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Despite the never-ending gloomy economic predictions from endless so-called ‘experts’, the low-cost airlines continue to take the positive approach. Following the recent announcement of new routes from Easyjet comes news of additional flights on existing services and a new route from bmibaby. The new route is Cardiff to Almeria and there are additional services on routes from Birmingham to Malaga, Alicante, Murcia and Faro, East Midlands to Menorca and Almeria and from Manchester to Palma (Majorca). Full details at www.bmibaby.com. For low-cost all-inclusive rates on hire cars at all of these destinations visit www.ACarintheSun.com and www.carhirewarehouse.com.

The terms and conditions of a car rental booking state that a valid major credit card must be presented when the car is being collected. This is used to secure the excess, the fuel deposit and to pay for any local charges such as extra drivers, child seats, etc. The credit card provided must be in the name of the lead driver. There has been some confusion as people sometimes regard ‘credit card’ as a generic term for any plastic money and provide a debit card which can be refused meaning that they cannot have their car. To add to … Continue Reading

Easyjet and Ryanair have very different news on their respective web-sites. Ryanair are announncing a cutback in flights from Dublin for the summer having just announced similar action at Shannon. They are citing high costs and the Irish Governments decision to impose a Tourist tax as the causes of these decisions. Tourist tax has at best a chequered history. Majorca tried a similar thing a few years ago and it was abandoned after one season due to a fall in the number of visitors. However Ryanair also appear to be reducing activity at other airports outside of Ireland. More information … Continue Reading

A regular client phoned asking about a small car for a week at Pisa in late July. Our normal sources were quoting over £230 a week, to include a free additional driver and no excess as this client normally chooses. This rate is probably about right based on last years rates and then allowing for the fall in the value of £ sterling against the euro. We also checked at our on-line sites and what a saving!! – £138.81* with air-conditioning at www.ACarintheSun.com and www.acarinItaly.com. OK, this rate doesn’t include the ‘no excess and free additional driver’ benefits … Continue Reading

Surprisingly busy really, despite all the doomsday predictions from so-called ‘experts’. Both sun and ski-slopes have been busy with compact cars and a Skoda Octavia estate in Geneva for a ski-ing party off to the Alps. Also for snow-seekers were cars at Toulouse and Perpignan, both for the Pyrenees, and Malaga for the Sierra Nevada mountains. Sun-seekers were off to the Costas with economy cars and a Focus estate for Alicante and another Focus estate at Murcia, Nice on the Riviera, Fort Myers in Florida, Dallas in Texas and a 7-seater Minivan in Los Angeles.

Enquiries in hand include a … Continue Reading