Car Hire recommendations
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Car Hire recommendations
Hi All
thanks for your previous replies regartding my trip to Costa Tropical next month.
Dp you have any recommendations who to use for car hire?
I am reading some awful reviews for some companies at Malaga airport.
I have my own excess insurance so never buy the overpriced "full insurance" package.
Any and all advice welcomed
Thanks in advance
thanks for your previous replies regartding my trip to Costa Tropical next month.
Dp you have any recommendations who to use for car hire?
I am reading some awful reviews for some companies at Malaga airport.
I have my own excess insurance so never buy the overpriced "full insurance" package.
Any and all advice welcomed
Thanks in advance
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Hellie hollis and malagacar seem to be the most popular and respected companies at the airport.
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Third that
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We have ferried and driven over for the past six years or so, but previously always used Helle Hollis and had UK purchased car rental excess insurance, but I thought that had all come to an end with Brexit, and that UK insurance companies couldn't provide that cover for use with car rentals in Spain.slamminhammo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:33 pm
I have my own excess insurance so never buy the overpriced "full insurance" package.
Am I wrong?
We expect to start coming by air again later in the year, so car rentals (and insurance) will be on the cards.
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I am pretty sure its Europe insurance, not EU.... anyway the rest of the world just +€10...zanuck wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:39 pmWe have ferried and driven over for the past six years or so, but previously always used Helle Hollis and had UK purchased car rental excess insurance, but I thought that had all come to an end with Brexit, and that UK insurance companies couldn't provide that cover for use with car rentals in Spain.slamminhammo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:33 pm
I have my own excess insurance so never buy the overpriced "full insurance" package.
Am I wrong?
We expect to start coming by air again later in the year, so car rentals (and insurance) will be on the cards.
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It's us Spanish residents that can be longer use the UK car excess insurance companies unfortunately as I always did for car hire in England. UK residents are still covered for Europe as before.
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Thanks Cadiz
And thanks Wicksey, I checked the company that I used to use until we started driving to the Axarquia, Insurance4carhire and to my surprise they still offer a one year/multi-trip cover for £46.99 which is only a little above what I paid until 2016 when we last rented a car.
Good to have clarified it, apologies that my memory failed on which way round the situation has become.
And thanks Wicksey, I checked the company that I used to use until we started driving to the Axarquia, Insurance4carhire and to my surprise they still offer a one year/multi-trip cover for £46.99 which is only a little above what I paid until 2016 when we last rented a car.
Good to have clarified it, apologies that my memory failed on which way round the situation has become.
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i've used record go and ok rental multiple times with no problems (i have my own excess insurance)
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i've used record go and ok rental multiple times with no problems (i have my own excess insurance)
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Flashman I have never heard of either of them. Are they at airports?
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All three of those are easily found if you google car hire malaga. Main thing I would check is the big deposit some of these take from your card.
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...and don't touch Delpaso with a bargepole !!!
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And goldcar. Worst rep of them all. Mind you i dont see many of theirs around much and they had been taken over by europcar so things may have changed
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yes both have desks (and cars) in the airport, they do the preliminary 1100eu 'block' on the card which is not debited or charged but you must have the credit limit available. This is assuming you don't take their excess insurancemaureenscot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:46 am Flashman I have never heard of either of them. Are they at airports?
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Thank you. Car rental seems to have gone up
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Crazy prices in 2021 due to car shortage, I think they made the most of it though.
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Of the budget bunch OK are ok, cargest not too bad. In both cases they don’t force too much their rip off insurance. I am pathologically scarred by goldcar and delpaso, but they might have improved.
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Re: Car Hire recommendations
Thanks all for your commments.
I have gone with Malagacar.com in the end
Fingers crossed
I have gone with Malagacar.com in the end
Fingers crossed
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I would never recommend car-hire company as so many things can go wrong.. I hire from them...slamminhammo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:41 am Thanks all for your commments.
I have gone with Malagacar.com in the end
Fingers crossed
out of interest is it expensive now...
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