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iCarhireinsurance comes up with New Year Tips to stop car renters being ripped off

January 6th, 2012 No comments
To start 2012 off on the right foot the iCarhireinsurance.com team has come up with Five useful tips to avoid sales pressure at the car rental desk and also making sure that people hiring a car are not ripped off when they return a hire car.

Tip One: Take Photographic Evidence - something I have personally done when I have rented when I could not get anyone to sign off my comments when I collected a hire car.

Tip Two:  Audit Trail icarhireinsurance suggests downloading a GPS Tracking app to the renter's smart phone to create an audit trail of where they have been.

Tip Three: Check Final Bill for Overcharging - Check the  final bill from the hire car company to ensure that extras have not been added like petrol etc. Also get the car signed off when you return it and check your credit card statement.

Tip Four: Don't buy insurance from the Car Hire Rental Desk

 - they say a car hire customer can save up to 80% buying car hire excess insurance in advance from iCarhireinsurance.com - Find out more Here

Tip Five: Take Photographic Evidence at the End of the Trip - If someone can't check your car in, then take photos. Digital photos should be able to show dates if the photo is taken by a digital camera or mobile phone.

So if you are planning on hiring a car in the near future or even later in the year it is worthwhile considering all of these.
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Christmas Greetings from Economy Car Hire

December 17th, 2011 No comments
Find out more Here about Economy Car Hire HERE
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Holiday Autos improves it’s marketing team

December 14th, 2011 No comments
"The Drum  Modern Marketing and Media" website has said that Car hire/Van hire/Motorhome hire firm Holiday Autos has boosted its team with the appointment of Kevin Currie as Global Director of Digital Marketing and Elise Newman as Global Head of Affiliate Marketing and Meta Search.


Kevin Currie joins from hotel website Octopus.com where he was marketing director. Before that he was general managwer of Somewhere2stay and head of web at Virgin Holidays. He has just joined Holiday Autos

Elise Newman has moved  from Affiliate Window where she oversaw client strategy and relationship management in her role as key accounts team leader.

She has previously held senior management roles at LinkShare Corporation and Blue Chip Holidays. She has been with Holiday Autos since September 2011

Isabelle Ratinaud, Managing Director of Holiday Autos, said: "Kevin and Elise bring a wealth of knowledge and experience that will help to develop and shape the growth of Holiday Autos. I’m very excited that they are coming on board at such a pivotal time for the company."

holiday autos is the world's largest and leading leisure car hire broker - they offer car hire -  Hybrid Car Hire  - Van Hire and Motorhome Hire in location around the world to find out more Click Here 

Part Source: The Drum.
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Jubilee replaces Chartis as underwriter on insurance4carhire Europe

November 29th, 2011 No comments
Insurance Insight is running a news report that Jubilee replaces Chartis as underwriter for Towergate's insurance4carhire Europe. As an agent for advertisements from insurance4carhire we were informed at the end of October.

 Jubilee have agreed a number of cover enhancements to the Annual product.

The major enhancements are indicated below:



No age restrictions - drivers between the ages of 21 and 85 are eligible for cover


Towing costs relating to damage or mechanical breakdown are now included


Increased excess or repair costs up to a maximum of £4,000 any one incident and up to a maximum of £5,000 during any one period of insurance.


Cover now includes Misfueling up to a maximum of £500 any one incident and up to a maximum of £2,000 in any one period of insurance


In-Country Rentals - this means there is no longer a 150kms restriction from where you live.


All for the same price! ...and if someone buys the annual Europe product via the insurance4carrental.com website it only costs £39.20 for the year.

According to Insurance Insight's report -

Simon Townsend, Divisional Managing Director at Towergate Underwriting Group, added: "Jubilee has a proven track record in combining its broad scheme expertise and knowledge with the strength of the Lloyd's platform to create solutions that bring more depth and relevance to the needs of affinity schemes."

Warren Campbell, Affinity and Special Risks Underwriter at Jubilee, said: "We have been able to extend the benefits for Insurance4carhire.com's customers and ensure they have a competitively priced, market-leading solution to protect their excess payments. The scheme reflects our strategy of building a diverse book of niche scheme products."



