Posted on May 12, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Most holidaymakers who rent cars have an easy, trouble-free experience. The unlucky few who don’t are kicking themselves that they didn’t twig potential problems within the first few minutes of collecting their vehicle. So before you you jump in and sign on the dotted line,  ensure you’ve at least taken photographic evidence [...]

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Last week’s European airspace shutdown resulted in 22% of international car hire bookings being cancelled and over 95% of passengers not showing up to collect their cars at European airports, according to latest figures. At the moment, the disruption is thought to amount to an estimated loss of €65 million (£57 million). [...]

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Dollar Thrifty as we know it is no more. US car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings Inc has just announced that it is snapping up its rival car rental company for a cool $1.2 billion. Combined,  the companies plan to compete even more effectively and efficiently against other multi-brand car rental companies. [...]

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Yesssss. FINALLY. He got his comeuppance. Well, it had to happen sooner or later. It just so happens that Michael O’ Leary ended up with egg on his face during the one of the worst weeks in history for the European aviation industry. On a landmark day for fed up Ryanair passengers everywhere, the Ryanair [...]

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Let’s imagine Slovenia is broke and finds itself up for sale and splashed across the pages of a Sunday property supplement. The journalist would no doubt sum it up as being “compact and bijoux”.  True, Slovenia is about half the size of Switzerland, and as everybody knows, that’s miniscule.   Fortunately, what Slovenia lacks [...]

Posted on December 03, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia This Xmas, GPS is getting its ghetto on. TomToms, the leading light in GPS technology has recruited the dulcet tones of hiphop ‘Dogfather’ Snoop Dogg to help you navigate your way around the ‘hood. Snoop Dogg is the latest celebrity to lend his voice to TomTom’s VoiceSkin series. Already, Homer Simpson has [...]