On 30/10/2003 22:24, in article ,
"Han Monsees" wrote:

1) Do the car companies consider continental Europeans as an increased risk
and charge a higher rent?

Last year I was investigating car rental in California; on the first try I
omitted to specify county of residence, and the rental company's website
defaulted to 'US'. When, the second time round, I specified 'UK', the cost
mysteriously increased by about 60%...