More than half (54%) of hire car drivers think rental companies often charge customers for damage, which was already on the vehicle, and nearly one in five (17%) have found damage not highlighted on the checkout sheet.
Damaging a hire car can be expensive with the average price of repairs reaching nearly £500* yet almost a third of hire car drivers are oblivious that they are liable for these damage costs.
Seven in ten (70%) car hirers book directly with car hire companies, 75% book only with a brand they recognise and trust, and a third (35%) always use the same rental company for convenience, but by not shopping around these consumers could be missin...
A 16 country study of car hire costs worldwide reveals that the USA and Turkey are the cheapest places to hire a car this summer, and Portugal and Italy are the most expensive.
Hiring a car is like buying a flight with a no-frills operator, according to a new study into the cost of car hire, as the headline price can quickly spiral upwards with extra costs.
"It wasn’t my fault" said a third (33%) of car hire drivers who claimed for damage on a hire car. iCarhireinsurance.com, the leading provider of specialist car hire excess insurance, analysed 3,500 claims it received last summer, between...
