cheap car hire

When I look at the site of "cheap car hire", I find a Ford Fiesta for a very good price. We come to Alicante Airport in Octobre 2008.   But I cann't find the name of the Company.  How does it works, this system of hiring a car.

Normally I find  Solmar, Goldcar, Europ-rent-a-car Record ... and many others.

But here, I see no name. Can someone give me more information?

Thanks.

Lomasgirl

We use www.doyouspain.com for our car hire & are usually allocated Auriga Crown or Solmar.

However, it is not until you receive the booking confirmation that you are advised of which company the rental is with.

That could be the same with the company that you are trying to book with.

Noreen

The same happened to us, only they said we would have to pay a 600 euro deposit on the credit card or pay the extra insurance. This is pure blackmail, if it's 9pm you have no choice, who is going to give these rip off merchants access to 600 euros and your credit card!

Only happens with Record, if Auriga Crown ask and you decline thats the end of it.

I think you will find that all companies allocate an amount to the credit card covering the amount of the excess. If you take the extra insurance then they won't take your credit card as the insurance covers the excess. We don't take the cover as we have a policy with www.insurance4carhire.co.uk. You pay any excess that may become due because of an accident and then claim it back off the policy once you return home. Thankfully, so far we have never had to claim.

Noreen

I repeat on this thread (as I did on the other thread called "car hire"!!) that it is worth shopping round for a car rental company. Some companies that are being recommended are more expensive by about 30 euros (for a 4 day rental) or so than others. This could add up to a tidy sum extra on a longer rental.

Noreen

It seems that Record are continually changing their policy.

When I first used them 5 years ago they would take an imprint of your card for 150e for fuel, when you returned the car was checked and the imprint would be returned to you.  A suggestion about taking out extra insurance would be made but wouldn't be inforced.

Later car hires they stopped the imprinting and started pushing the extra insurance which now covered more items.  I always refused until they started offering it at a discount of 1.50 euros a day (as a regular customer) and I always paid a maximum of 21 euros even if the hire was over 14 days.  It would depend on who you saw at the desk as I've stated previously on the "car hire" thread, the men at the desk aren't always helpful.

If you haven't already I'd complain to Doyouspain, if you still want to use this agent for your carhire you can always put a special request in for the company you are used to.  Avoid Record and maybe they will get the message.

I'm going to stick to Econorent (www.hirecarsinspain) excellant company, car hire the way it should be.

On my recent rental agreement printed at airport it states 16 Seg Personal @1.50 and 16 Seg Vehiculo @3.50 (iva not included) which I believe refers to daily insurance.  When I booked the company stated that you were fully insured with no excess to pay and on arrival at Alicante no mention was made of any requirement for extra insurance for tyres, fuel, windscreen etc.

Hi all

I used DoYouSpain, what a nightmare, i cancelled car as i needed more days, booked a new one,  when arriving at Record they had me down for 2 cars, no cancellation, they also gave me a full tank to bring back empty,  i asked can i bring it back full as no way would use full tank, no chance,  i ended up using just over half a tank,  it's there new policy and making a small fortune as no one will bring a car back empty. I lost about 30 euros...

GoldStar also do the same and im hearing Crown Agura are too....

I think carjet are the best but as stated on here, you don't know who ur booking with until you pay...You can ring carjet and they will change it for you though...

Rob

Record have (April this year) an option to prepay for a full or half tank of fuel.  Last year it was a pay for what you use system.  They can be booked through email car hire at a cheaper rate then booking direct.  For the past 4 years we have opted for the damage deposit instead of the extra insurance and had no problems.    Why are some posters complaining about 'rip-off-merchants having access to your cards'  they already have the card details from your rental don't they ?  I don't know about doyospain but with email car hire you don't make any payment until you pick up the car, no deposit or card details to book.

In my experience pre-charging for fuel is a common practice unless you go for Herz or Europcar etc.

Each to their own choice.  P.

Google or PM me for the link to email car hire

These threads go round & round in circles & there are many threads also in here

My new thread is worth reading for those wanting car hire from Alicante & Murcia airports.

Econorent car hire only at Alicante & Murcia airports. A cut above the rest !

Re. Robmct's thread, can't remember who I booked it through but I arrived at the desk to find they had 11 cars waiting for me!   They were really relieved to find out I only needed one.

Hello all, cheap car hire is hard to find nowadays, but I have found these guys at  http://rentawreck.co.uk  There not the biggest company by far but the cars they have are safe (they look a bit tatty but they work) they are based near murcia so san javier and alicante airports work well.

They meet you at the airport with the car and then again at the end of your stay for collection.

We holiday to Almeria - at the moment at least 3-4 times per year.

We fly with Monarch due to them being based at Manchester airport.

I have googled my brains out and  tend to go with Carjet. Basically they are like most other sites they are just a broker. 

I have found the 2 issues that you cannot get around are:

1) Tank of petrol depending upon your car = 60 - 70 Euro ( bring it back empty ) we all know you can fill the car up for 35-40 euro.

2) Although you think you have paid full insurance - you either

• Have to pay local taxes for tyres windscreen of 3-4 euro per day
• Or they take150 - 300 off you credit/debit card no way round it. ( they do refund the amount if the car has no damage )

So when you pick your car up be prepared to pay for these extras - We are used to it now, we have to have a car so we budget accordingly

I this is the rent a wreck who are based in Ickenham in the UK I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole. We hired a car with them in the UK and we have never been able to get out deposit back.

Irene & Alan

If the post was read correctly it should say based in murcia??????  Why put a post on the eye on SPAIN for the uk??????????

www.carjet.co.uk  - always been good for me