Beware of ‘extortionate’ repair bills for holiday hire cars


Holidaymakers are being charged up to 33 times the going rate for basic repairs to hire cars amid warnings of a rip-off culture in the industry.
Reader Letters: Motorway fuel and hire car rip-offs

Reader Letters: Hire car rip-offs, motorway fuel


I recently returned from a holiday in Italy, where I had arranged to hire a car through rentalcars.com. When I arrived at the Avis desk...

Car hire add-ons still come as a surprise


Car hire companies are still smuggling hidden extras into the small print of contracts, leaving holidaymakers with higher than expected bills...
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Car hire firms to ignore driving convictions after...


Two of Britain’s largest car hire firms have said they will ignore a new government system for checking driving licence details because...