Navigation and Rental Cars

Since most of you will be renting a car, you will most certainly benefit from a navigation system (GPS). Even if you have to learn right and left are in French, it will help you! The little villages and the cities have narrow streets, and oh the round-abouts, they're everywhere. We got lost and Vince has been going to the country house since he was little. So if you don't own a GPS with a European map, get one in the rental!
I looked on http://www.travelocity.com/ and http://www.orbitz.com/ and they both have car rentals for Lyon, France (airport code LYS) and Valence (if you're taking the train from Paris, you'll want to rent a car in Valence). They start at $44 a day for manual transmission and go up from there. If you didn't bring everything and the kitchen sink, get a small car, they come in handy!