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New Spanish Local Rate Number

Everyone here at Indigo is extremely proud of the great relationship that we have with our Expat customers, particularly those living in the (much) sunnier climes of Spain and we are pleased to announce that in order to make it cheaper for our customers to get in touch, we have arranged a dedicated local rate Spanish number so that you can avoid paying expensive international dialing charges.

If you are looking for car hire in the UK, Our new Spanish phone number is 0034 965993260 and you can contact us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Remember, you can also contact us for free on Skype, just add our username: indigocarhire.

Spanish Car Hire Company Cease Trading, will the rates over the summer period shoot up?

 

It has been confirmed car hire supplier Aurigacrown have ceased trading which is very sad news, I really thought the times of car hire companies going under was behind us. Aurigacrown are a well-known car hire company with a fleet of over 15,000 cars.

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Is this something to do with the ridiculously low prices? Over the last 6 months i have seen cars go out to customers for a full month for as little as £200.00. This is a great price however the way the car hire suppliers make up for the low rates is through selling extras. Such as fuel, it is very common and also very annoying to customers renting cars in Spain, as most car hire supplier’s terms are to collect the car full of fuel and return back empty, charging the customers for the full tank of fuel at premium rates.

I really think due to the shortage of cars this summer, as 15,000 cars is a lot to reduce by. We will see the rates shoot up. Going back 3 years ago, when car hire supply was short exactly the same happened, cars were selling at over £300.00 per week and this was for the box standard Peugeot 107 or similar model.

We arrange quite a lot of Car Hire at Alicante Airport where the supplier has an office, really hope for all our Indigo customers the prices are not affected too much but it’s a matter of watch this space really…..

 

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Manchester Airport comes in 4th place, as the UK’s most child friendly airport….

A recent study has ranked Manchester Airport as the countries 4th airport when it comes too been child friendly. Me been a mother of a 2 year old knows full well travelling with children is not the easiest and let’s face it extremely stressful. Most flights you need to be at the airport and checked in at least 2 hours before the flight leaves. Keeping a little one’s occupied is very challenging.
The study conducted asked 1,000 families to score the UK’s 10 major airports out of 10 points. Factors which were taken into consideration were children’s food choices, airport security and also play areas. Below is a list of the 10 airports and how well they scored.

To my surprise Heathrow Airport came in 10th place, I really think putting play areas into all airports is a must as you can sit close by and let the children play. Before long an hour has passed and you can grab something to eat and board the flight.

1 – Edinburgh Airport 7.26

2 – Glasgow Airport 7.18

3 – Liverpool Airport 7.13

4 – Manchester Airport 6.95

5 – Gatwick Airport 6.91

6 – Luton Airport 6.76

7 – Birmingham Airport 6.76

8 – Stansted Airport 6.69

9 – Bristol Airport 6.56

10 – Heathrow Airport 6.53

Sourced from - http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/06022273-manchester-airport-ranked-uks-fourth-most-child-friendly-airport

At Indigo Car Hire we work with many car hire suppliers which means collecting your car hire when you have children can be less stressful. We always recommend when travelling with children to choose our suppliers that have a desk in the terminal building.

 

 

Best selling cars for 2011….

Reading this post does not surprise me at all – http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/europes-best-selling-cars-of-2011 -  Reports confirm the number of sales of new cars purchased in 2011 is down which is understandable given the current financial climate. However the figures are not as low as predicted which means some people are still spending….

UK Sales were down by 4.4%, reports released recently confirm which makes & models were most popular throughout Europe. I have worked in the Car Hire industry all my working life and the good old VW Golf is always very sought after. Booking a compact car could be a Ford Focus, Vauxhall Astra, some suppliers stock Hyundai’s which means the Hyundai i30 falsl into this group. Some customers are willing to pay a little bit more to ensure they get the VW Golf and not a similar model. I have drove a VW Golf and know why we get these requests as the car is a great drive and you can feel the quality. We have all seen the advert ‘it sounds like a Golf’ this statement is very true. Reason for me mentioning the above, is that VW cars fall into the most popular models purchased last year.

Here we go, these are the best selling cars of 2011:

1 – VW Golf

2 – VW Polo

3 – Ford Fiesta

4 – Vauxhall/Opel Corsa

5 – Vauxhall/Opel Astra

6 – Renault Clio

7 – Ford Focus

8 – Renault Megane

9 – VW Passat

10 – Peugeot 207

Mobile Tickets Now Available for the Stansted Express

Stansted Airport is well known as a popular airport for catching budget flights to the UK and some of the biggest low cost airlines such as Ryanair and Easyjet have flights regularly landing there.

One of the points that makes Stansted so popular is it’s close proximity to London which makes it a great option for those travelling to the city but not wanting to pay a premium for flying into Heathrow or Gatwick.
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Family Friendly Christmas Travel With Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport at Christmas

Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year for the Travel industry with millions of people travelling all over the world to spend time with Family and Friends with many of them using flights to get to their destination. Heathrow Airport alone sees over 3.5 million passengers go through their doors between mid December and the start of January. That’s over 180,000 people a day!
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Stansted Voted One of the Worlds Most Punctual Airports

Most people who fly regularly have experienced the misery of delayed and cancelled flights and it seems that an unlikely champion is stepping up to set the standard for punctuality throughout the world!

Stansted Airport has recently been voted as the third most efficient airport in the world when it comes to scheduled departure times, beating all other European airports.

See the full story here and don’t forget that if you decide to use Europes most punctual airport in the future, we are equally efficient in making sure that you get the same service when it comes to car hire at Stansted Airport

Book your Christmas Car Hire early….

Book your Christmas UK Car Hire early to avoid high prices or even no availability as this happens year after year. We are making our customers aware now to save money and also so they get the type of car required.

If anyone reading our blog needs a car hire over this period please call our office direct on 0113 2899281 or email sales@indigocarhire.co.uk