Standard raised with New Forum from carrentals

Carrentals.co.uk Raises the Standard with New Forum – 27 August 2010 Whether you need to find out about airline check-in routines or you need advice on how to get compensation after a bad experience, Carrentals.co.uk is a great place to go to. Holiday companies going under, volcanic ash clouds and airlines striking are just a few problems that the travel sector has had to deal with lately and with so many disrupted plans; Carrentals.co.uk has created a forum to help ensure that people to get good value for money on their holidays. A huge range of advice is available from safety concerns and problems with car hire through to strikes and insurance problems are all dealt with on the forum

Too much luggage causes Holiday disputes says Holiday Autos

According to new research from Holiday Autos , the car hire firm, packing too much luggage causes disputes between couples on holiday. About 25% of all couples on holiday will have an argument over the best way to pack their belongings into a rental car before their journey even starts. This study has found that men tend to pack more than women when going on holiday to the beach, with about 33% admitting that they have had to leave some baggage behind at the airport due to it not fitting into their hired vehicle.

Holiday Autos still have World Cup fever

England were knocked out the World Cup in South Africa by Germany last Sunday. Holiday Autos has just sent out a flyer saying “Even though England are out of the World Cup, it doesn’t mean you can’t join in! Book car hire while the World Cup’s on and you could score a holiday to the country that wins the tournament. Our fantastic World Cup car hire starts from only ?11 per day

Tips to Avoiding Excessive Car Rental Costs from Carrentals.co.uk

28th Jun 2010 Specialist website helps travellers get utmost transparency when hiring vehicles As car prices continue to rise for travellers, award-winning car hire price comparison website Carrentals.co.uk is offering advice to help Brits keep informed on how to the best value for money and how to avoid the excessive extra costs. The leading online car hire site has surveyed 1,500 people and Carrentals.co.uk has found that over a quarter of people polled has experienced expensive charges when renting a car, something which they put down to a lack of transparency from rental provider. Gareth Robinson, Managing Director of Carrentals.co.uk , comments: “Our survey results revealed that people definitely feel they need more transparency when they hire a car at home or overseas and that many people have been hit by high excess charges

insurance4carrental.com continues to grow bigger by the day

insurance4carrental.com the car hire insurance site for providers of car hire excess insurance is growing bigger by the month. Way back in February 2009 the site was launched with just one page. By April 2010 we reported on this blog that it had expaned to nearly sixty pages

Van hire insurance sales are increasing daily

Insurance4vanrental.com are reporting great success with the advertising of van hire insurance sales for the past three and a half months. Since the beginning of March till the middle of June 2010 49 people have purchased a van hire excess insurance policy being advertised on the insurance4vanrental.com site and buying the insuremyvan.com product that comes from the home of the long established insurance4carhire.com group run by Towergate Underwriting. It is an essential if you are renting a van and the policy only costs ?7.99 per day .

Car hire rip-offs warning

The Times ran an article on Friday June 4th 2010 called “Beware holiday car hire rip-offs as the cost of rentals soars – Holidaymakers are paying up to ?100 per week more than last year to rent a vehicle in popular European spots”. Holidaymakers are being warned that the cost of renting a car has almost doubled in popular destinations over the past year, as car hire companies push up prices to counter the effects of the global economic downturn

Cutting costs on runaway car hire costs 2010

The “Mail on Sunday” ran an article on the Sunday 30th May 2010 on the dramatic rise in car hire costs this summer. This is an area we have been featuring a lot of on this blog and on the insurance4carrental.com site.

Increase in car hire fleet in South Africa for World Cup

South African Car Hire Fleets Increased by 20% To Cope With World Cup Demand Holiday Autos , the world?s largest car hire broker, has been working with its partners to make more cars available to hire during the World Cup period. Larger vehicles such as SUV?s, mini buses, minivans and motorhomes have been amongst the first vehicles to be snapped up and are now practically sold out.

Car hire from holiday autos for Grand Prix May 10

Formula 1 season starts today in Barcelona Spain. If you are planning on visiting one of the European Grand Prix races this summer and need to rent a car, look no further than holiday autos