tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post5328185714862590374..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: MercrediKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-87635979524659203502018-02-01T08:50:27.377+01:002018-02-01T08:50:27.377+01:00Ken, safe travels and strength for the journey. I ...Ken, safe travels and strength for the journey. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts.....C in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797701714608179842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17134754358719814942018-02-01T07:43:10.985+01:002018-02-01T07:43:10.985+01:00What about special fees for children, students, or...What about special fees for children, students, or senior citizens, I wonder.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-14885830147112755002018-02-01T07:42:11.986+01:002018-02-01T07:42:11.986+01:00The company site I was looking at a few days ago w...The company site I was looking at a few days ago was Budget. I've rented from them several times recently. This time, I had to fill in my country of residence on the reservation form, so I put in France. I don't remember if they asked that last year. Then I opened a private browser window and saw what it cost to rent the same car, same dates, etc. if I put in as my country of residence U.S. There was a $50+ surcharge for renting as a French resident. I went to another company's site for my rental, and I got a better price. But I didn't do the comparison again, so I don't know if I'm paying that company a surcharge for being a French resident or not.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58617850406915962812018-02-01T06:00:27.469+01:002018-02-01T06:00:27.469+01:00Businesses in areas that are frequented by a lot o...Businesses in areas that are frequented by a lot of tourists often charge higher prices for things that do businesses in less touristy areas. But you can choose where you want to shop to avoid higher prices. Business owners don't look at a customer and decide what to charge using arbitrary criteria.<br /><br />And I can understand why it is more expensive to rent cars in New York than in, for example, Florida. That doesn't seem discriminatory to me either.<br /><br />The problem is, I am not a resident of the U.S. I'm just a native and a citizen. My tax residence is France.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-64286301635026369102018-01-31T15:03:59.298+01:002018-01-31T15:03:59.298+01:00I don't think so. I've rented in France fr...I don't think so. I've rented in France frequently, often through AutoEurope but sometimes through the car rental company directly. When I check a rate through a car rental company's web site, they don't know where I reside, so the rate I see is the same whether I'm a resident or not.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-73792841649143272832018-01-31T14:31:41.529+01:002018-01-31T14:31:41.529+01:00A California appeals court just ruled 3-0 that a C...A California appeals court just ruled 3-0 that a Company's pricing strategy according to age is “prohibited arbitrary discrimination." This should apply also to discrimination according to country, no? (FiveThirtyEight Newsletter)chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59823022374915869452018-01-31T14:13:48.466+01:002018-01-31T14:13:48.466+01:00http://us.france.fr/en/about-france/renting-car-an...http://us.france.fr/en/about-france/renting-car-and-driving-france<br />I realize that anywhere you go in the world, at least the US and Europe .. that prices , in general, are higher for tourists.<br />But you are a resident .. you have papers to prove it .. I would complain :)<br />Sometimes I let things slide but when they are so unfair, I complain .. a lot .. annoyingly .. they usually give in just to shut me up ;)<br /><br />Oh and NY car rentals are more than another state .. Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-41311396388525564092018-01-31T13:26:57.160+01:002018-01-31T13:26:57.160+01:00À la tête du client in a way.<i>À la tête du client</i> in a way.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-67192905973462223482018-01-31T13:26:02.401+01:002018-01-31T13:26:02.401+01:00Maybe. But you think they'd realize I'm no...Maybe. But you think they'd realize I'm not a tourist in my own country.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55301499532519516172018-01-31T13:25:34.594+01:002018-01-31T13:25:34.594+01:00That I don't know.That I don't know.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74808939079596289572018-01-31T13:24:00.659+01:002018-01-31T13:24:00.659+01:00The beauty of unregulated capitalism? In French, a...The beauty of unregulated capitalism? In French, <i>arnaque</i> or <i>grand banditisme</i>.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60938714073379609462018-01-31T13:02:18.073+01:002018-01-31T13:02:18.073+01:00That's lousy. I wonder if we US residents pay ...That's lousy. I wonder if we US residents pay more for renting a car in France, than do French residents?Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-70314353205718532442018-01-31T12:08:26.648+01:002018-01-31T12:08:26.648+01:00Tourist price. I expect visitors to Australia pay ...Tourist price. I expect visitors to Australia pay tourist prices. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26327828665236598062018-01-31T07:38:59.792+01:002018-01-31T07:38:59.792+01:00When I entered U.S. as country of residence, I got...When I entered U.S. as country of residence, I got a significantly lower price than when I entered France. Of course I couldn't actually claim to live in the U.S. because the credit card I used to pay and guarantee the reservation has a French billing address though issued by a U.S. bank.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12373067059564888452018-01-31T07:24:39.164+01:002018-01-31T07:24:39.164+01:00That's odd. I can understand prices rising or...That's odd. I can understand prices rising or falling because of demand, but geographic penalties don't make sense. Maybe a manager could explain the logic.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.com