Gayle and I rented a car in Spain for 9 days. We arranged the Reservation through Auto Europe and paid slightly less than $50 per day, which included basic and comprehensive insurance. That means a high Euro deductible and no real personal theft coverage. A GPS and putting Gayle on as the second driver were also extra. I declined all the extras, although in hindsight I would have changed my mind on the GPS. Also extra (of course) was gasoline and various Toll Roads/Tunnels that popped up here and there during our journeys.
Europcar rented us a VW Golf, which had plenty of personal and luggage room, had good pep and acceleration, scored good gas mileage, and made driving a stick enjoyable again. The only time I was concerned about traffic was in the commercial areas of Andorra, although Gayle was sure that I was going to drive the car off the road in on narrow section above Pal in the Mountains. Our biggest complaint over the entire trip was that the CD Player didn't work. We brought music to pass the time (including our favourite - The Crazy Heart Soundtrack). Short of that, we occasionally listened to trashy Euro-Pop, got on each others nerves more when trying to navigate, but otherwise enjoyed each others company and conversation.
We dropped the Car off in Girona and then took the Renfe Train into Barcelona. And after later observing that City's Traffic, that was a very good choice. The Europcar Return wasn't obvious when we arrived at the Girona Train Station, so we parked in the inner lot and walked in. The guy at the Europcar Desk was great. He walked with us out to the car, checked out its condition, and didn't charge us for going 2 hours into the next day's rent. He also told us that he would move the car to the correct place and that we were free to go. We really appreciated this and on just the strength of this service, we would rent from Europcar again. read more