Costco Car Rental out of CDG

[beejaybee]

There is a stipulation that to rent a car via Costco with either Enterprise or Alamo, one must show an itinerary or boarding pass indicating both incoming flight and a return flight. No trains. We fly into CDG, spend a few nights in Paris, then take the Thalys to Amsterdam for a river cruise. We fly home from Zurich. A poster on another forum suggested no worries about the return flight documentation- just find one that works and enter the # in one's personal itinerary.
What are Tuggers thoughts? The price difference is a savings of @120 euro.

 

[dms1709]

I didn't realize I could get a rental in Europe from Costco-thank you for that info.

 

[Jodyv]

Before Covid we rented a car through Costco at CDG. No problems at all....don't remember the car company or if we had to show anything. I DO think that if it had been complicated, we would remember that.

 

[beejaybee]

The same stipulation is on Alamo's website with a warning that if the correct information is not provided the reservation will be void. I emailed Alamo to see if our return flight out of ZRH will be acceptable, but no response within the last 72 hours. I think we'll stick with Hertz unless Alamo replies OK.

 

[Brainyboxe]

I see it's been a while since you’ve posted, but I just wanted to ask if anyone ended up using Costco for a car rental at CDG recently? I’m looking at options for next month and wondering if their deals are still decent compared to booking directly with the big agencies. Also, did anyone run into any issues with insurance coverage through Costco when picking up in France?

 

[beejaybee]

We ended up using Hertz, rebooking several times to obtain a lower price. It's been over two years, but I seem to recall that we were able to get the car before the time I'd stipulated (possibly due to being a Hertz Gold member?) since we breezed through passport control. The agent commented that typically we'd have needed to wait until the time selected for pick-up.

 

[Ken555]

Last year I rented from Paris Orly via Autoslash/Priceline (as it was much less than Costco) and there was no mention of proving departure.

 

[frank808]

I also rented through Hertz a little over year ago and had no problems. Problem was trying to find entrance to drop off luggage at CDG Sheraton hotel. Never found the entrance driving with car around airport. So returned vehicle at Hertz and rolled luggage through rental car lot to terminal and then to Sheraton CDG. CDG does not make it easy as I saw no signs saying Sheraton entrance.

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