Malaga Airport Car Hire - Cheap Car Hire Advice
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Malaga Airport is currently in turmoil whilst the development of the new terminal building and second runway is completed. Already the massive framework of the new terminal is in place and dwarfs the existing Pablo Ruiz Picasso terminal, which was officially opened in 1991. Malaga airport is one of the busiest airports in Spain catering for the arrival of tourists to he Costa Del Sol, one of the most visited holiday resorts, and has seen consistent growth since the late 70's in the number of passengers using the airport. The growth of passengers arriving at Malaga Airport has provided for many years a lucrative car hire industry, attracting the major car hire companies to invest in state of the art accommodation for the their car hire fleet of modern vehicles. Arriving at Malaga airport there is always a host of car hire company representatives at the end of the arrivals hall, holding display boards of the names of passengers arriving to collect a car hire vehicle. Outside, courtesy buses are a common sight outside the arrivals hall, as almost every minute a car hire courtesy bus arrives to take passengers the short journey to car hire service buildings, whilst many also, collect the cars directly from the serviced car parks at the airports arrival hall. Car Hire services at Malaga Airport are efficient and well organized, able to contend with the high demand of tourists and business travelers that arrive at Malaga Airport every year. Demand for car hire services at Malaga Airport is one of the highest of any location world wide. John of Gostar Direct http://www.gostarmedia.com, one of the most most popular car hire booking services for the leading car hire companies at Malaga Airport had this to say about the services at Malaga Airport at a recent interview. “Malaga Airport car hire services are possibly one of the best run services of all the major airports. There is a huge selection of companies, a wide selection of good quality almost new vehicles and very reasonable pricing if booked correctly― I asked John what he meant by “if booked correctly― “Its a common occurrence to see car hire prices advertised for Malaga Airport at ridiculously low prices, in the local English papers available on the Costa Del Sol, on the Internet and also in national newspapers back in the UK. I am sure also that the same is for other media of different languages. Unfortunately most people do not read terms and conditions and
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upon arrival at the airport find that cheap car hire they where expecting suddenly becomes very expensive once Insurance and other fees are added that where not included in the price but are “Mandatory― charges. When booking car hire at Malaga Airport customers should always make sure that they check that the price quoted is a fully inclusive rate, our company Gostar Direct only every quote fully inclusive prices, http://www.gostarmedia.com. People traveling to the Malaga Airport who require car hire services should also book in advance. Especially at the height of the summer season, as prices do rise, a common occurrence ion any industry as demand increase prices increase. In the summer of 2008 we experience a 50% increase in prices from some car hire companies for people booking at the last minute and also those that decide to hire a car upon arrival. It is always the best policy to book the vehicle in advance as soon as you know your arrival date.― So John can you tell us a little more about the situation with Insurance? “Ok you want to open a can of worms. Insurance is a very important thing to ensure you have when ever you rent a car at Malaga Airport. Just take a look around and find a car without a dint or a scratch on it, its a lot easier these days but still its very hard sometimes to find one. Its not just the Spanish, I think its the mentality of the the way people are on the Costa Del Sol. You see it every day, someone parked in a tight spot, oh well lets just bump them back a bit. Its surprising the damage these little bumps can be and I can guarantee the car hire company will see them when you return the car. The safest policy with car hire insurance is to make sure that everything is included, no excess, damage collision waiver everything. It may cost you a little extra but its worth it. Car hire companies on the whole are unregulated and this does allow them to get away with things. We know from our own experience in the industry, car hire companies will charge you for the smallest of scratches or dints, and quite rightly so. If you have taken a policy that has an excess of €500 you can almost guarantee that it will cost that to get the smallest of scratches removed. The reason for this is car hire companies will in most cases get a quote from a main line car dealer, who are always more expensive, but in reality the work will be carried out by themselves or a small back street garage at a fraction of the cost. Its one way car hire companies increase their profits. When hiring a car always always get a fully covered insurance plan with no excess.― Is there any other warnings you would like to pass on to the readers. “At Gostar Direct we are in the process of adding to our car rental system a fact sheet for each location. The fact sheet are a combination of information we have gathered since starting the company about a particular location and also our visitor comments and questions. If I had to pick one thing to warn people about I think it would be parking. As you travel around the Costa Del Sol you will find cars parked in strange places, mounted on the footpath, parked on roundabouts, general double parking, in fact just about anywhere. The locals are very quick to just dump the car anywhere, usually as close as possible to where they want to be. The Police are very keen in many areas especially the town centres and are very quick to call in the Gruas, the tow away trucks. We here of a lot of tourists returning to find the hire car has disappeared because they did not park the car correctly, even though the locals seem to get away with doing it.
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If your car hire vehicle gets towed away it can be very expensive, anything from €200 and can take a considerable amount of time out of your holiday sorting it out. You should always park in one of the many paid to park car parks. The councils along the Costa Del Sol have invested a lot of money in recent years to build very large underground car parks. These are the safest places to park your car hire vehicle, especially now that they are very cost effective since the law changed that they have to charge you by the minute, certainly a lot less that having to pay to get your car hire vehicle out of a compound.― So car hire from Malaga Airport can be inexpensive and providing you follow the excellent advice of John from Gostar Direct you can enjoy the freedom of being able to drive around the Costa Del Sol whilst you are on holiday. There is a lot of interesting information to be found on the Gostar Direct website at http://www.gostarmedia.com and with the introduction of their fact sheets for thousands of locations worldwide you can be assured of sound advice when organizing your car hire at Malaga Airport or any of the other locations that Gostar Direct cover. Gostar Direct are one of the market leaders in car hire reservations and has gained a reputation for the quality of information and service they provide. John Markum http://www.gostarmedia.com/car_hire_Spain/Car_Rental_Malaga%20Airport.php
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