With the Christmas holiday season only days away, the The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA), the trade body for the UK car rental industry, is again warning customers to take extra care when confronted with cheap deals for Christmas car hire on the Internet or in the press. In their press release issued on the 13th December they advised: Festive season travellers were caught out by bogus car hire companies this time last year, handing over deposits of hundreds of pounds for cars that never materialised. The BVRLA believes that similar scams are being planned this year and has already made contact with Police and Trading Standards over one potential threat

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We are near the end of a very mild October (currently 13 degrees in the London area), in a month when we had a very hot “late summer” weekend at the start. Carrentals have just issued a press release earlier today reminding us that winter is not far away and it was not too good last year…so be prepared

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