Source: Insurance Insight and insurance4carhire
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Are people buying large presents for Christmas or just on the move?

November 26th, 2011 No comments
There has been a great deal of movement in van hire excess insurance on the insurance4carrental.com / insurance4vanrental.com website over the past few days.

Information in from one of the advertisers "insuremyvanhire.com" which is part of the insurance4carhire.com operation shows people are renting vans for one or two days and buying that company's excess insurance.

Customers can also buy van hire excess insurance from another insurance company advwertising on the site - iCarhireinsurance.com.

So what are all these people doing rening vans near the end of November? Are they buying large Christmas presents? Have the post-Christmas furniture sales started early or are they just moving home, or builders carrying out building work and hiring a van whilst their vehicle is in for repair?

You can of course even arrange van hire (car hire and motorhome hire) via Holiday Autos on the insurance4carrental.com site.

What about people renting cars?   At this time of year when Christmas expenditure is very much on the minds of consumers in a year when people have had to tighten their belts, it is good news to know that a couple of car hire excess insurance companies advertising on the jml Insurance sites and the insurance4carrrental.com site are continuing to offer lower price car hire excess insurance on some of their insurance products.

insurance4carhire the company that started car hire excess insurance a number of years ago, customers can save £9.80 off the £49.00 annual Europe 31 days policy by only having to pay £39.20 if they purchase via a link from the jml Group/insurance4carrental.com sites.


The insurance4carhire worldwide 31 days is currently being discounted from £65.00 to £52.00 a saving of £13.00. To get the lower price the consumer must go into jml-insurance.co.uk or insurance4carrental.com and go to the insurance4carhire logos or pages.


Questor Insurance are continuing to offer their 10 per cent discount their car hire excess insurance by adding a discount code when they buy using the link from the jml websites.

There are a great choice of providers advertising at Insurance4carrental.com WorldwideInsure.com who offer car hire excess insurance and Motorhome excess insurance - Essential Travel, iCarhireinsurance.com offering car hire and van hire excess insurance, Protectyourbubble and Odyssey.

Questor Insurance also offers motorhomehire excess insurance and insuremyvanhire.com is the van hire excess insurance from insurance4carhire.com. Daily policies from the insurance4carhire group can be found on the sites which have trade names of the cdwsli.com and dailyexcess.com.

So if you are planning that Christmas or winter break now is the time to buy your excess insurance and spread your Christmas spending budget. If you are hiring a van, car or motorhome remember it is usually a lot better value to buy your excess insurance from an independent insurance company like the ones advertising on the insurance4carrental.com website than from a car hire / van hire / motorhome hire company.
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Holiday Autos are holding a November Sale!

November 21st, 2011 No comments
Sales used to come just after Christmas and in the summer in the retail trade. They now pop up all times of the year and it looks like some bedding and furniture companies in the UK hold sales most of the year!

In France, by law you can only hold a sale for so many days in a year. Anyway Holiday Autos have just sent me a flyer say there sale starts in the morning (21st November 2011).

According to the flyer: 

Starting from 10am tomorrow that is (Monday 21st November 2011), you can make massive savings in their car hire sale. Whether you're looking for some sun, a winter city break or to hit the slopes, get 30% off car hire in popular locations.


Each day from 10am, the destinations shown will be on sale for 24 hours only. But remember, to book through the links in their flyer email to receive an exclusive 30% off. (that's an extra 5% off versus our regular website).

Their sale applies to ALL rentals in selected locations for pick-ups between 5 January and 29 February 2012.

Don't forget to come back on the relevant sale day to receive this great discount.
 
The Sale Destinations change each day

Mon 21 Nov UK & Ireland


Tue 22 Nov Canaries & South Africa


Wed 23 Nov France & Italy


Thu 24 Nov Portugal & Madeira


Fri 25 Nov Switzerland, Austria & Iceland


Sat 26 Nov Cyprus & Malta

To go to the normal Great Value  Holiday Autos Website Click Here 

Enjoy their sale



By the way if you are hiring a car don't forget your car hire excess insurance. Find out more here
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Focus on Dublin Car Hire Rental Staff

November 18th, 2011 No comments
This morning I came acroos this article on the iCarhireinsurance site today. "Dubious Dublin airport car rental staff ".

