Posted on August 31, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

“I pity the fool who d’oh-nt mention the warrr.”
What do Homer Simpson, Mr T and John Cleese all have in common?
Before you go putting 2+2 together to come up with a catchphrase to rival the one above, let me reveal that they’ve all been lending their voices to GPS systems.
And now legendary folk singer Bob [...]

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Our question of the week comes from a customer called Michael who contacted us with a query regarding Florence car hire.
Michael Says:
Hi,
We (4 of us) are thinking of renting a car from Florence for 2 or 3 days to see the Italian countryside, but we don’t want to drive in the city.  What can you suggest? [...]

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

It’s not just UK customers who need to worry about delays this weekend.  Those who’ve booked car hire in Portugal may find themselves similarly displaced as strike action by ground staff at TAP threatens to disrupt flights to Portugal this weekend.
If the work stoppages go ahead as planned, they will affect ground operations at all Portuguese airports, [...]

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

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The AA is forecasting that this weekend will be one of the busiest of the year in terms of traffic in the UK, with music festivals, bank-holidaymakers (if that’s a word?) and transport disruption all set to add to the chaos.Â
Those renting a car in the UK should be aware that road works will be in [...]

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

So you’ve saved on your car hire by booking with Argus, but what happens when you get out on the open-road and you’re running low on fuel, food and er, money.Â
Well, the web is awash with all kinds of sites that promise to locate the cheapest places to fill-up on fuel and snacks, but the [...]

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

The Argus Team works hard to ensure that the content we offer on our website is always informative, useful and easy to navigate.  That’s why we’re so pleased to introduce our new ‘vehicle details’ feature on Step Two of our booking process:

Click on ‘vehicle details’ when choosing your vehicle and you will notice a pop-up [...]