The market for cars is very competitive and if you book early you can get a very reasonable price on the cost of hire. It is the cost of being insured which bumps up the price of the car so adhere to the following steps for how to get the best deal on a hire-car.
- Use a comparison website to shop around and compare the prices of the different hire companies. The best comparison sites are:
It is better to take out the insurance policy separately, so only compare the actual cost of hire at this stage.
- Check the sites which the comparison sites don’t pick up on, which may still be just as competitive:
- Consider booking a package deal, which allows your flights and car hire to be booked all in one – the two main sites offering this are expedia.co.uk and travelocity.com .
- If you have spare loyalty vouchers for Tesco you can use these to get car hire from Avis . Tesco Clubcard vouchers are worth four times their face value when used in conjunction with one of the participating Clubcard organisations.
