Ideas desperately needed

[morgaina]

I have decided to avoid the Christmas Rush and get started on my worrying now:

Oldest son & DIL are flying into Seattle just before Christmas. Then they will pick up dancing_guru, rent a car, and drive to Moscow. This will be just a few days before Christmas.
When dancing_guru contacted the rental car companies they told her they do not allow chains to be put on their cars and do not have snow tires available for their rentals either. The company said All-weathers should be fine, FOR OVER THE PASSES, ARE THEY INSANE? ARE THEY STUPID?

Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this dilemma?

Comments

[freewaydiva.livejournal.com]

Rent an SUV or other 4WD. And chain up anyway - it's likely to be *required* over the passes.

She might also want to escalate to a manager-type to explain the situation.

Hmmm...

[dancing-guru.livejournal.com]

Is it possible, though, that putting on chains could tear up the car as they are so afraid of? I don't want to have to end up paying for the damage....
I think the talking to a manager type is an excellent idea...

Re: Hmmm...

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree.
I hope you will do it right away, before the most reliable cars have been reserved.
(immediately, :-) I hope.)