There are still plenty of cheap car hire deals for the Christmas period and throughout the winter.

Book cheap car hire with easyCar and enter the promotional code BARGAINS for excellent low cost rental car offers.  Sign up for their newsletter and more special codes to guarantee bargain rent a car prices in the UK, Europe and Worldwide will start winging their e-way to you!

With the FIFA 2010 World Cup groups now drawn, it is time to book cheap car hire in South Africa, so that you can combine your football extravaganza with an exciting safari or glorious beach holiday. easyCar low cost rental prices start from £95.23 for 7 days in June, collecting an economy 3 door hire car at Cape Town Airport (CPT) – that’s just over £13 per day –don’t forget to enter BARGAINS in the promotional code box online!  Rental cars collected from Johannesburg Airport are already starting to sell out, with the cheapest in mid June 2010 currently costing £163.62 for 7 days for an Economy 5 door car.

Other than booking well in advance, bargain car hire can be booked in Portugal, Spain and Switzerland using easyCar’s deposit scheme. By paying as little as a £12 deposit you are able to book a cheap car with the guarantees you would expect by prepaying the full amount.  All you do is pay the booking fee to easyCar and the difference is paid to the car hire company when you collect your hire car.

Travel Tour Operators may be speculating that holiday bookings will be booked later this year due to the credit crunch, but when hiring a car, the sooner you can book the better!  Warnings were publicised throughout 2009 advising that less new cars were being ordered than previous years and that older cars were being used for longer.  The result of this was that in popular locations such as Malaga and Palma, Majorca, either no cars were available or only larger cars could be booked.  There has been no indication to say that this won’t happen again in 2010, especially during peak periods such as Half Term, Easter and the Summer – particularly July and August.  So take head – and book your cheap car hire as soon as you know you are going away!

With car hire shortages anticipated from 19th December for the Christmas and New Year holiday period 2009/2010, easyCar are warning their customers to book car hire NOW to avoid disappointment. 

The demand for rental cars has been historically high in the UK and Ireland during the Christmas season, but shortages are expected this winter in the popular cities and resorts of France, Portugal and Spain too.

easyCar reported in June 2009 that many areas of the UK, France and Spain had actually run out of hire cars during Easter, with the credit crunch leading car hire fleet operators to use their current stock of cars for longer periods, and not replace all of the older vehicles. A number of sources throughout the summer also stated that holidaymakers were more likely to book the small cars as they presumed they were cheaper, although this wasn’t always the case, which then led to the smaller cars being in very short supply.

Again the message regarding Christmas car hire availability with the shortage of cars and increasing prices being a problem, is that if you want to be sure that you will get the hire car of your choice, do not leave your rental booking until the last minute – BOOK NOW!

A brand new service has just been released - Pay On Arrival.

This new service allows a small deposit to be paid when booking, with the balance paid when the hire car is picked up. The service is currently available across Spain and Portugal, with more countries soon to be added.

A big advantage of the pay on arrival service is that customers can reserve their hire car with a small deposit, leaving the full payment right up to the last minute when they pick up their hire car. This will enable many customers to book their hire car much earlier than before, which will help them to avoid some of the car hire shortages seen this year.

The service is easily identified by looking for the Pay On Arrival message and logo next to the hire car price.

To book, simply follow this link for car hire

If you are looking for cheap car hire this Autumn, check out our latest sale and voucher code on our special offers page.

The voucher code on this page gives savings at many UK, European and Long Haul destinations. However to access the best car hire discount codes, sign up to our Newsletter on the homepage, and you’ll be sent discount codes with the highest savings!

With more cars becoming available after the high season rush and prices dropping, September can be a great month to travel.

To kick September off, we’ve a fantastic new sale, with many cars reduced in price even more! To view this sale, visit the car hire sale page and use the easyCar voucher code on the page.

You’ll need to hurry, as even this month the more popular cars will sell out, and these savings will not last forever!