Car hire Spain/Portugal

harieta

I narrowed my holiday choice to Costa del Sol and Algarve.
As far as car hire is concerned I got myself confused so I went to travelsupermarket.com to help me out but with all this terms and conditions it seems to be too complicated (or is it?)
The deals I'm considering are:
Faro Airport: SIXT (£154), EasyCar (£158), Alamo (£165)
With this one I want to be able to travel to Spain without extra charges (if possible)

Malaga Airport: EasyCar (£130), SIXT (£148), CarHire3000 (£149)

I don't want full tank (or pay for full tank) as I heard they often overcharge you
I want to be able to change my reservation (at lowest possible cost)
I want t be able to book with my Visa delta debit card and pay cash on arrival at the airport
I have no idea about insurance I need

Any recommendation or experience with other car hire companies?

daveyjp

economycarhire.com. Based in UK, well worth a call. We paid £100 for a week hire of a Pug 207 in the Algarve last October and £300 for an MPV in Menorca in June

On both occasions full insurance included with no excess payable, no fuel charges - take car back with same amount of fuel as it came with, payment may be an issue, call them.

Most Algarve hire companies will allow trips into Spain, what doesn't extend to Spain is breakdown cover.

Nordictat2

When we go to Spain we usually use https://www.carjet.com They usually have the best deals and always give you 10% off

TBeckett100

check the discount forum for avis 40% off code

harieta

TBeckett100 wrote: »

check the discount forum for avis 40% off code

Thank you I'll give it a shot

harieta

thank you for all ideas, I'll do some search tomorrow and let you know how it went (maybe other problems appear)

harieta

Avis seems to be quite expensive, the discount codes (40% discount) lowered the quote only by £13.00
I also read about the controversy fuel policy
I don't think I'll go with them

Just checking now the other recommended....

harieta

economycarhire.com is an agent company
their cheap suppliers: travel rent and air auto both require credit card when collecting the vehicle from airport
plus air auto charges you for fuel, so this one is a

harieta

http://www.carjet.com
that one is even better
quote:"When you collect the car hire at Faro Airport, you'll be asked to leave a credit card deposit to the value of the car hire excess : (Depending on the type of car you select) between EUR 750.00 and EUR 1250.00).
so again :sad:

Nordictat2

Well you asked for advice and tried to help...

I can't tell you how many times we have used Carjet and we have NEVER had any problems with them (we use them when we go to Murcia/Alicante) We usually get a free upgrade too.
You can cancel WITHOUT a fee and PAY WHEN YOU GET THERE for your rental...and you are fully covered with insurance!

harieta

Nordictat2 wrote: »

Well you asked for advice and tried to help...

I can't tell you how many times we have used Carjet and we have NEVER had any problems with them (we use them when we go to Murcia/Alicante) We usually get a free upgrade too.
You can cancel WITHOUT a fee and PAY WHEN YOU GET THERE for your rental...and you are fully covered with insurance!

yes, and I'm very grateful for the advice, however they require CREDIT CARD deposit and I don't even have a credit card