This is a subject that is very close to my heart and I have submitted a few articles on the insurance4carrrental.com website as a result of personal experiences with car rental companies operating out of Dublin Airport, Ireland.

Unfortunately Ernie's article highlighs some of the major problems that iCarhireinsurance clients have been and continue to experience. 

iCarhireinsurance says that "what strikes us from the comments coming in, is the fair amount of problems the car rental company staff from the various car rental firms at Dublin airport are giving our customers as well as our competitors."  I have been told a very similar story by a representative of another major car hire excess company and the problem has been going on for a few years now."

"We know car rental companies treat ancillary insurance sales as a profit centre, but incentivising staff for selling excess waiver to customers results in a poor showing of morals and customer service. Your car hire excess policy with us is always valid and not one single car rental company has any say whether it is permissible or not. Remember this is a separate contract between an individual (you) and an a regulated and authorised insurance company says iCarhireinsurance".

Ireland needs tourists and business visitors and if in their first few minutes on Irish soil they are being put off the country by this first moment impression, they won't return and what is more will be telling their friends and business associates.  



iCarhireinsurance say that they will take action with the European Commission on the client's behalf  if you let them know of the following about any car rental company you have dealt with where:-
1. they have advised that our iCarhireinsurance.com excess insurance policy is not valid.
2. you have been pressured to buy additional excess waiver protection.
3. you have been told this type of insurance is compulsory and you are required to purchase it only from the car rental firm.
4. that you have been told they will not honour your reservation if you decided to decline their insurance.

Read the entire article in full Here



More Articles to see on this subject


Irish Car Rental Companies make customers buy their car hire insurance by financial constraints - Here

Car hire company in Ireland charges for unwanted excess insurance. Here

Irish car hire companies are taking visitors for a ride - Here

Irish Tourism in 2011 - Here

If you have been to Ireland and hired a car there and have been pressurised into buying unwanted insurance please reply on this blog or email us and we will pass your details onto the iCarhireinsurance team.

If you would like more information about iCarhireinsurance car hire excess insurance and van hire excess insurance please Click Here

Finally if you want to make coments about specific Irish car rental companies then an excellent platform is using Trip Advisor. Find the relevant forum or create your own review.
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CAR2GO moves to Vienna

November 17th, 2011 No comments
Hallo Wien! Hello Vienna! is the welcome on the CAR2GO website. These two seater Smart cars will be available in yet another location.

They are already in Vancouver - Canada, San Diego and Austin in the USA,  Hamburg and Ulm inGermany, Amsterdam - Netherlands, and coming to Lyon, France in 2012.

The cars will be available 24/7 and according to the company's website  no reservation needed. A subscription is not required either and you can park for free anywhere in the car2go operating area. There will soon be some 500 of these cars out on the streets of Vienna.

In October Europcar issued a Press Release saying "  Ulm/Guyancourt – car2go GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, together with Europcar, the leader in car rental services in Europe, will create a new joint-venture to accelerate and extend their innovative partnership Europe-wide. The new company is called “car2go Europe GmbH” and will enable the two partners to bring the unique car2go mobility service to millions of drivers throughout Europe. Daimler’s car2go GmbH will be the majority shareholder in this new company."

 “Similar to the initial car2go Hamburg joint-venture, founded last October, the new company is built around a balanced cooperation between the same two strong partners,” said Robert Henrich, CEO of car2go GmbH. “car2go Europe will be able to swiftly launch large-scale rollouts and strengthen our first mover advantage as the world’s first free-floating, one-way carsharing service.”



The innovative mobility concept car2go was developed by Daimler AG in 2008. Today, with a total of more than 45,000 members and 1,100 vehicles worldwide, car2go has proven success in four cities: Ulm and Hamburg in Germany, the Texan capital Austin in the US and Vancouver in Canada. Three other cities are announced yet: Lyon (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands) and San Diego (USA). In Amsterdam and San Diego car2go will start operations before the end of 2011 with full-electric fleets of 300 car2go smart fortwo electric drive vehicles in each city. Since the first launch in the southern German city of Ulm in March 2009, more than 900,000 trips have been made and approximately 9 million kilometres have been covered."

