I hired a car earlier this year to travel on the South Coast; fearful that my car, which was giving me problems at the time, might not manage the 1000 miles or so that I planned to drive.
Then I read some horror stories online about the company I'd hired from, the name of which began with H. The way these stories read, it seemed that the problem was not so much about the company but more dependent on which location you hired the car from. However, I decided that I couldn't take a chance on being ripped off, so I cancelled the booking and took my old jalopy instead. Turned out fine, and certainly a good deal less expensive than it might have been.
I'd think very hard indeed before hiring a car ever again. I've hired many vans and despite one or two of them having the bodywork of the average Kurdish gun platform, and thus virtually impossible to work out the condition before and after, I've never been landed with an unexpected bill for damage. Seems things can be very different where hire cars are concerned.
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