Cheap Car Hire in Portugal Wanted

BLUEWKD

I am having difficulty finding cheap car hire in Portugal. I have gone through all the comparison sites, but cannot find a deal. Can anyone help please

greyteam1959

Ever thought of trying this site ???
Google

BLUEWKD

mervyn11 wrote: »

Ever thought of trying this site ???
Google

Very helpful, thanks. Yes I have and I even tried it before posting here.

greyteam1959

www.economycarhire.com
www.carjet.co.uk

BLUEWKD

mervyn11 wrote: »

www.economycarhire.com
www.carjet.co.uk

Thanks, economy I had tried and it couldn't find any cars for July. Carjet is like all the ones I have tried and is quoting £24 a day. When I have booked car hire before, I have usually got it for around £12 a day. I know it is summer/high season but the prices seem to be very high at the moment.

greyteam1959

Unfortunately £24 a day for July / August is about what you will have to pay !!!
I was quoted £1500 for 4 weeks car hire a couple of years ago in August..........
Went & bought a brand new car & exported it to Spain.........quids in.
Sorry I cant help anymore re car hire.

BLUEWKD

economycarhire wrote: »

Hi BLUEWKD,

I have just checked availability for you.

As no dates have been provided, I have searched for the whole of July and am pleased to advise that we currently have vehicles available at both Faro and Lisbon Airports as well as local locations such as Albufeira.

Generally during the high season you will find that the prices are always more expensive as availability is low.

With this in mind, our advice is to book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Thanks, but the Aiport I want to hire a car from is Porto.

Biblus

If my experience of economycarhire.com is anything to go by I wouldn't deal with them. Economycarhire.com states there are "no hidden extras".

I made a booking on 9 June for Portugal, had a mail back same day to say they would get back to me in 48 hrs. As I didn't hear from them I booked elsewhere. Had a mail from economy at the end of the day on 14 June confirming they had a car.

Told them they were too late. They tried to charge me £15 cancellation fee and £3 c/card fee for... what? Being tardy in their communications!

They said they had problems with contacting hire companies, but would let me off the 'cancellation' fee, however, I would have to pay a £3 c/card fee despite not having taken a credit payment from me.

They must have spent at least 15 mins on the daftest explanations for charging me £3.

I reminded them that £3 is not worth bad publicity. They want their £3 so here's some bad publicity.

Avoid companies that do not understand the cost-effectiveness of good customer relations. If they are that stupidly inflexible over £3 when things go wrong - as they admitted they had - you are going to get shafted when serious money is involved when things go wrong.

My jaw is still dropped as I write.

GT-S5820

I can recommend Lynx Car Hire - you'll have to Google them because it won't let me post a link :-)

Used them loads recently, really good prices and service. Think they do Portugal too.

BLUEWKD

GT-S5820 wrote: »

I can recommend Lynx Car Hire - you'll have to Google them because it won't let me post a link :-)

Used them loads recently, really good prices and service. Think they do Portugal too.

Thanks, cheapest price is £464 though. Guess next time I will make sure I book outside of the summer hols.

Oranjeboom

did u find anyone cheap and reliable in the end? I am in the same boat, but looking for Lisbon.