Unbelievable rates - is this normal in the UK at Christmas?
Nov 4, 2017, 5:10 am
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Unbelievable rates - is this normal in the UK at Christmas?
I have been looking at renting a car whilst we will be in the UK for Christmas. Gatwick want £411 for a Fiat 500, £477 for a Fiesta - and that is with a discount code - without they are £632 and £740 respectively.
Is it normal for such tarrifs over Christmas ? I thought that demand would be quite low. I might add that I looked at Hertz and Eurocar and they were much the same.
I picked myself up off the floor and made other arrangements!
Is it normal for such tarrifs over Christmas ? I thought that demand would be quite low. I might add that I looked at Hertz and Eurocar and they were much the same.
I picked myself up off the floor and made other arrangements!
Nov 7, 2017, 9:52 am
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Nov 8, 2017, 10:00 am
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I have been looking at renting a car whilst we will be in the UK for Christmas. Gatwick want £411 for a Fiat 500, £477 for a Fiesta - and that is with a discount code - without they are £632 and £740 respectively.
Is it normal for such tarrifs over Christmas ? I thought that demand would be quite low. I might add that I looked at Hertz and Eurocar and they were much the same.
I picked myself up off the floor and made other arrangements!
Is it normal for such tarrifs over Christmas ? I thought that demand would be quite low. I might add that I looked at Hertz and Eurocar and they were much the same.
I picked myself up off the floor and made other arrangements!
Nov 13, 2017, 6:34 am
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I've been renting car over Christmas in the UK for well over 20 years and have never seen them as ridiculously high as this year. Have you tried Enterprise? It's the first time I've used them but I've managed to get hold of a rate which is less than half the price of Hertz/Avis/Europcar. Booked it a couple of months ago so rates may have gone up.
Nov 21, 2017, 2:29 pm
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Dec 18, 2017, 5:57 am
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" Have you seen our rates?" said he "They're quite high"
"Quite high?" quoth I " I wanted to rent the car, not buy it"
He upgraded me!!
I would add that someone here has been most helpful about this - he knows who he is - but I am respecting his wishes as he will know. Thank you to him.