Rental Cars in Spain
If you have rented cars in other countries you`ll know how they vary not just in price, but in how well or badly maintained they are. I’ve rented cars in several places in Europe, and in the US, but without doubt some of the Mediterranean countries are by far the worst.
Car Rentals in Spain
The first time you rent a car in Spain you might have a shock. Don`t expect the same standard of car as you’d receive in the UK. We recently went back to Spain for a weeks stay. We booked a rental car in advance to be picked up at Alicante airport. The hire company gave us a free upgrade, which was very handy as there were four of us.
When we got to the car park to pick up the keys we saw our car was a beat up Citroen Berlingo van-shaped car. The sliding passenger door was often difficult to close. One of the rear light covers was broken. It had numerous dents on all its panels. Oh, and occasionally we would find that it cut out as we came to a stop.
Before we`d driven off for the first time we’d mentioned all the dents and scratches to the girl checking the cars out, and she wrote them down. Maybe not all of them, there would have been too many to list.
Looking at the state of some of the other hire cars there ours wasn’t the exception, more the rule. We’d never expect to see a car in that condition used as a rental car in the UK, so be warned.
As for prices, we paid around £140 for one week in early September. We had booked online in the UK, and paid a British company who sorted out the details. In the low season expect to pay less than £100, high season around £200. Availability of cars has a big effect on prices. At the car rental company we used they include a full tank of diesel. In the one week we used the car we only used half a tank. You are expected to take the car back on `empty` so we`d paid for half a tank (in advance) that we didn’t use.
If you really do want a rental car that has been well maintained you might be better off checking with some of the international companies such as Hertz or Avis, though you can expect to pay more than you would by using a local Spanish company.
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