Posted on September 30, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

    You find us in high spirits today. Last night we scooped the Best Car Hire Website award at the Travolution awards which took place in the rather salubrious surroundings of London’s Dorchester hotel.  Seeing off tough competition from the likes of holidayautos.com, auto-europe.co.uk, budget.co.uk and usrentacar.co.uk, judges say we won them over with [...]

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Drewski2112 via Flickr A notice to all Argus Car Hire customers travelling with Ryanair.  From Thursday all Ryanair passengers will be required to check in online at least four hours and no more than 15 days before their sheduled departure.  They will also need to print their own boarding pass at a cost [...]

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Dear Editor, We are driving from Sydney to Cairns in November.  We will be picking up our car hire at Sydney Airport and will be stopping off for six nights along the way.  Can you recommend any good places to overnight? Liz, Cardiff Editor says: Hi Liz Thanks for your question.  Sydney to Cairns is [...]

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

  Dear Editor, I want to hire a car in Alicante, Spain, this October for half term.  After hearing a lot of stories about a shortage of cars, I’m wondering about availability.  Also, I’d like your advice on some interesting drives outside of the usual resorts.  It will just be my wife, our two children [...]

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Any passenger booked on a Ryanair flight leaving next Thursday will need to produce a passport or official Government ID before being allowed to fly. From October, all passengers flying with Ryanair must have a valid passport or government-issued National Identity card, issued specially for the purpose of identification, as driver’s licences will no longer [...]

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

UK car hire customers are set to find chivalry alive and kicking on British roads if all goes to plan for Road Respect Day, a new initiative being launched by the RAC that aims to put manners on the nation’s drivers. According to RAC research, being followed too closely, spotting drivers talking on their mobile phones and being [...]