So I have to go to Italy next month. (My students laugh when I say that: "Oh, you have to go?" I travel often enough that I try to avoid trips more often than I try to make them, these days; I sent one of my students to Sydney last month because I was just too busy with other things.) I'll be flying into Milan and driving to Trieste. Okay, so I need a car. I check out the rates online. Not bad! It's possible to rent an economy car for a week at a base rate of about 33 Euros. So, I move to the checkout page: Base rate plus taxes and fees equals 276 Euros. What? Did I misread 33/Euros per day as 33/Euros per week? Nope. Here's what I also have to pay:

Wow.