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Old Feb 19th, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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Can anybody recomend a good car hire company where I can hire a seven seater to be picked up at Bordeaux airport, the cheapest quote I have found so far is in excess of £500 for 1 week.
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Old Feb 20th, 2009 | 04:01 AM
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Hi John; Try these www.Autoeurope.com carrentals.com novacarhire.com They are consolidators and use many different companies. Iris
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Old Feb 20th, 2009 | 05:16 AM
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Also www.kemwel.com and www.gemut.com

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Old Feb 20th, 2009 | 08:20 AM
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Ira; Why are our web sites not appearing so the questioner can just click and get to the site? Katie? Thanks Iris
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Old Feb 20th, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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A seven-seater, which will presumably be a van, is going to cost about that much no matter what company you use. I recommend AutoEurope, because their customer service is excellent, but certainly compare prices (AutoEurope will match or beat other quotes).
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Old Feb 20th, 2009 | 10:33 AM
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John - I think the pricing you are receiving is reasonable, particularly if the approx. 500€ includes road tax and the airport pickup surcharge.

iris - it appears that to keep links active one must place each url alone, on its own line and even then in only one grouping (no text splitting the url entries).
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Old Feb 20th, 2009 | 10:36 AM
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John - I think the pricing you are receiving is reasonable, particularly if the approx. 500€ includes road tax and the airport pickup surcharge.

iris - it appears that to keep links active one must place each url alone, on its own line and even then in only one grouping (no text splitting the url entries).
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Old Feb 20th, 2009 | 10:55 AM
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Thanks Sarastro; Previously had no problems, but I think my thought process was not working properly when posting those sites. Thanks again. Iris
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Old Feb 21st, 2009 | 03:49 PM
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It is not a van I wish to hire, it is something like a Renault Espace and I only want it for 7 days not to buy it, do you really consider £550 ie., say euros 580 to be reasonable?

I could hire approximately 4 small cars for that but we do not have the drivers.
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Old Feb 22nd, 2009 | 08:17 AM
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Hi Iris,

All 3 work for me. (Firefox on a Dell PC)

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Old Feb 23rd, 2009 | 02:24 AM
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It does depend on the time of the year as most rental companies base the rental price on demand ie if renting in high season July August expect to pay more than if renting in Jan for example . Try <a style="" target="_new" href="http://www.fastcarhire.co.uk">Car hire in France with FASTCarhire</a> and
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Old Feb 23rd, 2009 | 02:29 AM
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It does depend on the time of the year as most rental companies base the rental price on demand ie if renting in high season July August expect to pay more than if renting in Jan for example . Try www.fastcarhire.co.uk Car hire in France with FASTCarhire
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Old Feb 26th, 2009 | 02:57 AM
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The date I wish to hire on is 3rd June that is not exactly high Season
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Old Feb 26th, 2009 | 06:19 AM
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Hey J44,

Don't wait to get to Europe to rent a car. You will pay the max rate.

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Old Mar 22nd, 2009 | 03:35 PM
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Fast Car hire is £581 unbelievable.
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Old Mar 22nd, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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A Renault Espace IS a van. And that's a very good price. In 2005 I paid about $800 for a 10-day Espace rental, and that was after pitting one company against another until I got the best deal possible. June is definitely high season. I don't see how you're going to beat that price.
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