Car Hire this year more expensive?

Hi,

I usually book car hire from Alicante Airport through carjet, and I noticed this year with them that prices are much more expensive than they were last year - approaching double the price in fact. For example a Ford Focus or similar last year was about 75 Euros for the week and this year it's about 130 Euros.

Has anyone else who uses another booking website noticed this?

We allways use doyouspain.com - always good value, never been let down by them.

Paul.

Hi Cappielow

Car Hire companies usually change their stock once vehicles reach certain age/mileage. However due to the credit crunch not all stock is being replaced.

Fewer cars=higher prices particularly at peak times.

Heard this third hand so cannot confirm how accurate the info is but it could explain the price increase.

Jon

Hiya

Try

www.economycarhire.com

I have used them several times. You get a discount after the 10th time

Try travelsupermarket.com - i've just been looking for a car for a week in July and they were cheaper than Doyou which is where I normally get my car.

Hope this helps

Pamela

We have booked this time through Hispacar.com.  They were about 60 euros cheaper than DoyouSpain for a similar car, a Ford Fiesta.  We have the voucher now and its for Centauro.

The only problem I have is that hire companies charge you nearly 50 euros for petrol for a Ford Fiesta, to re-fill the tank is only 30 euros.  I know you probably pay a premium but surley not this much!

Dave & Carol.

carjet is very expensive at the moment and surely not the cheapest anymore.

another one to try is www.amigoautos.com

Hi Guys

Hi Guys

Steve and Margaret

I think DYS use differant people. When we used them we ended up with Auriga who were OK and the only extra was the 3euros per day extra insurance. I think that anyone booking with DYS should see who they end up assigning the car with and if it 's someone like Europcar then cancel and use someone else.

Phil

Hi,

Just regarding the extra insurance you are all taking out have a look at insurance4carhire.com. Here you can take out the extra insurance for a year for £49.00

two weeks out in the sun and you have recouped your money especially where some of the car hire firms are charging just under 5 euros per day.

You could also try carhire3000.com here they guarentee to beat your cheapest quote plus you get a free 2nd driver and no creditcard charges. You still get ripped off on the fuel prices but this is how the carhire companys are making there money.

Worth looking at both!

Simon

Hi Steve and Margaret,

      We've just booked through Do you Spain and have been told to collect from Goldcar rentals on the voucher, it then tells us about the fuel that we must return it empty as "europa"cannot refund the difference. Is this the same europa as europacar. We've had cars from Goldcar in the past and had no problems at all.

                                       Chris and Tracey

We always use economycarhire.com for our vehicles.

They are competative, offer their own insurance top up for glass/tyres etc which is far cheaper than the hire company.

Also, as a regular customer you get a 10% discount when you have 100 loyalty points, and they will then arrange a "full fuel" return for you.

We have used them for the past 12 months and their customer service is excellent.

Not always the cheapest but at least you know what you are getting.

Thanks for that Phil, see you soon.

                Chris.

hi i was wondering if anyone has ever booked with traffic econorent

Hi All,

My hubby is keeping quiet on this thread as his 'Yorkshireness' is giving us some hilarity.  We only need a small car on our next trip as there is only three of us coming out 2 adults 1 child(7years).  So hubby has booked with the car company advertising on EoS as it was saving us money but instead of a Citroen C2 as advertised we have been allocated a Matiz which has a hairdryer for an engine and an none existing boot, don't know where we are going to put our luggage and don't think we'll be doing much travelling about as it will take us forever to get there in a 1000cc car. We couldn't understand why this company was so cheap but when he got the confirmation it was  the bit  we have to meet this guy at the airport and he will take us in his van to our car that convinced us why they were a lot cheaper then anyone else , so if you don't hear from us again after the 5th July you know that we've been abducted.

Ali