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<\/p>\nHiring a holiday car isn\u2019t a quick decision – or shouldn\u2019t be, anyway! After all, you\u2019re putting quite a lot of faith in the vehicle to take you where you need to go, so it\u2019s worth choosing your car (and the company that provides it) very carefully. Once you\u2019re out there, you won\u2019t have the option to scrap your car – not unless you\u2019ve got a whole lot of capital for the collateral!<\/p>\n
Now, there are all sorts of vital facts to be aware of, such as the best types of insurance and common scams that companies try to pull, but we\u2019ve found those are fairly well-covered elsewhere. Instead, in this post we\u2019ll be focusing on the practicalities of the vehicle itself, and how to make sure it suits your needs. For example, have you thought about\u2026<\/p>\n
This probably comes down to a matter of who you\u2019re taking with you on holiday! If you\u2019re going on a full-scale family trip, you might find it tricky to pack everyone safely and comfortably into a city runner. It sounds so basic as to be laughable, but seriously – check how many seats your car has. There\u2019s nothing worse than starting to get inside before you realise it can only accommodate four people, rather than the whole family.<\/p>\n
If you look closely at the listings you see online, you might spot the telltale words \u2018or similar\u2019, which serves as a useful reminder to make absolutely sure you know what you\u2019re getting! The same goes for the number of doors, too – naturally, you\u2019ll want to make sure everybody can get in and out both quickly and comfortably.<\/p>\n
This question is closely related to the size of your car, so is probably a natural choice to tackle next! City breaks in places like Venice, Berlin or Paris will probably be best suited to a nimble city runner. They\u2019re easier to park and manoeuvre in tighter environments, and if they\u2019re an automatic, it makes it much easier to deal with stop-start traffic, too.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, if you\u2019re thinking about embarking on a nature holiday, you\u2019ll probably want to think of something a little more rugged and hardy, possibly a 4×4. For family holidays on the other hand, your key concerns will be about safety, comfort and spaciousness, so you need to pick your holiday car with these qualities in mind!<\/p>\n
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Packing is always a central element of any holiday, so it would be a shame to realise that your carefully-packed suitcase won\u2019t physically fit in the vehicle! It\u2019s a good idea to think about not just what you\u2019ll be taking with you, but whether you\u2019re likely to buy anything out on the holiday too, and whether you\u2019ve got space to bring it back with you if you do.<\/p>\n
Choosing a holiday car can be a careful exercise in weighing up the various costs and savings, so it can be annoying to save a fair amount on a holiday car, only to watch those savings get siphoned away immediately by the fuel bill. As a rule, smaller cars are generally more fuel efficient, so that\u2019s something to bear in mind. If possible, it\u2019s not a bad idea to map out roughly how far you think you\u2019ll travel – or at least any major journeys – and see if you can calculate your fuel usage from there.<\/p>\n
Speaking of which, it\u2019s also definitely worth taking the time to understand the fuel policy. These tend to vary from company to company, but your options generally include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Full to full
\n\u2022 Full to empty
\n\u2022 Pay what you use<\/p>\n
The first is one of the most popular amongst holidaymakers, as it\u2019s undoubtedly more simple. It\u2019s full when it gets to you, and you fill it up when you return it. Full to empty is a lot harder to do (i.e. returning the car with an empty tank), and in most cases you\u2019ll be charged a premium either way. Pay for what you use is another alternative, but it does require you to keep a careful record of what fuel you expend, to save yourself from getting stung when you return it!<\/p>\n
Once you\u2019ve settled on the kind of car you\u2019ll be using, then it\u2019s time to get started on the nitty-gritty. For example, you\u2019ll need to make sure you\u2019re sufficiently insured, and that you\u2019ve got everything you need for your holiday, but steer clear of unnecessary extras and hard sells. (Most companies charge extra for a satnav, for example, but you might find your smartphone does the trick just fine.)<\/p>\n
Possibly, when you\u2019re driving around in the meticulously-maintained hire car, you might find yourself comparing it to your car back home. Sometimes, this can lead to the realisation that it might finally be time for you to say scrap my car<\/a>. Good news – at Scrap Car Network, we can save you time and money there, too! Just enter your car reg and postcode into the fields above, and we\u2019ll provide you with your very own instant scrapping a car<\/a> quote. It\u2019s really that simple!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hiring a holiday car isn\u2019t a quick decision – or shouldn\u2019t be, anyway! After all, you\u2019re putting quite a lot of faith in the vehicle to take you where you need to go, so it\u2019s worth choosing your car (and the company that provides it) very carefully. Once you\u2019re out there, you won\u2019t have the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":1309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n