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We rented one just yesterday in Germany and it was rather streamlined. Used booking.com. The only thing that made no sense is that they were still harping about

by pas 5y ago

We rented one just yesterday in Germany and it was rather streamlined. Used booking.com. The only thing that made no sense is that they were still harping about needing a credit card. (Just put a bigger deposit on a debit card. Oh and the clerk made an exemption for us.) Pickup administration was 5+ minutes, return was less than 1 minute.

merb 5y ago
the credit card requirement is because they use a deposit lock instead of a withdraw. which does not work with a debit card. most german providers use it, because it's less burocratic. taking money for a deposit is generally easier to handle for them. I'm not even sure if they would be able to hold deposits without a 3rd party that has a license for that.
- pas 5y ago
  They put a lock on my deposit card without any problems at all. (As far as I know it used to be that they make an authorization request, but then doesn't "clear" it.)
  - pas 5y ago
    "deposit card" -> "debit card" :|