Marina d'Arechi at the London Boat Show

[MapisM]

this was a 90 day aged rib of beef

Wow, not just a wine, but also a meat connoisseur, I reckon! :encouragement:

 

[MAFWeiss]

Wow, not just a wine, but also a meat connoisseur, I reckon! :encouragement:

I am just a simple but extravagant, life loving, only but the best, hedonistic gourmand kind a guy!

 

[petem]

Back to Marina d'Arechi, looks stunning and good value too but being at the mercy of IT hire car companies would put me off. I vaguely recall getting a train from Sorrento to Herculaneum once, is the train an option from Naples down to Marina d'Arechi? Otherwise, as you say, a new airport would be a game changer (although being at the mercy of O'Leary wouldn't be great either).

 

[petem]

​Haahaa… well wine collecting was my main passion before I discovered boats. Since the early 90s, I amassed a collection of over 16,000 bottles, predominately of the finest Burgundies (75% of which are in long term professionally storage).

Any room for any 'kegs' on board ?

 

[MapisM]

being at the mercy of IT hire car companies would put me off

That's something which in my experience has radically changed for the better, in the last years.
Not later than a dozen of days ago, I hired a car at Cagliari airport from a small IT company.
I got a 4 door Fiesta, brand new, for 8 days, for 98 Eur all in. And its TDCi engine was amazingly frugal, too!
It's been a while since I rented a car in NA airport, but I have no reason to think that it should be much different.

 

[petem]

That's something which in my experience has radically changed for the better, in the last years.
Not later than a dozen of days ago, I hired a car at Cagliari airport from a small IT company.
I got a 4 door Fiesta, brand new, for 8 days, for 98 Eur all in. And its TDCi engine was amazingly frugal, too!
It's been a while since I rented a car in NA airport, but I have no reason to think that it should be much different.

P, here in the UK (unless the waiver excess is paid) we regard overseas car hire companies as rip-off merchants for charging for every (existing) scratch and ding to be repaired. Unfortunately IT companies are considered the worst of the lot. No doubt there are exceptions.

Private car transfers aren't much better IMO although to be fair the ones I had from / to Carloforte were excellent.

 

[MAFWeiss]

P, here in the UK (unless the waiver excess is paid) we regard overseas car hire companies as rip-off merchants for charging for every (existing) scratch and ding to be repaired. Unfortunately IT companies are considered the worst of the lot. No doubt there are exceptions.

Private car transfers aren't much better IMO although to be fair the ones I had from / to Carloforte were excellent.

Apart from occasionally try to upsell to a more expensive car, I have had no problems with rentals. If we are not in need of a car, we arrange a private transfer through the marina which works out roughly 100 euros each way.

 

[petem]

Apart from occasionally try to upsell to a more expensive car, I have had no problems with rentals. If we are not in need of a car, we arrange a private transfer through the marina which works out roughly 100 euros each way.

All sounds pretty good! Hopefully your thread might encourage some Brits to give that area a go.

 

[MapisM]

P, here in the UK (unless the waiver excess is paid) we regard overseas car hire companies as rip-off merchants for charging for every (existing) scratch and ding to be repaired.
Unfortunately IT companies are considered the worst of the lot.

I'm not sure IT is really the worst, if we must generalize - I guess it depends on which Countries you include in the lot: have you ever hired a car in Mexico, just as an example?
Anyway, if you choose not to pay the waiver excess (as I also normally do), I would definitely suggest to make a habit of:
1) checking carefully the whole car exterior, pretending to have any defect written down, no matter how minor;
2) NEVER drop the keys and leave upon arrival, but ask instead to have the car checked and the final receipt issued.
I always do that (mind, wherever I am, UK included), and never experienced anyone even just trying to charge for some damage.

 

[petem]

I'm not sure IT is really the worst, if we must generalize - I guess it depends on which Countries you include in the lot: have you ever hired a car in Mexico, just as an example?
Anyway, if you choose not to pay the waiver excess (as I also normally do), I would definitely suggest to make a habit of:
1) checking carefully the whole car exterior, pretending to have any defect written down, no matter how minor;
2) NEVER drop the keys and leave upon arrival, but ask instead to have the car checked and the final receipt issued.
I always do that (mind, wherever I am, UK included), and never experienced anyone even just trying to charge for some damage.

OK, worst in the popular Euro destinations for Brits. I know the ways to avoid being ripped-off but when you're on holiday and perhaps in a rush to collect or drop off a car then some of the checking can get over looked. You might think I'm always knocking IT, but I really do love the place, the people and the food.