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Car rental
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The following list of popular car rental providers is ordered roughly from cheapest to more expensive*.
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Hertz, the world's leading vehicle renting organization, is represented in the United States and more than 150 foreign countries, operating from 7,000 locations. |
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Thrifty Car Rental is the worlds sixth largest vehicle rental company, operating in over 60 countries with over 1100 locations throughout North, Central and South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle east, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. |
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eBookers Car Hire provides some of the cheapest quotes for car hire in many locations throughout Europe with some of the leading vendors including Europcar, Hertz, Alamo and Dollar and was voted Best Car Rental web site in 2005. |
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As one of the leading mobility-service-providers, Sixt is on a successful expansion course all over Europe and worldwide. Sixt are represented at more than 3,500 Service outlets worldwide. In total Sixt have 143 rental locations in the UK. |
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Owned by Volkswagen, Europcar today operates a fleet of over 220,000 vehicles at 2,825 locations in 143 different countries covering Europe, The Middle East, Africa, Indian Ocean, Central America, Mexico, Carribean and Asia -Pacific. |
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Record Rent a Car offers car rental discounts in Mallorca, Teneriffe, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Malaga, Canary Islands, Alicante and many more. Record Rent a Car provides "All-Included" quotes with no extra charges and no hidden extras. |
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A leading car rental company in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, serving customers via the Avis and Budget brands in over 3,800 locations. |
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holiday autos is part of lastminute.com plc, Europe’s most visited leisure and travel web sites making holiday autos the world’s largest online car rental broker with fully inclusive car rental in over 4000 locations UK and worldwide. |
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Through partnerships with some of the larger providers, Opodo is able to provide reasonably competitive quotes on Car Hire throughout Europe. Opodo become increasingly competitive however when combining your car hire with hotel or flight bookings. |
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Hire Cars UK have a range of car hire options at over 4000 locations, from the UK, Spain and France to the USA, Czech Republic and Australia. |
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Fox Rent a Car is a discount car rental company at airports around the world. Although the majority of Fox Car Hire outlets are in the USA, they now have a presence at some of the larger airports in the UK and Europe. |
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Providing lower cost car rental than most agencies, Budget's global network now includes more than 2,700 locations, operating a wide range of cars, trucks and vans in 115 countries. |
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With close to 1500 locations worldwide, Alamo offers a network of carrental locations at popular traveldestinations. Alamo offers carrental at competitive rates, excellent service and cars that are 9 months old or newer. |
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*According to a number of recent surveys from sources including travelsupermarket.com.
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Travel Tips |
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Tips for Hiring Cars
1 Make sure the paperwork clearly states what you have paid for (eg insurance, taxes and charges for additional drivers etc).
2 You may not be given the exact car you ordered and may upgrade you to a more expensive model if they cannot supply the one you ordered.
3 Before driving off, check how much petrol is in the tank? Do you need to fill the tank before you return the car?
4 Clarify the excess amount. Even if you pay to reduce the excess to zero you may still be liable for damage to certain parts of the car i.e. tyres/windscreen
5 Check the insurance covers you for all aspects of your trip, eg you may not be covered for off road or gravel roads.
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