Car hire Spain/Portugal

chappy

Hi,

We use Doyouspain.com seem to be cheaper then carjet used them for a while now with no problems, my husband goes over to Alicante and Murcia at least six times a year, I don't like flying so when we go together we drive down,

Any tips on getting back on a flight anyone without doing a Mr T

harieta

chappy wrote: »

Hi,

We use Doyouspain.com seem to be cheaper then carjet used them for a while now with no problems, my husband goes over to Alicante and Murcia at least six times a year, I don't like flying so when we go together we drive down,

Any tips on getting back on a flight anyone without doing a Mr T

And we have a winner for Spain car hire,
Terms and conditions are what I need all I have t confirm is that CREDIT CARD requirement
thank you

daveyjp

Just ensure doyouspain confirm the car.

We tried them and despite advertising an MPV and going through the booking process which all seemed to go OK they came back after a few days saying they couldn't get what we booked. They suggested an alternative which was twice as much!

harieta

daveyjp wrote: »

Just ensure doyouspain confirm the car.

We tried them and despite advertising an MPV and going through the booking process which all seemed to go OK they came back after a few days saying they couldn't get what we booked. They suggested an alternative which was twice as much!

If I may ask: did you secure the booking with debit or credit card?

cullin

Returned from Spain yesterday used Record car hire booked smallest car got automatic upgrade to 1.9 Citroen berlinga diesel 69 euros for 1 week. Carjet quote was good but wanted 55 euros for the fuel on a Ford Ka, have used them in the past but not again until they drop their ridiculous fuel policy.

harieta

cullin wrote: »

Returned from Spain yesterday used Record car hire booked smallest car got automatic upgrade to 1.9 Citroen berlinga diesel 69 euros for 1 week. Carjet quote was good but wanted 55 euros for the fuel on a Ford Ka, have used them in the past but not again until they drop their ridiculous fuel policy.

Never too much information to make the best decision.
I'll get the quote from that one as well.
could you give me web address, I found few with very similar name?

Nordictat2

you could have googled it.. comes up the first one...

https://www.recordrentacar.com/Spain

LesD

I assume you've read this thread about car hire and credit cards?

You may be better advised to just apply for a CC! The Nationwide one gives no-fees foreign transactions.

There's also an interesting thread here about full-to-full versus full-to-empty on fuel.

harieta

LesD wrote: »

I assume you've read this thread about car hire and credit cards?

You may be better advised to just apply for a CC! The Nationwide one gives no-fees foreign transactions.

There's also an interesting thread here about full-to-full versus full-to-empty on fuel.

Yes,
I will have to apply for credit card, this way I will have a better choice with companies.
The problem for me is the ridiculous fuel charges - I would prefer t get the fuel myself from petrol station. Does anyone do that?

LesD

harieta wrote: »

The problem for me is the ridiculous fuel charges - I would prefer t get the fuel myself from petrol station. Does anyone do that?

As I posted in the other thread above, f-to-f or f-to-e has to be a personal choice. Usually (but not always), the f-to-f suppliers have higher basic rental rates. The main supplier for f-to-f in Spain is Record. But many of the others will do it for short (-3 days) rentals.

We've just had a f-to-f car and then had to wait around when we returned it for them to check we had left a full tank. So f-to-e is certainly easier when taking the car back!