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borntoshop

Is there a thread for moneysaving UK car hire for travel in the UK please, looked about and cannot see it? Thanks

fifeken

borntoshop wrote: »

Is there a thread for moneysaving UK car hire for travel in the UK please, looked about and cannot see it? Thanks

There's a UK Holidays etc sub forum here that might be a starting point:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=80

borntoshop

Nothing there, I thought there would be a thread, so have taken the plunge to ask, thanks.

bigbermus

Hi

I need to hire a car in mid-July picking it up from Knock Airport, Republic of Ireland.

Does anyone have any recommendations about car companies in Ireland, or ones to avoid?

I also have a European driving license (the plastic card), not a UK one. Does anyone know where I can get a DVLA from?

Thank you.

sheilavw

Hi
we are are a group of 4 going to Lourdes France 20th Jul to 24th. For first time will be hiring a car (my brother in law will drive). Does he need separate insurance? any recommendations ? one company had bad reviews. We want to pick a car where we can collect at airport and has a full tank fuel/return with same
Thanks

madmackem

Ok experts, heading to Iceland at end of October and looking for car hire - not something I've done before! It looks like Procar offer the best prices (through comparison sites) but I'm not sure on all the insurance options. Is it better to just take the standard package and have my own excess insurance? I realise this means my CC will be used to hold a deposit. Struggling with all the different types - sandstorm, tyre and windscreen, gravel - are they worth having? We will be getting a 4x4 for use on F roads.

Hern

Car hire excess insurance protection should be regarded as a standard add-on cost regardless of wherever in the world a car is rented. We recently returned from Spain having used:

http://www.direct-carexcess.co.uk/

It's a well respected insurer and its website has plenty of details.

* Meant to say: don't pay for the insurance cover offered by the car hire company and do NOT book any car unless you know in advance that the hirer will accept the insurance cover you're carrying. Spain, always crawling with fraudsters at every level and no more so than in Spanish car hire, has a growing number of scumbag operators who will refuse to rent a car their own extortionate insurance isn't purchased -- but they'll only refuse at the time of rental hand-over, when the poor unsuspecting victim arrives waving the bit of paper they have from their online but as yet unpaid booking as if it actually means something. It doesn't.

dnpark38

Have pre-booked with a cost in £'s, told I pay in resort in Euro or £'s, anyone any experience of this procedure?

kellylight

Hi, We are looking to hire a car in August for about 8 people. Can you recommend any websites etc?

geeooff

Here's a suggested nr.34 for your Car Hire Savings page.... It's an odd one!.... Check if your arrival airport has two exits that lead to different countries?

My ticket for a Swiss driving weekend, mid Sept, is to Basel Airport, Switzerland. But the Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Airport's terminal has both Swiss & French exit doors from its baggage reclaim.

I put Switzerland, 'Basel Airport' into a car hire comparison site & was quoted £83 for 3 days. I was about to click 'buy' when it occurred to me to try entering France, 'Mulhouse Airport' & the same site quoted me £31 (a miserly £27.70 after cashbacks). If I added insurance cover, perhaps the price gap would be even larger?

I noticed Geneva Airport also had 2 exits last year; I checked for the same weekend & Hertz 'Geneva Airport, Switzerland' charges £131. However Hertz 'Geneva Airport, France' charges £68. Same airport, same Fiat 500, same 3 days in Sept - :AIts like uncovering a holy grail of moneysaving!

I wonder if there are other airports where this trick works? (perhaps Gibraltar Airport, a stone's throw from Spain?)

PS; I guess there's more saving when returning? By approaching from France rather than Switzerland, I assume filling the tank with French fuel may be a tad cheaper?

PPS; If I intended to use Swiss motorways (which I don't), my French car may not display a Swiss motorway windscreen vignette. But a full year's pass only costs £32

Am I missing downsides I've not considered?