Posted on March 08, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

Life in Spain is  moving at a much slower pace as of yesterday.  On Sunday night, a group of government workers went about switching motorway speed signs from 120km/h to 110km/h as part of the government’s latest move to cut down on oil costs. The new 10km/hr cut to the speed limit is set to [...]

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by fee via Flickr Our question of the week comes from a customer called Arran (20) who is looking to rent a car in Spain. Arran says: “I went to spain last year but didn’t hire a car because I knew I wouldn’t be able to get one however I am going next year. [...]

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via CrunchBase The ‘staycation’ which saw millions of UK and Ireland holidaymakers staying put in the country for their holidays seems to have taken a bit of a backseat this year. According to Amazon.co.uk, travel guide books about Orlando, Florida and Morocco have been flying off the shelves in recent weeks. The website published [...]

Posted on April 06, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by rofanator via Flickr Easy – when you realise that you don’t want to be stuck on a coach with: a) Extra loud, sickingly obnoxious teenagers on their first post-exam holiday with tragic hairstyles and fashion sense (it’s ok they’ll live to regret them too) b) Feverish, screaming red-faced babies/kids that don’t belong to [...]

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Orreaga via Flickr Vitoria is the gateway to Spain’s vibrant Basque region. If you’re flying into Vitoria Airport, you’ll find Vitoria car rental desks in the main arrivals hall of the airport. Vitoria is located 41km to the south of Bilbao, in the northeast of Spain. It was known as a quiet, unassuming [...]

Posted on October 06, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

When renting a car in Spain it is very unlikely that you’ll come up against any language barriers, in fact, most agents’ command of the English language will put your own to shame.  But just in case – you never know when the following Spanish phrases will come in handy – or get you out [...]