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Mastercard/Visa’s control (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

I think you are making too sweeping of a statement here. Maybe this is the case for car rentals you encounter / have access to but the response should show that's not the case everywhere in the EU. I rented a car without a credit card over 5 years ago where I'm from. You do pay a deposit that I suppose a credit card would normally insure for, but the option exists. Either way, if a car rental requires a credit card, I would not even consider renting with them. That's ridiculous.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Look, if you go to mom and pop's car rental, sure, they can accept hens as payment if they like. If you use car rentals the most common way, as a supplement for airport travel, you rent one in your city, you use it to go to the airport, return it, fly to your destination, rent another car at the airport, do your things, go back, repeat. At those locations you'll only have the big names, AVIS, Hertz, Europcar... Those are mostly credit-card or corporate account exclusive. And corporate accounts are expensive, at my former company we had a bunch of people travelling constantly and it still wasn't economically advantageous, apparently.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    You never said your statement was just about airport car rentals. Over here that is very likely not the most common usage of rentals (and certainly if you exclude business travel and holidays), since airports are far between, but car rentals are all over the place, far away from those airports. You rent cars over here if you dont own a car and need transportation. Or if you have to move a large amount of items you rent a van.

    Besides, you can simply take the bus or train from any airport to a real car rental which should be close by in any major city. Of course if you go do it in a business hub you will find scams for the average person. Does that sacrifice a little bit of convenience, sure. But if you buy all your water from street vendors at a tourist attraction we dont claim water is expensive.

    I can see you are simply from a very different world, that of business travel, which is why your perspective is so different.

    EDIT: And no, I didn't use a mom and pop shop, I used the biggest car renter in my country (Netherlands) with over 130 locations.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Also, you are just wrong about the big names you mentioned:

    spoilerEuropcar

    Debit Cards – Accepted in many countries, but restrictions apply (see below)

    In some countries, only credit cards are accepted—unless you've prepaid online with a debit card. If you prepaid your rental with a debit card, you must bring the same card to the counter, along with a valid credit card for the deposit. Your card must be in the name of the main driver, and valid for the entire duration of the rental.

    AVIS

    Mini and Economy class; debit or credit card;

    FVMR; debit or credit card;

    Passenger van (9 pers.); debit or credit card;

    Van; cash, debit card, or credit card;

    Hertz

    Your debit card is now welcome at Hertz in Europe. Here at Hertz we like to make renting a car personal. You decide what to drive and where to drive, and now you can choose how to pay.

    We welcome debit cards across our European locations. We want your journey with us to be easy, so giving you options on how to pay puts you in the driving seat. No complicated processes – a simple deposit that works the same for credit cards as debit cards. Go your own way. Pay your own way.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, you just confirmed what I said:
    Europcar: vague statement about countries, again WITH deposit.
    AVIS: in the link it says mini car or van with debit AND deposit, otherwise credit.
    Hertz: super vague, still asks for a deposit.

    Look I'm tired of arguing, it seems that you've got that Reddit issue where you think you know more about something than those who regularly deal with that, so I'll tell you you're right, please go away.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Holy shit dude, you have a problem with accepting reality, not me 😂 The question was debit vs credit card, not deposit vs no deposit. I've never once said you need no deposit, you just made that up so you could say I'm wrong. And I also rent cars... your experience is no more valid than mine.

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