UK Car Hire Savings

By Francis Mitchell


Anyone who is renting a car while on holiday can save on the rental cost by thinking about which additional policies they can do without. Below are just a few which drivers can rethink and book at a later date should they change their minds but can also do without renting. They have the last say.

Seating For Your Children Overlooked but needed sometimes is seating for little ones when you rent a car. Airlines may allow you to bring along your own seating which is great as the seat will be familiar with you when you go to fit the seat in your rental car. The savings will be passed onto you as a daily hire of a booster seat or baby seat can be over ten pounds on a daily basis. Renting for a long summer period will be very pricey if you need to rent one for your small child.

Additional Drivers Do you need two drivers? Think and plan your journey carefully. Journeys within a couple of hours from the airport often do not require two drivers. If you are visiting and staying with family , your journey will be broken up by over night stays at your in-laws and will not require an extra driver on your holiday. Longer journeys can be broken up by long stops and having lunch in a town centre restaurant. Most of the time in the UK drivers trend not to drive anywhere for more than 3 to 4 hours at a time and split their journeys which means extra drivers are not required .

Car Hire Insurance Policies Every renters nightmare when its comes to renting out a van or car from an outlet. Do I need to purchase an insurance policy or can I do without? There are several options for you on this point and the first one is to say no to any policy and just pay for the rental costs. If this is your choice then be prepared to lose your excess deposit in the event of a car accident. An option if you do your homework is to buy an insurance policy from staff when you arrive into the depot. They can explain the various policies on display and work out the best one for your journey. The staff are then given a commission for each sale they make. Lastly purchase your own copy of an insurance policy from an outsider and give them the commission any problems with damage and you can reclaim back similar to a normal insurance broker.

This is just a small number of add ons which you can do away with should you decide too . There are other add ons which unfortunately you can not refrain from when renting a hired car.




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