Car Hire | Car Rental Deals and Offers

This week marks the launch of new online car hire booking engine by-car.co.uk. The site has been launched across the UK and in Germany with im-mietauto.de, offering customers the opportunity to hire from over 7500 car hire locations in over 150 countries.

Leading global car rental company, National Car Rental, has launched a partnership in Europe with Hotel Express International (HEI) to give HEI members exclusive rates on car rental.

Holiday Autos’ customer service team have been kept amused by its customers’ queries and antics in 2007. Below are 10 of the funniest, quirkiest and bizarre tales of the year.

Avis Rent a Car has celebrated the arrival of its first customer at its brand new Ebbsfleet International location in Kent. Mr Martin Andrews, travelling from Brussels to Essex, was pleasantly surprised when the Avis rental agent advised that his rental would be absolutely free.

In an exciting new partnership, Alamo Rent A Car has joined forces with travel experts, DialAFlight. Under the new, 2 year agreement, DialAFlight customers will benefit from Alamo’s highly competitive rates, worldwide network and flexible rental service.

Leading international car rental provider, National, is bringing added value to American Express Cardmembers with the launch of its winter promotion.

Car hire comparison site Carrentals.co.uk is strengthening its position in the travel market with a £100,000 investment in the enhancement of its website.

Avis Rent a Car will be the only car rental company serving the new Ebbsfleet International Railway Station, opening on Monday 19 November 2007.

Avis has joined forces with Germany’s biggest airline, Lufthansa. From this autumn travellers can book car rental through the airlines’ website lufthansa.com.

Free reflective snap wrap wristbands, exclusive savings on child car seats, and advice on winter driving are some of the offers in the Road Sense road safety campaign, launched today by leading car hire comparator Carrentals.co.uk.

Holiday Autos has launched the new range of Hybrid vehicles for pick up in four European markets France, Sweden, UK and Ireland. This new offering gives customers the opportunity to travel in a more environmentally-conscious manner.

Price comparison website Carrentals.co.uk is launching a German version of its site – Carrentals.de – in its first move into the European car hire market.

Budget is the latest car hire supplier to be featured on price comparator website Carrentals.co.uk, taking the total number of car rental sites compared to 46.

Avis UK’s Marketing and Customer Support Team was presented with the SOCAP Award for Innovation in Customer Service at the recent National Customer Service Awards. This top accolade was given in recognition of the company’s recently launched blog wetryharder.co.uk.

Avis is launching its latest environmentally friendly initiative across the UK this month, allowing customers to carbon neutralise their rental car’s CO2 emissions via text message.

CarDelMar has a special promotion for seasonal skiers who will be enjoying the snowy slopes this winter. CarDelMar is offering a 10% discount on car rental to avid skiers and those taking their first steps on the snow this winter. The promotion is open to anyone travelling to catch the best season.

CarDelMar has a special promotion for seasonal golfers who will be making their holiday rounds this autumn. With the European and American tours in full swing, CarDelMar is offering a 10% discount to avid golfers travelling to catch the tournaments on all car rentals over 7 days booked before 30th November 2007.

Avis has added the new Audi A5 Coupe to its prestige fleet. The vehicle is available to rent in London and Manchester from as little as £185 per day.

easyCar.com, the low cost car hire specialist, are supporting the ACT ON CO2 campaign in partnership with the Department for Transport.

Alamo Rent A Car is offering British Airways Executive Club members double BA Miles on every car rental booked between September and November 2007. This fantastic new promotion means that British Airways Executive Club members will be able to enjoy added value benefits and quality rental at all their favourite locations.

Unveiling a dynamic new stand in the global village shared with sister company National Car Rental, Alamo Rent A Car is using WTM 2007 to confirm its commitment to making holiday car rental truly hassle-free.

CarDelMar, the innovative online car rental broker, has discovered that British holiday-makers spend more time on the road exploring their destination during the summer than other Europeans.

The environment is a very hot topic at the moment but rest assured Avis isn’t just ‘jumping on the bandwagon’.

CarDelMar suggests five relatively unknown places to visit when planning a trip to Europe. Car rental provides the freedom to explore and discover remote hot spots and hidden glory of holiday destinations so you can become the local travel guru.

Alamo Rent A Car is offering customers the ultimate gift to help them get out and enjoy summer. Booking a week’s rental from just £17 a day or 3 days for the price of 2 will put a spring in the step of anyone wanting to get away in the UK this summer.

As the 6th Rugby World Cup kicks off on 7th September, throngs of fans from the 20 finest rugby playing nations will be descending upon the host country France.

France, Wales, Scotland and the world’s top 20 Rugby teams are all gearing up for the prestigious 2007 World Cup – are you? If so, log-on to Auto-europe.co.uk and click into the extensive Rugby World Cup Touring Guide to discover introductory travel information, sightseeing ideas and tips for driving in France as well as a tempting 15% off car hire in Cardiff, Marseille and Paris (for Saint-Denis) during the final stages of the tournament.

Recent research conducted by leading car-hire broker Holiday Autos has unveiled that 64% of Britons reward themselves with a lifestyle-promotion by upgrading their car, food, accommodation and shopping habits when on holiday.

From the wide, open spaces of the Mojave desert to the hills of San Francisco, Alamo Rent A Car customers have named their top US ‘dream drive’ destinations in a survey conducted by the US vehicle rental specialist.