subject: How to Rent a Car in a Foreign Country [print this page] Your travel agency can help you with your car rental. You should contact the agency way before the travel date with details on the period you want the car and the type of car. This will give them ample time to get the car. You can make reservation online with car rental agencies, which will require you to make a deposit with them. Try to bargain as much as possible - you have nothing to lose. To get the best possible company at the best possible rates, compare as many car rental agencies as you can. The internet is the best place to do this since there are hundreds of car rental companies to choose from in each country. Review the street signs and the traffic rules of the country you are visiting. Some of the rules are very different from American rules, such as keeping left unless overtaking. Organize with the car rental company about where you will pick up the car and where you will drop it off. You can drop off the vehicle at a location different from where you picked it, at a fee.
