Booking the right hire car

Wide and well-maintained roads around Austin make it advisable to book a large and comfortable car. This makes it convenient to cover the often long distances between destinations.

Insuring the car properly

Although traffic in Austin usually flows at a leisurely pace, it’s still easy to have an accident with an unfamiliar hire car. You’ll be well insured if you’ve rented a car with comprehensive coverage with no deductible. With liability, it is important to pay attention to the amount of coverage.

It should be at least one million euros. Because if people are injured in an accident, it can quickly become very expensive. If the coverage amount of your rental company seems too low, you can provide further protection with a so-called traveller policy. Talk to your insurance company and make sure that the policy also covers you in the USA.

Accessories

Accessories such as navigation equipment or child seats must always be ordered separately from your rental company, even in Austin. Make your reservation in good time. Only in this way can you be sure that the desired items are also available on the day of the rental in your rental station.

Tank control

Be sure to book with a rental company where you pick up the car with a full tank of gas and return it with a full tank. This is always the fairest and most transparent solution.

Customer Satisfaction Hire Car

Most customers are quite satisfied with the rental companies in Austin. Only a few complain that they were engaged in sales pitches on the spot, trying to sell them an upgrade or more insurance.

An upgrade should always be free. And if you already adequately insured the car when you booked it, you should consistently refuse to purchase any additional insurance in Austin.

Sights in Austin

Lyndon B. Johnson Library & Museum: Glimpses of History
The Lyndon B. Johnson Library & Museum is where your city stroll might begin. Here you’ll find an extensive exhibit on the life of politician Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art: Experience Modern Art
The exhibition at the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art is dedicated to modern art, which you can visit afterwards. The museum is open from Thursday to Friday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. On Saturday, you can visit the exhibit from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. On Sunday, the gates are open from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. A ticket costs nine dollars, and admission is free on Thursday.

Zillar Park: Pure Swimming Fun
Next on the city’s itinerary could be Zillar Park, just south of the city. In addition to a visit to the botanical gardens, the Bartons Spring Pool beckons with its offer of unadulterated swimming fun. The natural pool is fed by a spring, but the water is quite cold.

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum: Texan Past
You can get a glimpse into the history of the state of Texas when you visit the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. Here you will learn details about the long history of slavery. Another part of the exhibit is dedicated to the great Texas cattle drives. At the museum, you’ll also find an IMAX theater that features changing

Movies attract visitors.
Mexic-Arte Museum: Mexican Art
You’ll realize how close you are to Mexico when you visit the Mexic-Arte Museum. Here, changing Mexican artists exhibit their work. In the attached shop you can buy original souvenirs.

Austin Children’s Museum: Children’s Paradise
You can give your children a special treat when you visit the Austin Children’s Museum. Playfully, the little ones will learn a lot about the history of the state when you climb the Time Tower. In the evening, you can stroll down 6th Street. Here you’ll find lively clubs with live music blasting out onto the street.

Find a good hotel

There is no shortage of good hotels in this city either. We recommend the Four Seasons Hotel. This luxurious property is centrally located and offers a spa, pool, fitness center and a very good restaurant. Rooms are stylishly decorated and equipped with amenities like minibars, DVD players and flat-screen TVs.

Suggestion for a trip by hire car

Gruene: Historic Dance Hall
Gruene is a worthwhile first destination for a trip by hire car. You can be there in just under an hour. It is not for nothing that the village of Gruene has been declared a Historic District. The old houses with their pretty brick and marble facades are reminiscent of the German immigrants who founded the village in the 19th century. People have been dancing in Gruene Hall since 1878. But even when not dancing, the historic pub, reminiscent of a Wild West saloon, is worth a visit.

Fredericksburg: Picturesque Old Town
Continue your journey to Fredericksburg, which you will reach in about an hour and a half by hire car. This picturesque town also owes its existence to German immigrants. In the old town, numerous historic buildings line the streets. There are many farms around the town that sell freshly harvested peaches during the season from May to June.

Luckenbach: Journey to Nowhere
Before you steer your hire car back to Austin, you can stop off in Luckenbach. You’ll be there in fifteen minutes. In Luckenbach, you really are in “the middle of nowhere” because only three residents still populate this town, which in its glory days at the beginning of the 20th century still had 492 residents.

In Luckenbach you can experience the atmosphere of a ghost town and still enjoy a cool drink in the saloon. Maybe it’s because few neighbors can complain about loud music, but live bands regularly set the mood in sleepy Luckenbach. A drive of about an hour and a half now separates you from Austin, where you can plan the next few tours in your hire car.