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Do something different…

Right, so you’ve booked the flights, the accommodation, the hire car and so on. But what are you going to do once you arrive in your resort. Just toast under the sun? What about ‘doing something different’?? Together with our friends at that company we are now bringing you a massive choice of activities and experiences. As well as tickets for all major theme parks including Disney, Universal, Busch Gardens, Port Aventura and many more we have an amazing choice of other options. Helicopter and plane trips such as the Grand Canyon, New York, Perth and the Las Vegas Strip. City sightseeing tours including Paris in … Continue Reading

From the horses mouth..

We have been warning for months that there would be major shortages of rental cars in Spain this summer. And it seems from all the very late enquiries that we are getting daily that many people thought that this was just a sales pitch. Well now it is official – an e-mail received this morning from a large Spanish rental company was headed ‘last cars available for August’. If you don’t believe us, then please at least listen to the rental companies themselves. To get the last few cars available visit www.carhirewarehouse.com and www.aCarintheSun.com

What a great idea…

Our friends John and Chris, who own the web directory www.Guide2Valencia.com, think the transfers mentioned in the previous post are a great idea. They have heard numerous stories that people who are visiting Valencia,  the northern Costa Blanca and the Costa del Azahar are having great difficulty in booking a rental car. John and Chris see the transfers as an ideal solution - so much so that they posted an article about the service on Guide2Valencia as soon as they heard about it. For more information about the Valencia region visit www.Guide2Valencia.com. Or if you are looking for property in and around Valencia, try … Continue Reading

Taxi, transfer…

As we mentioned in the previous post, the shortage of rental cars is causing some severe difficulties.  To help with this problem we have partnered with Holiday Taxis so that private transfers can be quickly and simply arranged if a rental car is not available. Quick, simple on-line booking and when you arrive at your destination airport your private car and driver are waiting for you. No standing in hot taxi queues until a taxi is free. No haggling with the driver over the cost. Cars, people-carriers, minibuses and even 50+ seater coaches are available. Just go to www.aCarintheSun.com and visit the … Continue Reading

SOLD OUT…

Despite regular warnings from ourselves and many others in the car rental industry about major shortages of hire cars this summer, we are still getting a huge number of enquiries for cars at the very last moment. Unfortunately we have all been proved correct about shortages. The Spanish Costas are extremely badly affected and what the few cars that you see on our on-line booking sites really is all the availability that there is – and those rates are for real! There have been a series of price rises during the Spring and Summer on the Costas and the people … Continue Reading

Malaga bargain…

We were checking rates earlier for a client needing an economy car at Malaga airport in mid-August. For 09 days most rates were over, sometimes well over, £300. We also checked our sister site, www.aCarintheSun.com, and there was a rate of just under £206 for a Fiesta with air-conditioning!! But be quick, availability at all rates is very poor and any delays in booking may mean not only missing this bargain, but missing the next best rates as well.

Remember www.aCarintheSun.com