An early experience of hiring a car

I had rented cars on many occasions for family holidays from the early 1980s. These were normally arranged via a recommendation of the self catering villa company or through a local contact and I would normally hire a small car like a Fiat /Seat Panda or Ford Fiesta. I experienced hiring a car in Corsica, Majorca, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the USA. In fact anywhere that was easier to fly to.

It was a different story back in October 2000 I rented a very reasonably priced Mercedes A class car in Nice France. To cut down on costs the rental company operated from a section of a multi storey car park a short distance from the airport and there was a check in zone, with a couple of computers where you could also make on line reservations if you had not booked in advance. (more…)