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Email us at: casitamaria@ruralspanishholiday.com  or call: 00 34 600 875 916 (English spoken)

Car Hire

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Out of season you may be lucky to pick up a car without a reservation, but to be absolutely sure, we recommend you book first. 

Many places on the internet are actually agents and they just find the best deal they can with any company – including the bad ones.  It seems that the cheaper the car hire, the longer you have to wait for your car (often well over an hour!) and the more extras they charge. We are dismayed to hear from guests that many hire car companies are charging for a full tank of petrol at premium rates, and then asking you to bring it back empty … and many only having used a quarter of a tank.  Check the small print carefully!  

A Berlingo, Kangoo or Doble are good vehicles for up here - a lot of the locals use these types of vehicle as they are cheap to buy and have good ground clearance plus loads of space. Failing that, Ford Focus and Renault Clio are fine. However, I don’t think anyone actually gets the car that they request! Don’t worry too much about it – so long as you don’t go for anything too classy (especially anything with low profile tyres!), you’ll be just fine.

Having not felt we could reliably recommend any one particular company, we think we have now found a firm that, whilst perhaps slightly more expensive at base level, it guarantees no extras. Hilary and Richard, arriving late at night, were very pleased with the service.

The price is generally about 30-40 euros higher than the base price you would pay via other internet companies, but you will not then get charged extras (such as a full tank of fuel at premium prices) on arrival - check on their site:

For more details here on "Top Cars", please click here:  Top Cars

1. Top Cars Account Name ruralspanishholidays

2. Top Cars Account User Password discountcarhire

 

"I just wanted to let you know that we were very impressed with the car hire company.  It was quick, the people were very efficient and friendly and excellent English speakers.  We got the car within minutes on arrival and they took us straight to the airport when we arrived at their office to depart.  The office is also very easy to find and very close to the airport.  He drove us in the same car to save messing around with luggage etc.  And the final point, which impressed us was that he said that as we had left the tank 3/4 full of diesel, if we returned he would make a note of it and not charge us for the fuel.  So we were pleased all round."

Hilary and Richard Rogers, 3rd Jan to 10th Jan 2008.

There are many companies represented at Malaga airport and you should have no problems.  However, if you do, let us know and we will try to help.

Please contact us either by email, casitamaria@ruralspanishholiday.com

or by telephone: 00 34 600 875 916 (English Spoken)

Postal Address: Apartado de Correo 342, 29500 Álora, Spain

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