Post by: John H on January 16, 2015, 14:13.
We are hiring a Citroen Berlingo class vehicle, need a bit of space for a few jobs I'm doing, its costing me £41.20 plus the tank of fuel and "fueling costs". Bargain!!
One of the best bits of advice I picked up last year was to recheck the hire price, on one booking it saved us over €200
Regards all
John
Post by: Joe1965 on January 16, 2015, 23:32.
But remember not to let them tempt you into an "up-grade" i.e. more petrol needed to fill it up and therefore more costly.
Regards
Joe
Post by: John H on January 17, 2015, 09:04.
I haven't been offered an upgrade for at least 18 months, at one time I was always offered one........I must look hard up!!
Regards all
John
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Post by: John H on January 17, 2015, 16:28.
Regards all
John
Post by: Philndeb on January 17, 2015, 16:56.
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Post by: John H on January 18, 2015, 08:20.
Landed at 8.30pm yesterday........no one in the queue at Record, of the three cars in the class I booked the best IMHO is the VW Caddy, which I got!!
Its only got 4500km on the clock and a first for Record, its clean as a whistle
The £41.20 is looking even better value :)
Have a great day
Regards all
John
Post by: Joe1965 on January 18, 2015, 09:23.
Enjoy !
Post by: curly131 on January 18, 2015, 12:01.
Did you pay the extra insurance, around 7 or 8 Euros a day? I seem to remember you had to either pay for the extra or leave a massive deposit, that was actually taken off your credit card to be refunded within 30 days if there were no problems with the the car on its return. I think there was also a cap on how much you had to pay for the extra insurance. Not out again until April so just looking for an update on Records latest T's & C's.
Regards
Ian
Post by: John H on January 18, 2015, 13:23.
They get very good reviews.
Regards all
John
Post by: Aficionado on January 18, 2015, 13:47.
I took out one of these policies last year and used it to good effect in October with Dickmans, avoiding what would otherwise have been a charge of approx. 70/75 euros. I did have to leave a security deposit of 400 euros, which was charged to the card and did make me a little apprehensive, however on returning the car I made sure that it was inspected and my copy of the agreement signed off as No Damage, approx. 2 weeks later the deposit was back on the card. Of course, being a sterling card, I suffered the usual exchange rate nonsense and lost about £15 but even so I saved money and have since used it again on a car hire in England, saving another £30 approx.
If you have enough car hires in a year, this policy will save you money, but I believe it is very important to have the car checked on return and signed off as ok, to avoid any risk of a company trying to hold onto the deposit, claiming damage to the car.
Michael.
Post by: Corporal Jones on January 18, 2015, 21:38.
Post by: curly131 on January 19, 2015, 10:39.
As I will only have the car for a week it wil be a toss up whether to take the policey or pay the extra or just leave the deposit and trust there will be no problems when i return it.
Ian
Post by: puddy-woo on January 19, 2015, 12:02.
Post by: Spurs on January 19, 2015, 22:40.
Glad to see you are still saving money on the car hire John did it again myself last week got it down from €80 to €29 in 2 Weeks
Another great result I always use centauro
Post by: John H on January 19, 2015, 22:45.
We are coming to GA in early May for four and a half weeks, at the moment the prices are that high I haven't made a booking yet......looking at over €400.......I'm doing a weekly check!!
Regards all
John
Post by: chris and jackie on January 21, 2015, 17:39.
Post by: Spurs on January 21, 2015, 20:15.
On the old plaza when I posted this some people saved several hundred pounds
Good luck
Post by: Philndeb on January 21, 2015, 20:50.
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Post by: DaveG on January 23, 2015, 13:25.
If you book via doyouspain make sure you save your Booking Voucher.
We were last out in December with a 3 day full / full with Centauro via doyouspain. When Centauro refunded the fuel deposit they deducted €25 for "logistics" i.e. refuelling the car after it's return. As it was full when returned there was no refuelling required and so I queried the deduction with them and they insist the terms were full / empty with partial refund but you still have to pay the logistics even when returning it full.
I always book full / full and set that filter on the DYS website - when I queried with DYS they want the original Booking Voucher which I haven't saved so I cannot prove the terms, DYS say they don't keep records :( and you can't print a Booking Voucher retrospectively off the booking confirmation email which I always save.
After 12 years of hiring about 8 - 10 cars a year I thought I had all the rip-offs covered - sadly not.
Dave
Post by: John H on January 23, 2015, 14:05.
Seems the companies are consistent in their approach
Regards all
John
Post by: puddy-woo on January 23, 2015, 15:07.
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Post by: DaveG on January 23, 2015, 18:49.
