 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello folks,
Can anyone help me find a good car hire company? I've checked easycar and holiday autos. Will be going from Lyon to Val Thorens. Obviously the cheaper the better as long as they are not a dodgy mickey mouse bunch.
All tips much appreciated
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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SharkEnergy, I'm sure that you already know that Holiday Autos are not a car hire company but an agency, so if you want a car hire company, you can always go direct to, Hertz, Sixt, Alamo, Dollar, Europcar, and others and judge their best prices for your booking period.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I had good service from Avis at Lyons, but that was about 4 years ago, so that means very little.
Not much to choose between them, if you ask me. They are all much dearer than they appear to be!
One thing I would mention is that you have to take a bus to get to the hire depot at Lyons. It can be a faff if you book the "airline linked" car provider. Since a plane-full of similarly booked people have arrived together, it might be a good trick to book with someone else to avoid the queues.
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We have used Fastcarhire before without problems and cheaper than the car hire companies.
They are an agent and tend to use the regular car hire companies. Worth a look if nothing else 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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To be honest, of all the major companies (see snowbunny's reply) you will alwasy hear good and bad from various people so I assume that means that they're all much of a muchness. I have probably used them all several times and I don't have a favoured one. What I suggest you do is go onto www.moneysupermarket.com and select the travel hen car hire section. That will then scan all of the major firms and agencies and compare the prices. What I would also suggest you do is look at taking out excess elimiation insurance. The excess can sometimes be very large on car hire and although the actual firms themselves offer additional cover to reduce / eliminate this it is very expensive indeed. Type in to Google something like "Car Hire Excess Insurance". Again I can't recommend one as I've never had to claim. They all seem to be about the same in terms of cost.
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To be honest, of all the major companies (see snowbunny's reply) you will alwasy hear good and bad from various people so I assume that means that they're all much of a muchness. I have probably used them all several times and I don't have a favoured one. What I suggest you do is go onto www.moneysupermarket.com and select the travel hen car hire section. That will then scan all of the major firms and agencies and compare the prices. What I would also suggest you do is look at taking out excess elimiation insurance. The excess can sometimes be very large on car hire and although the actual firms themselves offer additional cover to reduce / eliminate this it is very expensive indeed. Type in to Google something like "Car Hire Excess Insurance". Again I can't recommend one as I've never had to claim. They all seem to be about the same in terms of cost.
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Have used holiday autos extensively and never had a problem. Used Hertz this summer and again had a good experience even managed to wangle an upgrade
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