u/MaestroCraeg

We're planning a family vacation to France. Landing either in Toulouse or Marseille, and departing from Paris.

Any suggestions for a car rental:

- we're 5 adults + 1 infant, (we're carrying our own car seat)

- we're considering one of the 9 seaters, so that there is ample space for luggage after folding 1 row of seats

So far I've seen options from Alamo - but trust pilot doesn't have good reviews. ​​​

Edit 1: I seem to have Alamo, Enterprise and National as options so far. Any suggestions?

My wife and I travelled with our 8 month old son. We landed at MAD around 3 pm. After exiting the aircraft at terminal T4S, the passport control/immigration was in the same terminal.

Surprisingly, when we reached passport control, it was VERY empty. There were a couple of airport staff who were guiding people to the correct lanes, EU passports, non EU passports, etc.

Madrid airport seemed well-equipped, there were many rows of the EES machines. As far as I know, you need to use the machine only if your passport is a biometric passport. My wife and I don't have biometric passports, only my son does. But, since he's an infant, the airport staff waved us over and told us to go directly to manual counter 17 or 18, which is for families.

All 3 of us had our photos taken, and my wife and I had our fingerprints registered. And we were through. Less than 5 mins for all 3 of us.

Edit: I forgot to add the date - Sunday 19 April

My wife and I travelled with our 8 month old son. We landed at MAD around 3 pm. After exiting the aircraft at terminal T4S, the passport control/immigration was in the same terminal.

Surprisingly, when we reached passport control, it was VERY empty. There were a couple of airport staff who were guiding people to the correct lanes, EU passports, non EU passports, etc.

Madrid airport seemed well-equipped, there were many rows of the EES machines. As far as I know, you need to use the machine only if your passport is a biometric passport. My wife and I don't have biometric passports, only my son does. But, since he's an infant, the airport staff waved us over and told us to go directly to manual counter 17 or 18, which is for families.

All 3 of us had our photos taken, and my wife and I had our fingerprints registered. And we were through. Less than 5 mins for all 3 of us.

Edit: I forgot to add the date - Sunday 19 April

Edit 2: I randomly checked the website which calculates and let's you know how long more you can stay in schengen - it matched my visa. But damn, I miss the stamps in my passport now ​​​​​😭