Car hire firm Sixt has experienced a 72% spike in rental enquiries after news broke of engineering work and strikes on rail networks. The increase, which comes at a peak travel period ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, was particularly apparent in London, where call volumes are up 38 per cent from the [...]

Those renting cars over the Christmas period are being warned to be weary of con artists. Officials from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) say that drivers need to be particularly cautious when checking newspaper and online adverts for car hire. The group said that over the same period a year ago many [...]

An inquiry regarding the sky-high cost of car cover has been launched by the Office of Fair Trading. The regulating agency said the move comes as a result of its finding that premiums in the UK’s £10 billion car insurance industry had risen 21 per cent in just the past two years. OFT officials said [...]

The European Commission is introducing new rules which will mean that consumers are protected from buying unwanted services when they shop online. Airline ticket websites will no longer be permitted to have boxes on them which customers have to un-tick if they do not want additional products such as car hire or insurance. The new [...]

As families across the UK prepare to take off on their annual summer holidays, the minutiae of car hire contracts are probably the last thing on most their minds. But thankfully for holidaymakers, the industry is coming under increased pressure to ensure that deals are sold to renters in a fair and transparent way. Coming [...]

Regulations could soon be in place to force car hire firms to be more careful about landing their customers with a variety of hidden costs. The number of complaints from rental firm customers rocketed in the first half of 2011 by 37 per cent, compared to the first half of 2009, according to the UK [...]

The price of car hire in the UK is expected to rise as much as 30% in the upcoming summer travel season. Experts say the news comes as a result of a short supply in vehicles due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan last month, which forced numerous automakers to slow or stop production [...]

A recent Tourism Competitiveness report may have placed the UK in seventh position out of a total of 139 countries – the first time Britain has entered the top ten – but the authors added that the ranking disguised the fact that the country was still appalling in many aspects. While it ranked highly in [...]

Holidaymakers preparing to get away to Europe in the summer will be pleased to learn that, for the second year in a row, the average price of a budget hotel room has dropped in many countries. Travellers planning a getaway this summer will also be able to take advantage of the low fares being offered [...]

Leaving holiday arrangements to the very last minute can be an expensive mistake, according to research conducted by travelsupermarket.com, a leading holiday price comparison website. The site found that last minute plans for a family of four choosing to go away at half-term can end up adding as much as £632 to the total cost [...]