In the Vienna operation the rental charges are €0.29 per driving minute, €12.90 per hour and €39  per day of 24 hours - and while the car is parked but still booked out to the renter as with other normal hire cars, however unlike regular rentals, it will only cost  €0.09 a minute. Everything is included - fuel, insurance, taxes and parking, For the first 20km of driving .If the hirer needs to go out of the city, it will  cost an extra €0.29  a kilometre.

These sound like a great idea, however if you are looking for a car to rent that can
accommodate more than two people and one that you can drive in for further distances that is not a city run about, then you need to visit the insurance4carrental.com Car Hire page. Holiday Autos ( you can also rent vans and motorhomes from them), Carrentals and Economy Car Hire links can be found Here

See also Rent an eco car on this blog February 2011

















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Need car van or motorhome hire excess insurance?

November 16th, 2011 No comments
If you are renting a car, van or motorhome you will find that it is normally a lot better value to buy your excess insurance from a specialist insurance company.

The insurance4carrental.com promotional site has a great number of companies offering their products. There are daily and annual policies be advertised for car hire excess insurance and daily policies for motorhome hire excess insurance.

Many of the insurance companies advertising on the site will sell their insurance to residents of  countries worldwide and as you pay by credit card, you pay the insurance company in your local currency which is changed by yiour credit card company.

Van hire policies come on a "daily basis" as most people only rent a van for one day or just a few every so often.

With motorhome hire excess insurance it is similar, as most renters would just hire the vehicle for a week or two.

It is a different matter with car hire excess. With people taking more holidays and short breaks these days, a lot of the car hire excess insurance companies are providing daily or annual policies. These can be for European destinations, Worldwide or USA and Canada. It normally will work out a lot cheaper if you buy an annual policy particularly if you are renting a car for more than ten days.

For more information pay a visit to www.insurance4carrental.com  Not only has the site got lots of insurance companies advertising it also has advice, information, reports and guides. 

If you are looking for temporary car or van insurance in the UK for a few days (loan vehicle, test vehicle, borrowing a friend's car or van etc) there are companies advertising their products on the site as well. 

Finally, if you run a self drive car - van - motorhome business and are looking for insurance for your fleet, this is also catered for at the insurance4carrental.com site   
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Enjoy the Benefits of Luxury Car Hire Services

November 10th, 2011 No comments

Who says that you will have to buy your dream luxury car to enjoy driving off in style? Well, nowadays, luxury car hire services are available all across the United Kingdom. You simply need to book the car of your choice and slide in it to drive it away. Of course, the biggest benefit of hiring a luxury car is that it makes you feel happy and fulfils your dream of driving your favourite car.

Luxury cars can be rented from various car hire outlets across the United Kingdom. You can visit the website of your car rental company and see what all options are available. Some companies also offer vintage cars on rent along with the latest models of luxury cars. Depending upon your requirements you can book the car of your choice.

If you plan to rent a luxury car, it is best to make a reservation in advance. The vehicle can be booked online. All you need to do is just fill up a form and choose the car model and confirm your booking by making a payment through credit card.

The best part is that there is no restriction on purpose of booking a luxury car. You can book a vehicle for any purpose including airport transfers, travelling to a client’s location, getting to a wedding venue or for celebrating prom nights or other occasions. Whatever the reason is, you can easily book a luxury car.

You can also book a fleet of luxury cars if you are getting married. For this purpose, special wedding car hire services are also available. Market is flooded with a range of options but you need to choose the one that best suits your requirements and budget. The best bet is your car rental company. When it comes to hire a luxury car, a reputed company offers you excellent core services, first-rate additional benefits and immediate breakdown service if required. You can completely rely on their services.

Even if you want to look classy and opt for vintage cars such as 1962model of Rolls Royce or any other similar vehicle, there are a lot of options available in the market. You only need to decide which model of luxury car you require.


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