Looking at hiring a car for 6 days.
Goldcar quoting 50 euros for a Fiat Panda.
Full/full
Collision waiver,theft insurance.Airport pick up drop off.
Booking it through doyouspain website.
The excess is 2800 quid though.
It's been years since I've hired cars abroad so a just wanted some advice.
Do I need to get any additional cover ECT or does this all seem okay ect.
Cheers
I came on here to say anyone but Gold. It’s not unusual to queue for over 1 hr to get your keys.
It’s worth paying a little more and use someone else. And don’t pay for the extra insurance, just go to Insurance4carhire or similar to save a fortune and have piece of mind.
We've used Málaga car hire before on TripAdvisor recommendations and were happy with them. Be careful tho, from memory there were two with almost identical web addresses. Look at the reviews first.
And as franksinatra advised, anyone but goldcar, shocking reviews all over the internet
We’ve also used Malaga car hire and it’s been great. Off terminal but bus transfer is free, quick and frequent.
We used Enterprise last time, was similar price to the budget providers and worked out well.
Re insurance, you have 3 options.
1. Take the cheap price, hope you don’t do any damage and ensure you check the car carefully. Cheapest, but highest risk.
2. Take the cheapest price but buy some after excess cover. If you do any damage you’ll have to pay for it up front and then claim it back from who you bought the excess cover from. Middle price, but some hassle.
3. Take their full cover, accepting you’re paying more for it, but never think about the damage as it’s all covered. They won’t even check the car.
You pays your money…
Not Goldcar!
Not Goldcar!
Not Goldcar!
Go read some reviews.
I hired with them last summer in Málaga. Took about 2 hours from arriving at the hire desk to finally getting the keys. Wasn't busy, they were just blatantly taking the piss with their speed, not helped by people arguing with them as they tried to force their rip off insurance on them.
Car was an absolute heap when I got it. It would've been harder to find a part that wasn't scratched or dented than a part that was.
I'm also not sure if this is unique to them but arrivals is on floor 0, the car hire bit is on floor -1, you then had to go to floor +3 to get the key then floor 2 to get the car. The signage throughout this is absolutely piss poor
Thanks for the advice,not doing goldcar then!
Really don't want to be waiting around for hours for keys.
Will check out Malaga car hire,and look at extra insurance
We've used Hertz there before - all straightforward with no issue.
If you are a Costco member they do car hire too - that who we booked for our previous trip there.
Cicar.com . Used them in the Canary Islands and they were excellent; all inclusive price, no deposit, no hassle, didn't check the car on return.
Big name. All the insurance. Drive it like you stole it. When you've accepted that the business is really sale of insurance rather than hiring of cara, things make a lot more sense.
I always take the train from the airport to Maria Zambrano in the city (couple of stops) and hire from a local place there. You probably take less time overall, it's a nicer experience and can be a fair bit cheaper.
In the past we've sat for over an hour waiting in the sweltering underground car park. Once, while exiting on the elevated scalextric track that is the way out, Mrs BigJohn thought she pressed the Aircon button. No, it was the electric handbrake. That was interesting, and she hadn't stopped telling me off for shouting until Estepona.
Big name. All the insurance. Drive it like you stole it. When you've accepted that the business is really sale of insurance rather than hiring of cara, things make a lot more sense.
Yep +1 I see the rental price and then basically double it to take into account getting excess to zero.