Shortage of car hire vehicles predicted for September

Shortage of car hire vehicles predicted for SeptemberAuthor: Philip SuterThere was an article in yesterday’s UK Observer (30th August 09) by Harriet Meyer entitled “Keeping a cool head as cutbacks turn up the heat on holiday car hire” saying that there will be a shortage of hire cars in European hotspots and steep price rises may cause problems for travellers into September. This appears to be very much the pattern of the summer so far, as we have been highlighting on the www.insurance4carrental.com  site and our car hire excess insurance blog site. Back in July we reported the story of two people who are regular  visitors to the south of France who could not rent a car at Nice. In the end through a friend of a friend they rented a car body work repair shop’s courtesy car. In August we highlighted the situation in southern Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal and on both occasions advised travellers to book their car hire vehicles early. The Observer’s article was giving the same advice. There is a shortage of car hire vehicles this year and as we said earlier this month that the credit crunch and recession have seen companies buying fewer replacement cars - their fleets are typically 30% smaller than last year. According to Stuart Nassos, Managing Director of Holiday Autos, the largest broker of hire cars in Britain. We are Holiday Autos agents and on our self catering holiday homes travel sites have been stating clearly “Book Early”.

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