Posted on March 27, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Strike Update:
Ireland’s airports won’t be striking next week.  The planned work stoppage for March 30th has been called off. However we’re not out of the woods just yet, ANOTHER day of industrial action has been announced for Thursday April 2nd.
Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports are due to shut down on Thursday April 2 as SIPTU [...]

Posted on February 04, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

The last-minute bargain car hire deal has had its day (for now at least).  Argus Car Hire is being forced to urge holidaymakers to book their summer car hire early this year as fears grow about a shortage in vehicles for the peak 2009 season.Â
As a result of the worldwide downturn in the motor manufacturing [...]

Posted on February 03, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

We’re fifty this year.  Yes, the big Five-O.  Doesn’t time fly?  It’s a whole half a century since Argus Car Hire rented out our first car from our fleet in Dublin, Ireland.  In that time, the travel industry has been through some serious changes.  The world has become a smaller place and technology has played [...]

Posted on February 02, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Did you wake up to a blanket of snow this morning?  You may have shuddered and grumbled a bit at the thoughts of stepping out in a post- Christmas winter wonderland (it’s February-shouldn’t there be flowers and stuff?) but spare a thought for those with a flight to catch.  All across the UK, overnight snow showers left UK airports frozen [...]

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

1. Orlando
Who would have imagined that a small town profiting mainly from a citrus plantation would become the most popular tourism destination in the US, attracting over 48 million visitors a year?  Orlando, the city with a population of almost 2.6 million inhabitants can thank Walt Disney for its amazing boom.  In the 1960s Disney [...]

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

You’ll never need to miss your local news or favourite soap while abroad again! Avis Budget, the rental car company and US telecommunications specialist AT&T are teaming up in a collaborative effort that will see satellite television being offered as an option to car rental customers in the US in the future.
The AT&T satellite TV [...]