for those two days, I shopped around on the internet and had no problem arranging a two-day rental of a small diesel Renault Clio III through the "Auto-Europe" booking agency. At Alicante airport, the actual paperwork and keys were handled through the Record Go rental desk with a total cost of 32 Euros (C$53). It turned out to be a great little car for the tight European parking spaces, driving around the congested streets of Alicante and for our enjoyable trip up the coast to the scenic Moraira area near Cabo de Sant Antonio. The Clio required 14 Euros of fuel to top it up from the 300-km we put on the odometer. Once our time was up, we swapped it at the airport for the Ford and headed off on the 'real' part of our vacation!
