Travel / From Poland to Kaliningrad: car rental and insurance required [6]

Did you manage to find a rental company in Poland that allowed you to cross the border? Let me know, I want to do the same;)

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

And I am very grateful for your help! I'll just wait on the rental companies to reply and otherwise we'll just take the bus and train!

Thanks again!

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

No can't make it on time! We will be arriving later than 16.50. So I think busses on saturday are no option! Or there should be a overnight busservice, but I guess not.

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

It sounds like that would be really expensive:P My idea now is to take the train on sunday and the bus on tuesday to get back, but if we can get to kaliningrad by car for max 150-200euro's we would do that to get the extra day.

Update : we = two of us.

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

Thank you for your help!

I just contacted them all, the border police, the car rental companies, now I just have to wait;)

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

I have indeed, but since we arrive at about 18.30 in the evening on saturday there is no way to catch a train or bus that evening. The busses don't ride on sunday so we would have to take the train at 8.35 which arrives at 15h in Kaliningrad. The bus back would be on tuesdays at 6.30, that would be OK. Since it's only for three days, we would have more kaliningrad-time when we rent a car. (but indeed our first idea was to go by train).

Or do you have other bus services tips that do leave on saturday evening (or sunday morning)?

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

Thanks for your quick reply! I will contact them and indeed ask for a bad looking car. (I can't afford a mercedes after all :-) )

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

Well just for three days in november! Buying a car would be too much trouble in three days i guess!

by the way, does anyone know if the (braniewo) border checks are open 24/7 or what the openingtimes are?

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

Thanks, it will be a real problem, because the websites I looked at so far wouldn't let me. Tonight I will start calling companies, maybe that works better! Any hints on companies? Maybe smaller companies will let rentals go outside EU.

Travel / Crossing Poland - Green Card Car Insurance for Kaliningrad, Russia [8]

Tris,

I want to cross the border to Russia at the same point you did but really wonder about the queues because I will have a flight to catch on my way back. Do you think the queues were there because it was the Summer period? Or will the queues be there whenever you want to cross the border? Did you have any troubles with your visa when crossing the border?

Thank you!