Help with car hire

ayla261

hi, hope i've posted in right section...am looking to book car hire for alicante in fortnights time, does anyone know of good sites to check? Best i've found so far is carjet

barginunter

I doubt you'll find better than Carjet.

horizon

Hi

When we went on holiday to Spain a couple of years ago, I used carjet.
I found them to be good value, had a decent car, and their service was pretty good.
This was from Barcelona airport.

Cheers

Horizon

moonrakerz

My daughter used Carjet in Alicante last year. Got a new Aircon Fiesta - somebody "keyed" it while they had it. When they took the car back - no bother - all covered in the inclusive insurance. What you see is what you pay - no extras !

trippy

If you have Tesco clubcard vouchers you can use Avis. I have just rented a car in Lanzarote for a week using £35 worth of vouchers which converted to £140 in Avis vouchers. Granted they were quoting £30 more for the week than Carjet (which was the cheapest I found), but it was free!

ayla261

trippy wrote:

If you have Tesco clubcard vouchers you can use Avis. I have just rented a car in Lanzarote for a week using £35 worth of vouchers which converted to £140 in Avis vouchers. Granted they were quoting £30 more for the week than Carjet (which was the cheapest I found), but it was free!

now that sounds like a great deal, unfortunately no vouchers at mo, will remeber that one for next year and go ahead and book with carjet then, thanks a lot

gatita

Hi Ayla,
I am pretty certain you won't get a better deal than with carjet. One thing I would advise is that you take the voluntary tyre insurance (15 Euros) this is the only thing NOT included with general carhire.
I should know as my daughter works for the company in Alicante

ayla261

thanks to all, have just booked with carjet and todays quote was actually £5 less than week ago :T Can i ask why you'd recommend getting the tyre insurance?

gatita

Hi Ayla,
For some reason unknown to me the tyres are not included.....so the driver is held responsible for any UNDUE wear or tear on the tyres. People have been known to take the cars off road..........cut the tryes to pieces and then claim it was normal 'wear & tear'. This insurance will be offered to you when you pick up your car at the airport, as it is only 15 Euros well worth the peace of mind. I had a blow out last time I was there, and as I had the cover, I didn't have to pay a penny.

LesD

We always use Carjet at Alicante (and Murcia) and have been very pleased with the service. However, remember they are just brokers. It is the car supplier that determines the value of the hire.

We won't accept cars supplied by Iberocar now. The one we had was in poor condition and others we have spoken to have also had problems with that company.

The 15EUR additional insurance also covers windscreen glass damage which is another exclusion from the 'all-inclusive' price. Some suppliers offer just wheels and tyres cover for 10EUR but it's probably the glass cover which is better value. Haven't yet tried to get just glass for 5EUR!!!!!!!!!

ayla261

thanks for that gatita, we'll be getting a quad for off road so hopefully it won't apply for us but i'll still take that into consideration when we get there