Hi everyone,
could anybody give me some advice on hiring a car.
Is it best to book before we go from a company or to hire from the airport who will give the best price
also is it easy enough to drive out of the airport to Playa Blanca as we have always been on a coach previously.
Finally what size car could anyone reccommend for 2 adults , one very tall teenager and a 9 yr old!

Thanks Elaine

Car hire is roughly £100 per week, depending. A taxi to and from the airport to PB will cost a large chunk of that, and PB is pretty spread out, so you'll be getting taxis or buses around there, and you'll want to see the island. That would make it much cheaper to hire a car. There is another thread on here this month with someone asking for, and getting, directions to PB from the airport, but basically as the main road LZ2 runs past the airport and ends in PB it is easy.

I recommend www.autoreisen.es. (good English web site) They are usually the cheapest, and are hassle free - no nasty surprises. Office in the baggage hall of the airport. I'd go for group F - Skoda Fabia Station wagon, or G, Seat Altea XL

I'd go for the cheapest option that has aircon, it's what I always do.. sometimes it's a squeeze to get the cases in but that's only to and from the airport. I'd also recommend autoreisen.

T hanks Walker & RobertK for your replies.
have been looking at their website and wasn't too sure whether to wait til we get there or do it now!

Do it now. You don't actually pay until you're there, so you're just reserving it. You'll need a credit card to pay with, and driving licences for all those going to drive- no extra charge. Also ,they don't make you buy a tank of fuel, they tell you how full the tank is (roughly) when you start, and tell you to bring it back with the same amount in.

autoreisin are the lads allright.

Also with Autoreisen the sooner you book the cheeper yo get your car, I booked it a couple of months ago and the price has risen by 20 euros since.

I'm with everyone else, Autoreisen is who I always use. Booked for next month for 160 euroes for two weeks. There's only two of us so I always choose the basic citreon but have always had one with air conditioning

thanks to you all for the info, going in 5 wks so may go online now to reserve as you recommend e

I use www.autospluscar.com , so looks like I´m the odd one out. Used them for many years and never had a problem.

As I said above, I always used autoreisen, but now I live here, I bought an ex Plucar rental from their retail outlet Autos Dibar. It is superb, and obviously well maintained.

That's interesting I thought none of the ex hire cars were sold on the island, for fear of undermining the second hand car market - at least that was what I had been told.

Steve

PlusCar and Autos Dibar are part of the same group. Anibal Y German SL

Everyone has there favourite Car Company, mine is Cabrera Medina:
http://online.cabreramedina.com/cabrera_en.htm

Purely because I like there selection of cars. Have got the little run around Corsa or Tigra. Then the Cool Saab convertable but my favourite is the Range Rover. To hell with the price your on holiday

Hi

I am flying out on Monday and renting a car for the week from autoreisen. I just wondered do you need just the photocard part of your driving licence or the paper part as well?

Cheers