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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: biggriffin on 30 January 2016, 18:16:48
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Need to book hire car for hollybobs in Malaga, any recommendations and stay clears. Please and thanks in advance :y
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Are you likely to use more than one tankful?
Just a standard car? Not sports car, jeep etc.
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Just a std car be fine looking say corsa or Astra size, fuel would be return as collected, say full to full, or half out half back.
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OK, reccomendation on Sunday.
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Looking to collect from and return to air port.
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Last time I hired a car, did it through BA's website, for a weeks hire it added a whole £1 onto a flight ticket, I kid you not. :o
While doing paper work at car collection, kept waiting for a new bill but nope. Weeks hire car for £1!
Was some POS Renult thing, but it did OK :)
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Last time I hired a car, did it through BA's website, for a weeks hire it added a whole £1 onto a flight ticket, I kid you not. :o
While doing paper work at car collection, kept waiting for a new bill but nope. Weeks hire car for £1!
Was some POS Renult thing, but it did OK :)
Assuming with BA's prices that was included. ;D
Were flying EasyJet.
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Sorry it has taken a bit of time.
Malagacar consistently are recommended. Helle Holis are too. Third choice would be Centauro who I believe do the full tank return empty but are competetive. On that subject have a read of the full/full etc conditions. There is a BP just before the airport if you need to fill up.
Some not recommended are Delpaso and Goldcar.
You could try using a broker Economycarhire.com who apparently have a good reputation but I don't know anyone who has used them.
If you haven't been to the airport for a while you will find that they have a raised dual carraigeway that takes you after about a mile straight onto the coast motorway making it a doddle to get to East or West of Malaga.
Hope that helps.
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Last time I hired a car, did it through BA's website, for a weeks hire it added a whole £1 onto a flight ticket, I kid you not. :o
While doing paper work at car collection, kept waiting for a new bill but nope. Weeks hire car for £1!
Was some POS Renult thing, but it did OK :)
Assuming with BA's prices that was included. ;D
Were flying EasyJet.
BA were cheaper :y
Sleezyjet fly from Airports in the middle of nowhere, once you factor travel to these crap holes like Luton then all extras. BA often cheaper all in.
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Sorry it has taken a bit of time.
Malagacar consistently are recommended. Helle Holis are too. Third choice would be Centauro who I believe do the full tank return empty but are competetive. On that subject have a read of the full/full etc conditions. There is a BP just before the airport if you need to fill up.
Some not recommended are Delpaso and Goldcar.
You could try using a broker Economycarhire.com who apparently have a good reputation but I don't know anyone who has used them.
If you haven't been to the airport for a while you will find that they have a raised dual carraigeway that takes you after about a mile straight onto the coast motorway making it a doddle to get to East or West of Malaga.
Hope that helps.
Ok thank you muchly, will start to look, and make a decision.
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Last time I hired a car, did it through BA's website, for a weeks hire it added a whole £1 onto a flight ticket, I kid you not. :o
While doing paper work at car collection, kept waiting for a new bill but nope. Weeks hire car for £1!
Was some POS Renult thing, but it did OK :)
Assuming with BA's prices that was included. ;D
Were flying EasyJet.
BA were cheaper :y
Sleezyjet fly from [highlights]Airports in the middle of nowhere[/highlight], once you factor travel to these crap holes like Luton then all extras. BA often cheaper all in.
Like Gatwick ???
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Massive thumbs up for Goldcar here - Not used them at Malaga, so don't know if they are on or off-site, but have used them twice this year in Fuerteventura and once this year in Alicante alone. Even when off-site at FUE, bus transfer is quick and frequent.
I used them upwards of 15 times in 2015, and more than that in 2014.
Varche living down there would know Malaga Airport more than me for sure, so perhaps they have shitty staff or something, but for others travelling (especially to Murcia, Alicante or Fuerte) I'd very much recommend Goldcar.
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I think the Goldcar issue is slow customer service. It is a busy airport.
One other point to anyone hiring a car in Andalucia is that the police have cottoned on to the speed camera as a way of raising revenue. They have fixed cameras, average speed cameras and mobile units. On the main motorway inland (to Granada/Antequera) from Malaga they were getting 60 vehicles a day. There is a website in fairness telling you all the fixed cameras and areas where the mobile units are going to be. Who on holiday wants to check that!
