You find us in high spirits today. Last night we scooped the Best Car Hire Website award at the Travolution awards which took place in the rather salubrious surroundings of London’s Dorchester hotel.
Seeing off tough competition from the likes of holidayautos.com, auto-europe.co.uk, budget.co.uk and usrentacar.co.uk, judges say we won them over with our “quick-click search [...]
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A notice to all Argus Car Hire customers travelling with Ryanair. From Thursday all Ryanair passengers will be required to check in online at least four hours and no more than 15 days before their sheduled departure. They will also need to print their own boarding pass at a cost of [...]
Dear Editor,
We are driving from Sydney to Cairns in November. We will be picking up our car hire at Sydney Airport and will be stopping off for six nights along the way. Can you recommend any good places to overnight?
Liz, Cardiff
Editor says:
Hi Liz
Thanks for your question. Sydney to Cairns is a well-worn tourist trail. Good [...]
Dear Editor,
I want to hire a car in Alicante, Spain, this October for half term. After hearing a lot of stories about a shortage of cars, I’m wondering about availability. Also, I’d like your advice on some interesting drives outside of the usual resorts. It will just be my wife, our two children and myself [...]
Any passenger booked on a Ryanair flight leaving next Thursday will need to produce a passport or official Government ID before being allowed to fly.
From October, all passengers flying with Ryanair must have a valid passport or government-issued National Identity card, issued specially for the purpose of identification, as driver’s licences will no longer accepted [...]
UK car hire customers are set to find chivalry alive and kicking on British roads if all goes to plan for Road Respect Day, a new initiative being launched by the RAC that aims to put manners on the nation’s drivers.
According to RAC research, being followed too closely, spotting drivers talking on their mobile phones and being cut [...]
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Thousands of air passengers have been left stranded by sudden and severe dust storms in Sydney and along Australia’s east coast.
Already Qantas is reporting severe delays to international and domestic flights, with many flights having been diverted to Brisbane and Sydney.
It is thought that the red dust blew in from [...]
Who’d have thought we’d see the day when we’d all be reminiscing about the good old days of economy seats.
Well that’s exactly what’ll happen if new plans for flip-up style seating on budget carriers get the go-ahead. Forget moaning about leg-room on your 1p Ryanair flight to Pisa, these latest designs mean passengers will sit facing [...]
The kids may only be back to school a few weeks, but the countdown for half-term holidays starts here.
With rates like Lanzarote car hire from £13 (€14) , car hire in Tenerife from £13 (€14) per day, Fuerteventura car rental from £15 (€16) and Gran Canaria car hire from £13 (€14) per day, there’s every reason to book early [...]
Only yesterday we were talking about charges for additional drivers in our Question of the Week feature so it’s something of a coincidence that this story should land on the newsdesk this morning.
We’ve all heard of Snakes On A Plane but Snakes in A Rental Car?
No, it’s not the latest instalment in the dodgy Samuel L. Jackson movie series, [...]
