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Posted: Tue Jan 1, 2019 10:52pm
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Hi their

Anyone know of where I can rent a car 

David 

Posted: Wed Jan 2, 2019 9:05am

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Posted: Wed Jan 2, 2019 9:05am

Flamenca Los Alcazares...look in internet.

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Posted: Wed Jan 2, 2019 4:02pm

Hi David

You don't say how long you want to hire a car for or what purpose. I always hire from the Airport either Murcia or Alicante and I always use Goldcar.

The prices are really competitive i.e. just today I have booked 5 days in Feb from Corvera for a total of 8.5 Euros. I dont take their extra insurance as I use an annual policy from the uk for £35 a year, be aware though that you should take lots of photos of the car when you pick it up and drop it off, I have had issues twice with them, first they said there was some damage which I disproved with my photos from the collection and second time  they said the emergency triangle was missing when I returned the car, it wasn't but was not able to prove it afterwards so cost me 30 euros, now I make sure that they check the car in front of me when I return it.

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Geoff

Posted: Wed Jan 2, 2019 4:13pm

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Thank you very much for that information 

David 

Posted: Wed Jan 2, 2019 11:48pm

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Posted: Wed Jan 2, 2019 11:48pm

Just look for comments on the Internet re Goldcar.....avoid them like the plague. They tried to scam me but failed (I was MD of a rental company before my retirement) but I know and have read of many who have been scammed for very large sums of money. Please do not risk it.

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Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 12:12am

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Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 12:12am

Many thanks for the warn

Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 10:34am

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Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 10:34am

Agreed, don't go near Goldcar! Real scammers as so many have discovered. Dickmanns is another; Firefly iffy, depends where you pick it up from. OK rentals??? The only company I can thoroughly recommend is Wiber, although their prices did rise towards the end of last year.

Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 11:32am

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Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 11:32am

Thank you 

Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 2:41pm

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Thank you so much 

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Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 2:50pm

Hi Mark

Good reply, I do like Goldcar ( as my previous post 8.5 euros for 5 days) but you must be prepared and protect yourself as they want you to take their insurance, once bitten twice shy regarding the emergency triangle but I have used them about 10 times in the last year and if you have your own insurance they are really reasonably priced.

Good point about high kerbs and I also park away from other vehicles is possible much to my wife's annoyance!!!

Another thing to check is the collection time, last time I picked my car up the guy next to me had put the time of collection 12 hours earlier so his booking was cancelled and they offered him a replacement for 490 euros as it was a new booking at the desk - personally I would have walked away and got a taxi but depends how far you have to travel.

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