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Last time I hired a car, did it through BA's website, for a weeks hire it added a whole £1 onto a flight ticket, I kid you not. :o
While doing paper work at car collection, kept waiting for a new bill but nope. Weeks hire car for £1!
Was some POS Renult thing, but it did OK :)
Assuming with BA's prices that was included. ;D
Were flying EasyJet.
BA were cheaper :y
Sleezyjet fly from Airports in the middle of nowhere, once you factor travel to these :D holes like Luton then all extras. BA often cheaper all in.
One has to factor in Mr tunnie even tho not quite a lord yet, only turns right, only fly's BA,and only heathrow,anything else is unsuitable.
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I think the Goldcar issue is slow customer service. It is a busy airport.
One other point to anyone hiring a car in Andalucia is that the police have cottoned on to the speed camera as a way of raising revenue. They have fixed cameras, average speed cameras and mobile units. On the main motorway inland (to Granada/Antequera) from Malaga they were getting 60 vehicles a day. There is a website in fairness telling you all the fixed cameras and areas where the mobile units are going to be. Who on holiday wants to check that!
Clinky be handy, for us holiday types
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Here is an unofficial one to be going on with. Might not be 100% uptodate. You can enter the province and radio(radius) if you are going further afield.
http://www.dieselogasolina.com/Radares/Index
Official one http://www.dgt.es/es/el-trafico/control-de-velocidad/malaga/
If you have an upto date sat nav it will tell you approx where they are, however we have TomTom and for some it tells you too late. Maybe best to chill out and stick to the limits. ;D
The locations are defined by so many km along the road from its start point. It is quite a good system used for junctions. e.g. km131 is the turn off for our town.
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Last time I hired a car, did it through BA's website, for a weeks hire it added a whole £1 onto a flight ticket, I kid you not. :o
While doing paper work at car collection, kept waiting for a new bill but nope. Weeks hire car for £1!
Was some POS Renult thing, but it did OK :)
Assuming with BA's prices that was included. ;D
Were flying EasyJet.
BA were cheaper :y
Sleezyjet fly from Airports in the middle of nowhere, once you factor travel to these :D holes like Luton then all extras. BA often cheaper all in.
One has to factor in Mr tunnie even tho not quite a lord yet, only turns right, only fly's BA,and only heathrow,anything else is unsuitable.
1) Actually it was Gatwick (since you ask) ::)
2) You are asking for advice, so gave some on recent experience. So why the sarky comments? ???
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I think the Goldcar issue is slow customer service. It is a busy airport.
One other point to anyone hiring a car in Andalucia is that the police have cottoned on to the speed camera as a way of raising revenue. They have fixed cameras, average speed cameras and mobile units. On the main motorway inland (to Granada/Antequera) from Malaga they were getting 60 vehicles a day. There is a website in fairness telling you all the fixed cameras and areas where the mobile units are going to be. Who on holiday wants to check that!
Clinky be handy, for us holiday types
http://bfy.tw/42kD (http://bfy.tw/42kD)
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Not that it matters, but Gatwick is Easyjets largest UK base... ::)
I am with Tunnie on the BA thing... last minute day trip to Edinburgh... half the price of Easyjet and I got a meal each way 8)
And by the time you've checked a bag in and bought a decent seat, you might as well fly Club :-X
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Just been following threads on an expat forum of issues with Del Paso car hire. Customers getting hit with charges for damage that may or may not have been present.
They were an avoid on my recommendations list earlier.
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I think Mr B has been and come now Varche, he did ask back in January. ;)
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I think Mr B has been and come now Varche, he did ask back in January. ;)
Topical though... all the coffin dodgers are away again now the kids are imprisonned in school... ;D
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Quite possibly but OOfers going to Malaga on holiday might be interested.
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Yup been and gone, we used malaga car, no problems with them.
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Quite possibly but OOfers going to Malaga on holiday might be interested.
We might be back next year,so be aware.
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Quite possibly but OOfers going to Malaga on holiday might be interested.
If thats an offer Varche, put me down for 1...... Single, One Way.