Alicante Car Hire

Important Information

Do you want to hire a car for collection at Alicante Airport? The first thing I would do is find the cheapest quote.

*** But Beware of hidden costs ***

When these hidden costs are added on at the point of collection of your rental car you will realise you have not chosen the cheapest option.

You need to know what the terms and conditions are before signing up to any car rental lease. Read this page first.

Alicante Airport Car Hire Scam? Let me start with a true story.

Just a few weeks ago I was reading a National British Sunday newspaper. Within the section on Travel a reader had written to the newspaper about the 'Alicante car hire scam' that he wanted everyone to be aware of.

This was the 'scam' as he detailed it.

This gentleman booked his car online and was quoted a price for a car.

When he arrived at the desk to collect the car he was required to pre-pay for a full tank of petrol (as required by the Alicante car rental company he had booked with). He was instructed to return the car with an empty tank.

Firstly, he was not aware of this policy. So he was not aware that the cost of the full tank would be added to his original quote.

Secondly, to make matters worse he was told he would NOT receive a refund for any petrol left in the tank. He knew that he was only going to use approx a quarter of a tank and therefore only wanted to pay for a quarter of a tank. He wanted a refund for the remainder three quarters. His request was not allowed, in accordance with the terms and conditions.

Then matters got worse for this poor gentleman. He felt 'forced' to buy additional insurance to cover the 'third party liability insurance excess fee' because if he didn't he would have had to leave a deposit of 600 Euros.

You can imagine how he felt. He felt he had been scammed, fleeced, ripped off......etc. He was so incensed about this that upon his return he wrote to a National Sunday Newspaper.

I can understand how he felt.

I am sure that this experience ruined his holiday. And the sad thing is that it needn't have.

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The gentleman mentioned above was not scammed. He just wasn't aware of the terms and conditions of the Alicante Car Rental Company he booked with. If he was aware, he could have chosen not to book with this Company.

Instead he could have booked his Alicante car hire with one of the Car Rental companies who give you a full tank of petrol and ask that you return your car with a full tank and one that told him what the additional insurnace cost was before he booked.

I don't want you to have the same experience as this gent and this is where this website comes in. We have lots of information on this website all based on our own experiences and research.

We believe that if you know at the time of booking your car hire what the additional costs are going to be it will allow you to;

• search for the cheapest car hire but knowing to include the additional costs
  
  
• collect your Alicante car hire and complete the collection process with no nasty suprises
  
  
• ..... and no nasty suprises means you will enjoy your holiday.
  
  

I have to stress at this point, that the Car Rental Companies in Alicante are not scammers! They publish their terms and conditions. We just have to make sure that we are aware of them when we book the hire car!

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From the Car Hire button on the above left you can access all the information I have put together about hiring a car whilst in Alicante. Or you can use the links below to access the same pages.

The pages cover the following;

• How to get the cheapest quote possible from the Alicante Car Hire Company
  
  
• The quickest way to book your Car Hire and when to do it. So that you can capture the best available price.
  
  
• The additional costs that the Car Hire Companies will try and add to your quote.
  
  
• How some customers are paying for an Insurance that they already have and how to avoid this.
  
  

I hope you find the information useful. If you do, please visit us again. We are constantly adding new information to the site!

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Further Information on Alicante Car Hire

Our Recommended Alicante Car Rental Companies
A List of All Alicante Car Rental Companies
Alicante Rent A Car. Use a Broker Or Book Direct?
Alicante Airport Car Rental
Car Rental Insurance Explained and Compared
Summary Of The Car Rental Companies Terms and Conditions
Alicante Car Rental Hints and Tips

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