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From: greg@olivee.UUCP (Greg Paley)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: travelling with kids
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Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 13:55:54 EDT
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> 
> One caution I forgot to pass on to the person requesting information
> on travelling with children.  It is very difficult to find rental
> cars in Europe with seat belts in the rear.  In many countries children
> cannot ride in the front seat.  After our trip to England, I had a one 
> year letter writing battle with Avis before I finally got a $500 refund
> from them.  It's a long story, but they guaranteed me a car with seat 
> belts in the rear, but then couldn't deliver.  I had to rent an expensive 
> Volvo from them to get rear seat belts.  Next time I go I'm going to take
> something along I can install myself, just in case.
> 
> 
>     				Vick Bennison
>     				...decvax!decwrl!rhea!tools!bennison
>     				(603) 881-2156


A good point.  It shouldn't apply to us, since we're planning to buy
a Volvo there and drive it around, but it's worth warning other parents
about.  When we were there last year, I had to reject several rental
cars to get one with rear seat belts.  We ended up with a VW - I forget
the German model designation, but it was the equivalent of what's sold
here as the "Quantum".  It was also outrageously expensive, and also
from Avis.

	- Greg Paley


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