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.

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The Daily Mail has run a story this week “Crackdowns over hidden car hire charges will protect travellers on holiday abroad” – Last week, the European Parliament imposed a ban on travel companies charging excessive credit and debit card charges by 2014, which was upheld by the OFT. On the 28th June the OFT (Uk’s Office of Fair Trading) issued a Press Release “OFT to take action over passenger travel sector payment surcharges” They said “The OFT considers that surcharging for using a credit or debit card is potentially misleading to consumers when it comes as a surprise – particularly when free payment mechanisms are only available to a small proportion of consumers, making a surcharge effectively compulsory. To make headline prices truly meaningful and comparable, the OFT is calling for traders to stop charging for paying with any debit card – the online equivalent to cash

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