Free Car Upgrade with France Rail N' Drive Purchase from Rail Europe
White Plains, NY, August 7, 2006 - Receive a free upgrade on the rental car category when you purchase a France Rail 'n Drive from Rail Europe between now and October 31 this year. This offer is valid on car rental pickups between August 21 and December 14. France Rail 'n Drive must be booked in North America. Just go to http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/rail_drive/france_rail_drive.htm
The France Rail 'n Drive pass combines two days of 1 st class train travel with two days of car rental, starting at $265 US/$329 CAD for an economy car, such as a Renault Twingo, Renault Megane or Renault Laguna. Purchasers confirm the upgrade when they confirm car pickup time, date and place. There are six categories of cars available (economy manual transmission, compact manual, intermediate manual, full-size manual, intermediate automatic and minivan). The free upgrade is valid for the first three - all manual transmission - types of vehicles. For example, purchase a France Rail 'n Drive specifying an intermediate car (starting at $290 US/$ 360 CAD) and you receive a free upgrade to a full-size car.
Rail 'n Drive car rental (and train travel) days need not be consecutive, and you can add extra train or car days (before you depart from North America). With a 3 rail day, 2 car day France Rail 'n Drive pass you could spend several days in Paris, take the train (little more than 1 hour) to St. Pierre des Corps (near Tours) and pick up a rental car to tour the Loire Valley with its magnificent chateaus for a day and drop the car off that evening. The next morning, take the train to Bordeaux (2.5 hrs), spend 2 days there, then pick up another car for a day to go wine-tasting in the surrounding countryside and take the train back to Paris. Or plan a similar itinerary to Normandy, Alsace, Provence or any of France's other tempting regions.
The North American subsidiary of the French National Railroads, Rail Europe is the leading distributor of European rail products, with the widest selection of railpasses, point-to-point tickets, and rail-related products (such as Rail 'n Drive passes) for travel throughout Europe.
For more information or to book France Rail 'n Drive or any other European rail product, contact a travel agent or Rail Europe at www.raileurope.com or by calling toll-free 1-888-382-7245 (U.S.) or 1-800-361-7245 (Canada).
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