Posted on July 30, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Ole Reidar Johansen via Flickr Bit of a strange one here – checking you’ve got the right car hire.  You know in your head which one you’ve selected online. You’ve possibly even imagined yourself behind the wheel, but you’d be amazed at how many people get to the pick–up desk and find all [...]

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia This question comes from a customer called Jonathan. He says: Hi Fiona I’m planning on renting a car in LAX this September and taking a road trip around America’s west coast.  I’ve been hearing various things about the difference between insurance policies for Europe and the US.  Can you please clarify the difference? [...]

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Doubts have a funny way of creeping into trip planning. After all, it’s only natural that you should have some niggling concerns before you hit uncharted territory.  Whether you’re plagued by fears over safety, money, homesickness – volcanic ash even, the following inspirational travel quotes should help re-ignite your wanderlust… “The world is a book [...]

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

There are some places in Ireland that you’d never see with a tour bus. Ireland’s “magic roads” are a case in point.  Without Ireland car hire, you’d certainly never get to experience the phenomenon of rolling up hill.  Yep, you read that correctly, that’s rolling UP hill. Only in Ireland! So What Happens? You drive [...]

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

When you’re driving home from work or you’re renting a car, on your way to a match, do you ever find yourself so engrossed in the drama on the pitch that you find yourself shouting at the radio? What if I said you shouldn’t be listening to the radio at all? You’d probably tell me [...]

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia UK cities Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow are fast catching up on London and Edinburgh when it comes to popularity in the city break stakes. What were once dank reminders of the industrial revolution are now wearing a new ‘hip and fashionable’ crown according to VisitBritain’s latest survey. Even though London and Edinburgh [...]