Car Hire in Alicante in August - best prices please

sylwright

Going to Spain in August for 9 days and want to pick a hire car up at Alicante airport and drop it back there.

Have found some really good prices using the car hire comparison sites, problem is I would prefer an automatic car and they seem to be double the price of the same car with a manual gearbox.

If anyone knows of any company where I can get a decent deal on this please let me know.

The quotes I'm getting are around the £200 mark for automatic and as low as £108 for a manual.

LesD

Wonder if their insurance claims experience on automatic cars is worse than on manuals?

It seems the only way you'll get much cheaper than that is with a Smart Car!!!

richardw

sylwright wrote: »

The quotes I'm getting are around the £200 mark for automatic.

Where have you got quotes from?

hellofreebies

https://www.atlaschoice.com has got a smart car for nine days for £108.13 hth

sylwright

richardw wrote: »

Where have you got quotes from?

Had quotes from Holiday Autos, Avis and others I can't remember the names of. Just found the cheapest yet with Economy Car Hire (found it through https://www.carrentals.co.uk for £166, still a lot more expensive than the same car with manual gears.

sylwright

Thanks for the help, unfortunately can't take advantage of the Smart car option as we need to seat 4 adults. Only 2 of us flying but visiting friends in Spain so need to fit us all in the car.

richardw

Have you tried carjet, centauro and others http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?cid=1049437849240&pagename=Estandar%2FPage%2FAeropuerto&SMO=3&SiteName=ALC&c=Page&MO=3

sylwright

Thanks for that, only one of these I can access is £172 for Ford Fiesta Automatic, I will try the others when I can gain access to them

scrouge

i have used carjet.com many times with no problems. They always come out cheaper than booking direct with a specific agent as thy act as a broker (or something like that)...