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Spain is a rather vast European country, boasting a wide variety of landscapes. It also has a great road network, with well-maintained motorways that, in many places, are free of toll charges. As such, Spain is a great place to hire a car and enjoy a road trip.
Many people find the process of hiring a car rather stressful. It doesn t help that traveller s forums are full of horror stories about extortionate deposits, cheap hotels in singapore questionably road-worthy vehicles and petrol rip-offs.
In this article, we ve gone out of our way to make things easier for you. We ve explained some of the potential pitfalls cheap hotels in singapore of car hire in Spain, and gone on to make some recommendations of companies who we don t think will let you down.
If you re nervous about driving in Spain don t be! If you re coming from the UK, driving on the other side of the road quickly becomes second nature, and outside of the major cities, the roads are wide and pleasingly free of heavy traffic. Access to a car of your own will allow you to truly explore the country, and reach places that are difficult (if not impossible) to reach using the public transport system.
The car hire companies are the people who actually rent out the cars, and include the big names including  Hertz , Sixt and Europcar, as well as smaller local concerns who you probably haven t heard of, but are often no less capable of providing a reliable service (often at a more economical cheap hotels in singapore price than the big boys. )
Once you get to our recommendations, you will see that we ve recommended one hire company and one broker for car hire in Spain. The broker in question,  Economy Car Hire , is a particular favourite of ours, as it s a small company cheap hotels in singapore where it s easy to access help from a real person at the end of the phone in the event of a problem. Do beware of online brokers who don t provide direct contact details, as you may struggle to get any real help from them when you need it.
As we mentioned earlier in the article, it s things like extras and insurance that tend to worry people who don t hire cars very often, and it s certainly true that many hire companies try to nickel and dime customers into paying for (sometimes unnecessary) extras.
Insurance is certainly something you need to make sure you get right! Usually, the baseline price for the hire of a car relies on you agreeing to quite a significant excess payment if you damage the car or are involved cheap hotels in singapore in an accident. This is where Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) or excess protection insurance comes in.
It makes good sense to make sure you look at these insurance extras in detail. Procuring them direct from the larger hire car companies is often very expensive, but many people feel obliged to agree to the extra cost as they are frightened by the prospect of having their credit card charged for the full value of their deposit.
One thing you may wish to consider is signing up for a third-party excess protection insurance product, such as one from iCarHire Insurance , which will cover the excess costs if the worst happens. Be aware, however, that many such insurance products still require you to  pay  the excess and then claim it back late.
Needless cheap hotels in singapore to say, there are plenty of other extras that companies will try to cross-sell when you purchase car insurance, including child seats and satellite navigation systems. It s often far cheaper to bring these from home, so bear that in mind before increasing your bill unnecessarily.
The point when you collect your car is a time to be awake and alert! This is when you ll discuss and agree the final insurance matters, and usually be given an opportunity to look around the car at any existing damage. It s really cheap hotels in singapore important that you take this process seriously, as if your hire provider has failed to make note of a bump or dent, you could be blamed for it when you return the car. Don t be afraid to take some photographs if you have any concerns.
The point of collection is also when you ll generally be asked to provide a valid credit cheap hotels in singapore card (with some balance available) to cover your excess payment. It s good practice cheap hotels in singapore to try your best to get the pre-authorisation slip or card imprint returned to you when you take the car back and both parties cheap hotels in singapore have agreed that the vehicle cheap hotels in singapore has been returned as hired.
Fuel is also something to think about at this stage. Different hire companies have different approaches to how they deal with fuel, and there s some controversy over how some of the larger cheap hotels in singapore firms manage it. If you use a smaller provider in Spain, you ll probably find they work on a simple basis of taking the car back with the same level of fuel in it as when you hired it.
Visiting the British territory of Gibraltar is a popular activity for many people who travel to Southern Spain, as it s located conveniently for both the Costa del Sol and Costa de la Luz areas in Andalucia.
One option for visiting Gibraltar without taking the car is to park in the Spanish border town of La Linea, and walk over the border instead. This can often save time too, due to customs checks that can sometimes prove very time consuming.
There are dozens of car hire brokers out there, but they re far from equal. At Petrol Prices, one of our team members has personally used  Economy Car Hire  literally dozens of times for car hire in both Spain and Portugal.
The are two big plus points to using ECH. The first is that they are easy to get hold of on the phone in the event of any problems. cheap hotels in singapore The second is their excess protection insurance that really does cover everything.
When you perform a search for a Spanish hire car on the  Economy Car Hire  site, you can select cars from a range of local firms. It makes sense to do a little extra research to get additional feedback on these local companies, however Economy Car Hire are usually quick to drop any partners who fail to please their customers. Economy Car Hire offer hire cars from major Spanish airports for as little as £10 per day.
Hertz  is a global name that you re sure to have heard of, and perhaps not the ideal choice if you re on a serious budget. However, many people like to use a recognised brand, and Hertz is certainly that. In our own experience, we ve had consistently good service from Hertz too.
Another circumstance where a brand leader may prove a better choice is if you plan to hire a car for a one-way journey, particularly if you begin in one country and end in another. Smaller firms often don t have the infrastructure to allow for this, leaving you to choose a bigger name.
3. On several routes in Spain, you often have the choice of an A or AP road on the same route. The latter is a toll road, and can usually save you some time, although the free roads are usually perfectly adequate, if somewhat slower.
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