Car rent for a day

Flight3287462

Aye dates were wrong ...oops sorry. Last one was OK.

Who hires from VW Financial Services?

TimSynths

From todays Times-

Car hire prices are soaring. Demand is twice as high as last year, when a sudden lockdown meant that no one could travel, and the supply of new vehicles has been hit by a global shortage of the semi-conductor electronic chips used in many devices and all modern cars. In some areas rental costs have tripled.

To hire a Fiat 500 from Europcar in Kennington, south London, from December 23-30 cost £1,237 but the price fell to £421 for January 23-30.

It cost £39.99 a day to hire a Skoda Octavia from Sixt in Cambridge from January 24-29, but £128.66 a day for December 24-29, with fewer cars to choose from. The cheapest model, a Peugeot 208 at £32 a day, was not available in late December.

A Ford Transit van hired from Hertz in Bolton from December 24-26 was £150, but £40 less for the same dates in January. In Cardiff, the cheapest three-day hire in January was £83 for a Volkswagen Golf from EconomyBookings from January 24-26, compared with £210 for a Peugeot 208 from Green Motion when booked through Opodo for December 24-26.

Rent-a-Car, part of the Volkswagen finance group, said bookings in November were up 144 per cent compared with last year, and it was expecting Christmas to be its busiest ever.

£1,200 for a week’s car hire? Just borrow one instead . . . | Money | The Sunday Times (thetimes.co.uk)

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doningtonphil

Flight3287462 said:

Aye dates were wrong ...oops sorry. Last one was OK.

Who hires from VW Financial Services?

From what I can make out, VWFS are branching out in to car hire using VW group dealerships, and of course they are all VW models 

swan6060

Flight3287462 said:

Wow, just wow this was for Birmingham city centre next week.  These prices are crazy. possibly because it is Christmas week.

Woah these prices are crazy, travelling seems to be impossible near christmas

swan6060

mgfvvc said:

There are car rental aggregators like holidayautos.com and carrentals.com that will give you prices from a number of rental companies. They are a good place to start. Look out for large excesses on the insurance and buy top up cover from direct-carexcess.com.

Thank you, I did have a look at Europcar. The prices are showing up to be crazy. will wait for a while