Car hire @ Murcia Airport - who's best? - Page 2

Rob's the man!!!!!!!

Chris for a small car like a Corsa for your week it's €200. It's certainly not cheap when you compare it to about €80 for a small car from Europcar for the same week. But if you factor in the benefits I put in in my previous post you might consider it worth doing. We do. Hope that helps.

Rob
Los Gallardos and Palomares

Thanks Rob and everyone else

Just checked and hire is around the 200 E mark with all the benefits you explained - the wife has looked on a comparison website and found another Co (she's out now and I can't remember the name as there all very similar!) which claim to offer the same level of cover/ similar deal i.e. no card blocking, full cover inc loss of keys etc about 140 E but need to 'look into them' - probably go with you recommendation I guess

Checked Firefly (part of Hertz) but their websites a tad clunky today.

Another one to check is Costa Coches which is part British run and has a good reputation although I've never used them. http://www.costacochesrentacar.biz/

Rob
Los Gallardos and Palomares

Hello all  

lots of advice since my post

We've been to Vera area twice, we hired a car once from Almeria airport 2nd  Alicante and there was no issue with the third party excess insurance.

I take your point that the funds are blocked on the credit card but  I   phoned the credit card company  Tesco  and they increased my credit limit  by 1500 so I still had the original credit  limit to use so  it was no problem

Murcia is like that I’m glad  I don’t fly there.

Would it be useful to have a star rating  on the forum like a trip advisor 

Normally we fly easy Jet Belfast  or aer lingus Dublin- Alicante  or Ryan air  to Almeria

We Plan to go out for week in February  with view to buying or  long term rental initially 

"Murcia is like that I’m glad I don’t fly there." I think you'll find car hire firms are basically the same wherever you fly into. Murcia is a good alternative to Almeria as it's only an hour and a quarter to Vera  along the very empty toll road (€13.90) and quarter of an hour on to Mojacar. We find it a good airport to arrive at depending on the day we are flying as airlines are not flying into either airport every day of the week, particularly in winter.

Rob
Los Gallardos and Palomares

We used firefly twice prior to moving here last year no problems whatsoever and very helpful. 

I agree get an independent Insurance to cover Excess abroad.

we got one in the UK and it cost £39 for an Annual policy.

Really good deal.

We have always used GoldCar but never take their Super Relax Cover ( for excess ) which is to expensive.

Hi Chris,

We have always used Goldcar.

I recently had 6 days ( Fiat 500 ) for €49 and I also have an Annual UK policy to cover excess with Questor Insurance.

Have used them for last 3 years, cost £39

Thanks Howard (belated I know) - we used Goldcar and took out Ryanairs own policy excess cover - all through the RA webbie. Cost about £70 all in for a week, booked a Fiat 500 but were upgraded to a Fiat People Carrier, all good.

They took a swipe on the card but got a quick/ full refund on the return with a full tank of Diesel - staff all great too

Used the toll on the way into Bedar but the wife's sat nav (iphone) took us the non-toll route back - all good as we saw more of the real Spain on the smaller roads I think - BTW filled up and the gas station was NOT self service, a nice lady filled up for us, yet another blast from the 60/70's England I grew up in.....

Many thanks again to everyone