Car hire insurance featured on BBC Radio 4 You and Yours

The Friday 9th July 2011 edition of BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme “You and Yours” featured Car hire excess insurance. Following a recent survey by YouGov claiming that a large number of travellers were confused by additional charges on car hire, the programme looked into this issue.

Hidden charges from car hire firms – warning

Following on from the item on this blog yesterday ” Car hire companies will have to be more upfront about extra charges” which referred to the article in the Daily Mail this week “Crackdowns over hidden car hire charges will protect travellers on holiday abroad”, “ComparecarhireUK’s ” Travel news has published the following:- “Car hire firms warned about hidden charges” Regulations could soon be in place to force car hire firms to be more careful about landing their customers with a variety of hidden costs.