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'Car Hire, Squire?'

My father must be the unluckiest man in the world when it comes to airport car
hire at Malaga Airport and Madrid Airport.  He has rented 3 vehicles from the
same company over the past three years and had to exchange them every time (and
yes ..... you would think he had learnt his lesson by now).  The first time,
after he wanted to hire a car at Malaga airport, he plumped for a Ford Fiesta. 
Just 2km down the road from the car hire garage, the steering wheel nearly came
loose in his hand.  Shocked and stunned he managed to steer the car back safely
and limped into the car hire forecourt at Malaga Airport. A year later he was
navigating his way merrily out of Madrid Barajas Airport in a hire car when the
bonnet flew up of its own accord and he screeched to a halt on the wrong side of
the road.  On his return to the car hire garage at Madrid Barajas Airport he
was told it must have been his own fault, and had he opened the bonnet?  ´No´
he replied which was met with that all too familiar, but equally infuriating,
shrug of the shoulders.  A replacement car was found, which was a smaller model
with no air-conditioning.  Did they reduce the price of the car hire?  Not on
your life! Last year dad wanted to hire a car at Barcelona Airport.  Not a
problem.  All went incredibly smoothly (for him) and he filled in all the forms
necessary and he jumped (ok well perhaps more limped than jumped) into the
driver´s seat and set off.  All was well and the new hire car from Barcelona
Airport was cheap, cool and comfortable.  Enjoying his new-found freedom, in
his luxury hire car, dad stopped at a small village on the outskirts of
Barcelona.  After a leisurely lunch, he strolled back to his hire car to
discover the passenger door had a deep dent in the side.  The car had been hit
while stationary, and the front bumper was also hanging off.  In a desperate
call to the car hire office at Barcelona Airport, he was told they would replace
the car, but he would have to pay for the damage himself.  After being assured
earlier that fully comprehensive insurance was included in the price of the car
hire, he was informed that it was only third party. Another car hire disaster!
Luckily for my father, he got away with hiring unsafe vehicles from car hire
companies, without suffering any accidents or personal injury.  But many car
accidents on holiday are caused by unsafe car hire vehicles.  Car rentals with
unsafe tyres, dodgy brakes, no lights, and cracked windscreens have all been the
cause of serious and even fatal accidents on the roads in Spain, Portugal,
France, Germany and the rest of Europe.  Reliable car hire at the airport is as
important as cheap car hire at the airport.  There is no substitute for quality
and reliability when you hire a car at the airport.  Make sure you use a
reputable firm such as www.carhire4airports.com for your online airport car
hire.  We search over 50 car hire companies on your behalf and guarantee you
the best, cheapest and most reliable car hire deals at the airport.


John James writes for carhire4airports.comArticle
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