Excess is the part of car hire that confuses people most, and it’s also where rental companies make a significant share of their profit. Understanding car rental excess insurance before you book can save you a surprising amount of money, and it can save you from a stressful argument at the desk. Here’s how excess…
Search for car hire horror stories on forums and Reddit and you’ll find the same handful of car rental complaints repeated in a hundred different threads: a surprise charge at drop off, a “like for like” car that wasn’t, and an argument over a scratch that was already there. None of it is secret knowledge,…
Searches for Enterprise car rental UK are usually about one thing: whether you’ll actually be allowed to rent, and what the experience will be like once you turn up. The short version is that Enterprise is one of the best known names for car hire in Britain, with branches at airports and in town centres,…
Picking up a hire car at Heathrow sounds simple, but the airport has several terminals, plenty of suppliers and a setup that confuses first time renters. Many people expect to walk out of arrivals and straight into their car, only to find the desk is in one place and the car is somewhere else. This…
Finding the cheapest car rental in the UK isn’t about spotting the lowest number on a comparison site, it’s about knowing which extras, rules and locations turn a cheap headline price into an expensive trip. Prices vary a great deal between suppliers and pickup points for exactly the same car, so a little comparing before…