Posted on August 10, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by LexnGer via Flickr When picking up your rental car you might be surprised to be asked for a thumbprint as part of the procedure. Don’t be alarmed – it’s quite normal now in the car hire industry, so there’s no need to start acting all shifty and criminal-like. So Why Thumbprints? Well, in [...]

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 12, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Old Shoe Woman via Flickr The easiest bit of renting a car is picking it up and driving it away.  Isn’t it? Not so, according to a new survey by Kwik Fit. A whopping one in three people hiring a car admit that they struggle with its basic controls when they step inside [...]

Posted on July 01, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

When it comes to car hire, it’s the little things that add up.  The following are just some of the ways you may incur charges during you rental: Fuel: There’s no denying it – filling up your vehicle yourself definitely saves money.  Although many car rental agents offer prepaid tanks cheaper than local garages, you will [...]

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Remember what I said about “watching this space” for BA strikes? I can reveal that walk-outs by British Airways crew now look set to go ahead next week… How come, wasn’t it all sorted out? The u-turn comes in the wake of the court of appeal’s decision to support Unite cabin crew union against an injunction granted to [...]