Posted on February 28, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

We’re assuming here that you have had a row at some stage while driving a rented vehicle.  Cone on, there’s no point in lying, when the odds say you have… According to a survey carried out by Budget Car Rental, three out of four people say that they’ve had a run-in with their travel companion [...]

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

  Renting with loved ones this summer?  Keep squabbles to a minimum with our essential tips. Loading Your Car: Leave the enormous ‘one for all’ suitcase behind.  You’ll be thankful when you don’t have to heap everything out onto the side of the road if you or the little ones need to get something in a hurry.  Strong, soft-sided [...]

Posted on June 03, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Thanks to everyone who entered our recent Ultimate Drive travel writing competition.  We received a huge response and really enjoyed reading about your holiday adventures. Admittedly it was a difficult task selecting the best entries (you are a talented bunch!) but after much to-ing and fro-ing we did manage to whittle down the entries to three overall winners.  Each will receive [...]

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Thousands dream about it. Jack Kerouac wrote about it. Thelma and Louise took it to the exteme.    One thing’s for sure, there’s nothing like a cross-country US road trip for injecting a little adventure into your travels.  Unfortunately there’s one downside to picking up a car and shooting off in any direction.  One-way car rentals [...]