Car Rental Industry Gearing Up for Shortages in Portugal and Spain

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 16, 2009 -- Thousands of visitors to Portugal and Spain in Summer 2009 were affected by the widespread shortage of rental cars caused by the recession throughout Europe. The lack of credit available to the rental companies caused a big reduction in the pool of available cars, and subsequently prices soared.

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Car Rental Industry Gearing Up for Shortages in Portugal and Spain

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Two of the locations worst affected were Faro in Portugal and Malaga in Spain. Matt May from Blue Valley Car Hire who provide an internet booking service at both Faro and Malaga Airport envisages a similar situation in 2010. "We are recommending that if people have booked a summer holiday in Spain or Portugal in 2010 that they also book a hire car as early as possible. Leaving the booking to the last minute is likely to result in higher prices and limited availability. The rental companies that we deal with in both countries are seeing people booking much earlier than last year, and are expecting more problems this Summer".

"Many companies including ourselves do not take payment in advance, so there really isn't any reason for leaving the booking until the last minute. Booking early allows the car hire companies to plan ahead, and scale the size of their fleets, rather than having to try to rent in cars from other companies at the last minute when prices are at their highest".

Blue Valley Car Hire provide an internet booking service for car rental at a number of locations in Spain and Portugal. Please visit the website for more details.

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