Most of us who regularly hire cars, particularly at airport locations, will have at one time or another, arrived at the rental desk only to be told that despite having made a reservation, either the details cannot be found or that there are no cars available.
Unfortunately not everyone is able to express their confusion at such a situation in such an articulate manner as Mr Seinfeld but maybe you can take some tips from the video below should this ever happen to you.
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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.
Recent reports suggest Aurigacrown will cease 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.
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…..
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.
Today saw Spanish owned company BAA lose its appeal against the forced sale of Stansted Airport by the Competition Commission. Some three years ago, when the ruling was first introduced BAA had to sell London Gatwick, Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh Airports, this because of their dominance in the market.
