Posted on January 06, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by CanadaGood via Flickr Let’s say you’re about to pick up your car hire Lisbon airport Portugal in a few weeks.   What are the main things you need to know? Firstly you’ll need to budget for the deposit.  A generous deposit needs to be paid either by cash or credit card when renting a [...]

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Lisbon car hire is all very well for taking you from the streets of the crowded city to the coast, but what happens when you want to discover what makes the heart of the city beat? In the Portuguese capital, where mountainous, cobbled hills make for hellish car parking and tired, blistered feet, the local [...]

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Car rental Faro is one of the best ways to get around the Algarve.  If you’re in a dilemma as to whether to take public transport or to rent a car, car hire is by far your safest bet. You may associate the Algarve with sun, sand, sea and golf but there’s so [...]

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia So you’ve booked your Portugal car hire and everything’s looking hunky dory. But wait.  Before you go driving off into the sunset, you’ve got to remember that getting around town is not going to be exactly the same as driving and parking at home.  You might be eager to jump behind the wheel, but [...]

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 [...]

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

This week our Tip of the Week topic relates to renting a car in Faro. Customer asks: We’ve booked a holiday in the Algarve in September.  We’re travelling with two small children and we’d like to book a car for the holiday. Would the best place to pick-up be the airport or the city centre? [...]