Review: Problems with the gps
Posted by: jessaust
on Jun 22, 2009Rate: 



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We hired a car from Athens for five days in March. Our hire car was droped off at our hotel and we droped it off at the port, so it was very easy to find. One thing that we weren't informed of is that they put the car into a parking area so we had to pay the fee to get the car out even though we were waiting in the lobby at the arranged time
and they could have just parked out the front. The fee was under 10 euros.
The man who was with the car was polite but did not go out of his way to be helpful. His English was poor and this created difficulties with regards to previous damage on the car and information about the gps unit. There was minor damage in the car and a cigarette burn on the floor mats but it was nice and clean and did not smell of smoke.
We payed an extra 10 euros per day to get a gps unit with our rental. We either got a poor quality or old one or the maps for Greece are not up to the same standard as America or Australia. There we a lot of main roads that were not registered on the gps. It could not tell us that certain streets were one way streets and in the majority of the towns we visited it did not have any details inside the town including streets, hotels, sightseeing etc. These towns included Olympia, Sparti and Meterora.