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notelvis
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Is anyone familiar with car rental agencies in Austin?

Specifically, I'm wondering if anyone has rented a car at the Austin airport but dropped the car off at a downtown location (or even the Amtrak station) on a Sunday morning.

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I can't help specifically but what I would say is, if you find somewhere, give them a call direct - to the actual location, not some call center somewhere. They can tell you straight from the horse's mouth what you need to know.

(Having experienced a rental car drop off that stated a location that did not even exist - New Orleans Amtrak/Greyhound)

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Will do -

Just toying with an idea for February.....

May not even do Texas at all. Denver is appealing also..... and more transit friendly.

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And we could meet. Come on a friday night and attend a poetry reading with me.
At least a coffee..

Ira

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quote:
Originally posted by Ira Slotkin:
And we could meet. Come on a friday night and attend a poetry reading with me.
At least a coffee..

Ira

Another temptation for sure Ira!

Do you know whether the Saturday morning walking tours of the Union Station area re-development continue during the winter months? That's an itch that I'd like to scratch as well.

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I don't know. However the area looks pretty well gated off to me. There's a lot of construction - on both sides and in back. I'll look more closely when next I am downtown - which will be tomorrow afternoon.

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I know we have wandered a long way from Austin but talking Denver a bit more, Ira - are you familiar with the 'Denver Infill Blog'? It has been a pretty decent source for those of us geographically challenged folks to keep up with things going on in Denver in general and the Union Station re-development in particular.

Here's the link -

Denver Updates

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David Pressley

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