Car hire - no credit card

ooops

Hi, does anyone know how you can hire a car when you have no credit card

Billy_Liar

How quickly do you need it? Many people here use pre-paid credit cards (Cashplus is maybe the most popular). You get a Mastercard or a Visa, but rather than getting credit, you have to top it up with cash. As long as you have put enough on for what you want, it functions like a normal credit card. But it can take up to two weeks to come through from first application. BL

philnicandamy

Most pre-pay credit cards apart from the cashplus card (someone correct me if i'm wrong!) your unable to use for car hire.....the cashplus card you need to contact them to activate the function on the card then your able to use for car hire.....but as BL said depends how quickly you need it although if you have Money shops or cash converters you can buy the cards over the counter without the wait...

http://www.mycashplus.co.uk/

from cashplus website

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peachyprice

philnicandamy wrote: »

(someone correct me if i'm wrong!) your unable to use for car hire.....the cashplus card you need to contact them to activate the function on the card then your able to use for car hire

Your info is spot on Phil!

Waspeze

According to this article the "sterling card" does allow you to hire cars as well but don't know anything about that particular card... so if someone has one it'd be interesting to hear if it does indeed work

http://www.what-prepaid-card.co.uk/car-hire/Using-prepaid-card-hire-a-car.html

peb

There is also an old thread on the travel site - it may be worth you doing a search. The the OP did find some companies who would hire without a credit card.

philnicandamy

these guys take visa debit/electron switch maestro

http://valuecarrentals.com/

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Billy_Liar

So that's me learned something too! Glad I didn't turn up at Avis or whoever months down the line cheerily brandishing my Cashplus... BL

KILL_BILL

philnicandamy wrote: »

these guys take visa debit/electron switch maestro

http://valuecarrentals.com/

but the majority of the companies that they use are the main hire companies- alamo etc which DO require a credit card

maxmycardagain

enterprise is cheapest, borrow a card....i used my daughters last time