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Car hire from Alicante airport

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:57pm
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William77

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Hi has anyone any feed back on Do you Spain car hire from Alicante looking to hire for 4 weeks initially 

TIA 

marcliff

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:08pm

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:08pm

Do You Spain is just a broker and will give you a car from one of the on airport dealers. I hired from them and took out their insurance. When I got to the airport it was with Goldcar and they said the insurance was not valid and would have to take out theirs. Eventually they accepted but told me I would have to pay for any damage and then claim from Do You Spain.

Goldcar is terrible, by the way. 

Try the actual car hire companies if you can. 

William77

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:18pm

William77

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:18pm

marcliff wrote on Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:08pm:

Do You Spain is just a broker and will give you a car from one of the on airport dealers. I hired from them and took out their insurance. When I got to the airport it was with Goldcar and they said the insurance was not valid and would have to take out theirs. Eventually they accepted but told me...

... I would have to pay for any damage and then claim from Do You Spain.

Goldcar is terrible, by the way. 

Try the actual car hire companies if you can. 

Thanks for your reply,hiring from airport is a nightmare and so expensive they look for £1200 + excess in their hire clauses 

Sligogent

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:51pm

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:51pm

William77 wrote on Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:18pm:

Thanks for your reply,hiring from airport is a nightmare and so expensive they look for £1200 + excess in their hire clauses 

Take   a  good Video  of  Car  before  you  drive  away  in a  bright  area,  Have  1  of  their  employees  beside you  when  taken   Video.  Also  take  Video  of  internal  of  Car. They  will  want  Credit cards  details  as  deposit  any  damage  will  be  taken  from  your  Credit card   and  you  will  not  be  informed  till it  too  late,  This  goes for  all  Car  hire companies  at Airport, 

Try  Daya Nueva Car hire,  they  have  a website  up,  reliable  well service  Car,  modern  enough,   but  they  are  down size  in New  Year,

Irishgigilo

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:26pm

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:26pm

Hi Do you Spain have very poor Customer services.  If anything goes wrong you are on your own.

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William77

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:38pm

William77

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:38pm

Sligogent wrote on Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:51pm:

Take   a  good Video  of  Car  before  you  drive  away  in a  bright  area,  Have  1  of  their  employees  beside you  when  taken   Video.  Also  take  Video  of&nb...

...sp; internal  of  Car. They  will  want  Credit cards  details  as  deposit  any  damage  will  be  taken  from  your  Credit card   and  you  will  not  be  informed  till it  too  late,  This  goes for  all  Car  hire companies  at Airport, 

Try  Daya Nueva Car hire,  they  have  a website  up,  reliable  well service  Car,  modern  enough,   but  they  are  down size  in New  Year,

Hi thanks for info bit scary trying to decide about hiring ,may just drive our campervan down through France and onto Villamartin 

William77

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:41pm

William77

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:41pm

Sligogent wrote on Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:51pm:

Take   a  good Video  of  Car  before  you  drive  away  in a  bright  area,  Have  1  of  their  employees  beside you  when  taken   Video.  Also  take  Video  of&nb...

...sp; internal  of  Car. They  will  want  Credit cards  details  as  deposit  any  damage  will  be  taken  from  your  Credit card   and  you  will  not  be  informed  till it  too  late,  This  goes for  all  Car  hire companies  at Airport, 

Try  Daya Nueva Car hire,  they  have  a website  up,  reliable  well service  Car,  modern  enough,   but  they  are  down size  in New  Year,

Hi tried the hire company that you said unfortunately no cars available looked at Villamartin rent a car wonder if anyone has used them before ?

Sligogent

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:58pm

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:58pm

William77 wrote on Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:38pm:

Hi thanks for info bit scary trying to decide about hiring ,may just drive our campervan down through France and onto Villamartin 

I  am   Driving  my  wee  van over  mid  December   need work  tools  to  do a  bit  of  work  on Apartment,,    also bringing  Dog 🐕  with   me,

Try  Lara  cars ,

aitchc1401

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:20pm

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:20pm

William77 wrote on Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:38pm:

Hi thanks for info bit scary trying to decide about hiring ,may just drive our campervan down through France and onto Villamartin 

Hi,

   I have not hired in Spain for some time but when I did I used autoeurope (www.autoeurope.co.uk). 

Coys car rental  (www.coysrent-a-car.com) has been recommended on here in the past. 

As mentioned by another poster, avoid Goldstar.

Rgds,

Aitch.

Dlrsantapola

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:23pm

Dlrsantapola

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:23pm

Please avoid do you spain, plenty of local options stress free, Wheels in Spain,  magnum, coys, lara cars and many more !! 

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