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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On the day that we posted a brief article called “I live in Ireland can I buy car hire insurance via insurance4carrental.com?” Here on this blog came across this section in Tripadvisor “Dublin Forum: GOOD REPORT- Insurance4carhire.com”. In our article about was it possible for Irish residents to buy car hire insurance via insurance4carrental.com, we explained that several of the advertisers catered for the Irish Market. Well it appears that insurance4carhire.com have done well in Dublin

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