Our first and last experience with Firefly was the same - arrived on a very hot July day and joined the back of a long queue - I went round all the other desks trying to get a car on reasonable terms at short notice but nothing doing. Went back to Maureen and she hadn't moved and the same people were at the front arguing about the things they were getting hit for that they hadn't read in the small print. Gave up and got a taxi - must admit that I did enjoy the subsequent walking and bus trips - being the driver I managed to see things from a different perspective.
Dave
Post by: David D on January 23, 2015, 22:17.
I use Centauro,I am a gold club member with them.i use them at least 5 times a year including July and August and never have to queue. There is a separate desk for gold club members so there is no hanging about.also when you book with them you accumulate points which you build up until you get a free car hire .i,ve just booked a car for 1 week in March no charge just the price of the fuel.
Regards Dave
Post by: Corporal Jones on January 25, 2015, 00:24.
Post by: John H on February 24, 2015, 00:14.
Great to see you on here Spurs
We are coming to GA in early May for four and a half weeks, at the moment the prices are that high I haven't made a booking yet......looking at over €400.......I'm doing a weekly check!!
Regards all
John
The price has gone down by about €75 in the last couple of days with Record..........a Focus for 31 days now comes in at €336..........reckon it'll come down further yet.
On Do You Spain, same car, same dates and times with Record coming in at €288............just over £200 for four and a half weeks.........
Regards all
John
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Post by: John H on February 26, 2015, 11:40.
Regards all
John
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Post by: John H on March 27, 2015, 16:39.
Great to see you on here Spurs
We are coming to GA in early May for four and a half weeks, at the moment the prices are that high I haven't made a booking yet......looking at over €400.......I'm doing a weekly check!!
Regards all
John
The price has gone down by about €75 in the last couple of days with Record..........a Focus for 31 days now comes in at €336..........reckon it'll come down further yet.
On Do You Spain, same car, same dates and times with Record coming in at €288............just over £200 for four and a half weeks.........
Regards all
John
Just checked again.....with Record the price is now down to €225 and with Do You Spain its down to €192
I might be making a booking shortly!!
Regards all
John
Post by: ian-steele on March 28, 2015, 10:52.
Post by: John H on March 28, 2015, 12:50.
If it gets any cheaper I will cancel and rebook............but I doubt it will.
Regards all
John
Post by: Brandon on March 31, 2015, 15:22.
Thanks for the info re Hire cars with Do You Spain.
I made a reservation some weeks back.
It is with Solmar for a week for €55, which I think is a really good deal.
Does anybody have any experience of using Solmar? (as we have only used centaura, Goldcar, Record in the past)
Is getting to/from the Solmar office fairly straightforward?
I have received the following instruction:
On arrival at the airport, please proceed to the bus station located on floor -2 of arrivals. You will be met by a representative of SOLMAR RENT A CAR located at bus stops 27-29. You will be taken to the SOLMAR RENT A CAR office located a short distance from the airport.
Thanks,
Brandon
Post by: Aficionado on March 31, 2015, 22:19.
Post by: Brandon on April 02, 2015, 09:50.
Post by: Aficionado on April 03, 2015, 13:15.
First booking made............Ford Fiesta for 31 days May/June €116 after my "members discount" which roughly works out at £84.........no complaints :)
If it gets any cheaper I will cancel and rebook............but I doubt it will.
Regards all
John
John, worth another look, my group BC was 143 euros on 22.2.15, now 51 euros today :) - for 20 days - changes made, needless to say.
Michael.
Post by: John H on April 03, 2015, 13:41.
Regards all
John
Post by: Spurs on April 03, 2015, 14:24.
Must be up to three pints you owe me now
Post by: puddy-woo on April 03, 2015, 15:36.
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Post by: John H on April 03, 2015, 16:26.
If you join their "club" you accumulate points which knock money off future bookings.
Do You Spain have some excellent prices for early May bookings at the moment
Spurs, following your advice must have saved me about £350 in the last twelve months, it's more than three pints I owe you
Regards all
John
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Post by: Aficionado on April 03, 2015, 16:45.
Where r you guys looking. I cant find anything that cheap???
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http://www.hirecarsinspain.com
Been using them for a while now.
Michael.
Post by: puddy-woo on April 03, 2015, 17:09.
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Post by: mushte on April 05, 2015, 17:41.
Hi John
I see you take out the insurance with insurance4hirecar,
on Record they recommend questor ,as I was thinking of
taking one of these policy out I was wondering which one
is the best bet or are they all the same.
Thank you for any input
Post by: John H on April 05, 2015, 21:20.
I haven't had to make a claim yet, I hope I never do!!
Regards all
John
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Post by: Corporal Jones on April 05, 2015, 22:14.
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Post by: mushte on April 06, 2015, 21:17.
guess its insurance4hirecar :)