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Money Saving Advice on Airport Car Hire

When a fellow blogger decided to look into the difference between on airport and off airport car hire he found that the price variant was similar to what it would be between buying a VW Golf and a Porsche Carrera.
Darren Popik was trying to find cheap car hire Austin airport, Texas but the rate was too steep for his liking at $114 USD for one weekend. By using a price comparison site he found that there was a better rate available, only $38(USD) for a comparable time frame.   Looking for these deals can really pay off. According to a car rental analyst it can cost as much as $150 more to rent a car at the airport than outside of the airport. 

Neil Abrams, of Abrams Consulting Group, said: "The rate difference is pretty constant but as car rental rates rise, more travellers begin looking for other ways to get around.   He added: "The extra airport fees and taxes put airport-based car hire franchises at a competitive disadvantage."
 


It makes sense to look far and wide for your car hire deals and one of the reasons why renting a car at the airport can be much more expensive is because some companies charge you for the premium location fee and the airport surcharges too. Conversely other firms like www.anyairportcarhire.com already include those fees in the quoted rental rates which can be as low as $19(USD) per day with unlimited mileage and fully comprehensive insurance.

That way you get convenience as you can drop the car off at the airport making you less likely to miss your flight. You can save money on the cab fare which you would have to take into town to look for other rental deals.  Although it has become widely accepted that car rental companies charge too much for their airport rentals, anyairportcarhire.com has bucked that trend by not passing the extra airport charges and taxes onto the customer. By failing to do so the company has seen car hire rates maintained at a consistently high rate all year around.

One way to cut down your car hire rates is to book in advance. Numerous car hire companies are already warning of potential fleet shortages in the summer. Among them the Blue Valley car hire company spokesman Matt May said: "Many car rental companies rely on hiring additional cars during busy periods such as the summer holidays to boost their fleet size".
 


"The global financial crisis has made it much harder for these companies to get hire cars on a temporary basis and the result is rising prices and a shortage of rentals.

"Many people looking for car hire Malaga airportand car hire Alicante airport without a reservation in 2009 discovered that there was no availability."

Although Spanish tourism took a hit last year as people tried to save their pennies by taking less holidays, this year the country is set to do a booming trade. Tour operators, letting agents and car hire companies all realised that the weakness of the pound meant they needed to offer even better deals.  Any Airport also has great deals. While first choice will give you a week's holiday in a villa on the Costa Del Sol for £735(GBP), you can pay as little as £99(GBP) per week to get a good economy car during that time.
 

Posted: 1/25/2010 3:34:47 PM by Global Administrator | with 0 comments


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