In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 18 Dec 2016 00:03:11 -0500,
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On Sat, 17 Dec 2016 20:31:41 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
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On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 10:07:22 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 17 Dec 2016 11:45:00 -0500, Ed Pawlowski
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I don't carry paper maps any more but long before a trip I do use them.
Always good to know the relative distance to where you are and where you
want to go. Compass is handy but you have to be careful. The roads
often twist and turn so you may show south in portions but the road is
going to end up east.

Last few trips to Europe I used a GPS and it is very handy to have.
Bigger and better than using a phone, IMO.

I'm just not willing to spend more money on something I will only use on
this trip.

By phone, do you mean an app for the cellphone. I thought you meant
that so Iwent to the Playstore and it lists 20 compass apps.

You can rent a GPS. This is just one example of a site that rents GPS specific to your
destination. I have no idea how the prices compare to other places, it's just an example
to show that the rental service exists.

https://www.lowergear.com/product.php/cat/27

Obviously, you can also check with the rental agency to see what they charge for a GPS.
Alway - always - ask if they can do better than the first price they give you. The worst they
can say is no. You might get a better deal by asking at the location where you pick up the
car. They are typically more flexible than the 800 reservation number.

When I went to pick up my car at the Las Vegas airport, I got upgraded to a full size for the
price of a mid just by asking the nice lady that was walking me to my car. "Are there any free
upgrades available?" "Sure, let's go pick out a full size car."

That 's a good idea. And it won't be the summer, which I think is their
busy season, so they might have extra cars. (To be fair, I had a teeny
car the last time and it was big enough for me. I think it was a Fiat
Panda. ) Still this time I might have 2 passengers.

If you are willing to take a chance, you can find GPS's on eBay and Craigslist, but you may
have pay something to have the European maps loaded.

Of course, there is always the "Buy and Return" method if that sort of thing doesn't bother
you.

I don't do that. It's stealing.

Every european car rental I have used offered a GPS rental with the
car. I didn't need it because I had Euro map on my TomTom which I had
with me.