Car rental prices appear to be dropping as new vehicles appear on the hire fleets...
A friend joined me earlier this week, flying into Alicante. Through the broker DYS, he got a delivery miles Clio with OK Cars, €234 for 24 days. His own CDW policy, not using their insurance, and €1500 blocked on his credit card for damage.
That’s still a lot more than usual...were used to paying €20/40 every 2 weeks, but it was the best deal at the moment. He started booking his rental about 3 months ago, always with free cancellation, then as prices dropped he’d cancel and rebook.
Local car hire companies where I’m staying have quoted me circa€1k for 6 weeks commencing mid February 2022. I’ll be using DYS, hopefully just one changeover during that period. Decided on flying now, £110 return with sensible flight times, rather than £650+ sailing to Santander.
Current loan car is a 2006 Megane cabrio. A total shed, loaned by a friend. Intermittent warning lights, checked out by local garage who told me it was a result of dodgy electrics, but fine to drive. Daren’t put the roof down just in case it doesn’t go back up !
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