The privileged geographical location of Malaga has always attracted holidaymakers. A city that now and before has a cosmopolitan nature, universal, opened, relaxed and hospitable character. From the west coast of Cadiz to Nerja on the border of the province of Granada, there is a long series of beaches, which makes it the main tourist [...]
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Car hire Malaga – Granada car rental
Posted in car rental, tagged airport of Granada, Alhambra, Alicante, Andalusian cities, beaches, bird watching, Cadiz, Canary Islands, car, car hire, car hire companies, car hire companies in Malaga, car hire in Malaga, car rental, climbing, coast and mountains, coast of Cadiz, Costa del Sol, Granada, Granada car rental, hiking, holidaymakers, ibex, landscape, low cost car rental, Majorca, Malaga, Malaga airport, Marbella, Nerja, paragliding, rent a car, rental vehicles, Seville, Sierra Nevada, ski resort, skiing, Spain, the Mulhacen, Torremolinos, tourist destination on April 7, 2009 | Comments Off
Hertz joins green car hire battle
Posted in car rental, tagged battle, BMW, car, car hire, car hire customers, car hire industry, car insurance, car keys, car rental, car rental companies, car sharing, car-sharing market, credibility, eco credibility, electronic card, green cars, Hertz, hire, hybrid car, hybrid cars, London, market, market share, members, membership, membership fee, Mini Cooper, New York, New York City, Paris, petrol, rent cars, rental, rental vehicle, reserve cars, reserve cars online, Toyota Prius, vehicle, vehicle hire, vehicle rental, world, Zipcar on January 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Green cars are dominating the car hire industry to the point that some of the world’s largest car rental companies are battling to boost their eco credibility in an effort to win a larger market share.
Hertz has become the latest company to get in on the act. Firstly, it is introducing a new car-sharing offering [...]
Car Manufacturers face problems unloading their excess vehicles
Posted in car rental, tagged airports, Alamo, automakers, business, car, car hire, car loans, car manufacturers, car rental, car rental agencies, consumers, credit crunch, Detroit, economy, Enterprise, excess vehicles, fleet, Guardian, inventory, National, profitability, rent a car, rental, rental agencies, rentals, resale value, used cars, used vehicles, vehicle, vehicles on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
U.S. automakers have long relied on sales to car rental agencies to boost sales and raise cash, but as rentals have slowed with the weakened economy, it will be harder for the Big Three to unload their excess vehicles.
“For a long time fleet sales have served as a pressure valve for U.S. automakers,” said Michael [...]
Analysts speculate on sale of Dollar Thrifty
Posted in car rental, tagged bankrupt, car, car rental, car rental company, Dollar Thrifty, Enterprise, Enterprise rent-a-car, Hertz, marketing, rent a car, rental, reservation systems, Thrifty Automotive, Tulsa, Vanguard, Vanguard Car Rental on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The replacement of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. President and CEO Gary L. Paxton with Chief Financial Officer Scott L. Thompson may speed the car rental company’s sale to a rival, a national analyst said Tuesday.
Dollar Thrifty announced the leadership change late Monday. The Tulsa-based company said Paxton will remain a director at Dollar [...]
Car-rental fee eliminates that tankless last-minute rush to gas up
Posted in car rental, tagged airfares, airlines, airport, big players, Canada, car, fuel option, fuel policy, gasolinetravelers, Hertz, licensee, rental car, rental companies, U.S. on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re ready for a little relief from the constant attention to airlines and airfares, I have a few interesting items to report on the rental car front.
Hertz just announced a new fuel policy: If you take the “full tank out, full tank back” fuel option but don’t fill it before you return the car, [...]
‘Diabolical year’ in car rental as dollar and tourism fall
Posted in car rental, tagged car, car hire, car hire companies, car rental, dollar, Dublin, Europcar, fleet, Ireland, rent a car, tourism on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
AS US car-hire giants reel from a painful 2008, the operations manager at Dublin based Murray’s Europcar says the market in Ireland has been “diabolical” this year.
“It’s been our worst year since 2001 in both volumes and prices,” Pat Geagan says. “The numbers renting from the US are down 35 to 40pc, numbers from [...]
Best and worst destinations for holiday car hire
Posted in car rental, tagged Austria, broker, car, car hire, car rental, car rental broker, cars, Chile, Costa Rica, drivers, driving in Spain, hire, hire a car, holiday, holiday car hire, holiday car rental, Ireland, managing director, Mexico, nationality, Spain, survey, Switzerland, vehicles on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some countries are worse than others when it comes to holiday car rental accidents, according to new statistics.
Research by holiday car rental broker CarDelMar reveals that Chile is the worst place in the world to hire a car – with the highest percentage of returned damaged cars (7.7 per cent).
This is more than 25 times [...]
A recommended read if you plan to rent a car in Spain
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andalucia, car, car hire, car rental, car rental brokers, cheap car hire, Costa del Sol, hire, rent a car, rental, Spain on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the leading online car rental brokers in Spain has written a nice post about cheap car hire in Spain called “Car Hire in Southern Spain”.
According to this post “Car hire in Spain is cheap due to the strong competition, specially in Andalucia or the Costa del Sol”.
A recommended read if you plan to [...]
