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I'm skeptical because you can get quotes for rental cars without entering any personal details. I guess they could geolocate based on your IP but it still sounds fishy.

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Here is my citation...You can try yourself. It's even worst than I remember. Make sure to always use Incognito mode, a different browser and if possible a VPN arriving from different locations.

Example I tried 5 minutes ago...

https://www.europcar.com/

-> Pickup Car At Florence Aiport at 12:00 -> Next Monday the 29 May -> Return next Friday the 2 of June at 12:00

You will notice the webpage has in the beginning a prominent "I Live In". Here are some quotes for the same model AUDI Q5 AUTOMATIC and time period.

"I live in The Netherlands" -> €287.49 / day

"I live in Greece" -> €318.64 / day

"I live in Jamaica" -> "Sorry, there’s no vehicle available at:" -> When two seconds before there was...And suddenly there is when you say you live in Germany....I know....It's incredible :-))

At least in my experience the price online includes any/all “airport fees” (not named that, but for the sake of simplification) and when you pick up the car and prove that you live locally (ie are not using the airport) they will void those fees, but only usually if I ask

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