Many holiday goers visit Malta each year with the main airport (Malta International Airport) seeing over 4 million passengers a year. The island is also a very popular location for seniors due to its warm weather and relaxing atmosphere. Malta is quite small, you can travel from one side of the main part of the Island to the other in around 45 – 60 minutes but despite this to get from place to place hiring a car is near to essential. (more…)
We got asked a very interesting question the other day about toll roads in Switzerland and if our cars came with a Vignette. The answer to this unfortunately is no, Vignettes are however compulsory in Switzerland so it is essentially that you buy one which you can do at any petrol station. Basically the Vignette is a sticker on the front of your car which indicates you have paid for the toll roads which are all 1 and 2 class roads, the Grand St. Bernhard Tunnel and Munt la Schera are not included, essentially the Vignette is road tax. (more…)
Child safety seats have always been a bit of a grey area in the car hire industry with different terms/conditions and costs so we thought that we would help out by giving the policies that one of our major suppliers has in regards to child seats, this supplier is Alamo. Alamo have different policies on their child safety seats for different countries, here is a bit of a breakdown of some of the policies Alamo have…. (more…)
We have some fantastic news to save our customers just a little bit more money, we are always trying to find ways to make car hire cheaper and although this may seem like a strange way of doing it, it still deducts towards the overall cost. When you are arriving at Bromley South Train Station to pick up your hired car we can reimburse the cost of your ticket when you are coming from certain stations which you can find further down this page. (more…)
Picture this, you wake up one morning get out of bed and get ready for work just like every other day but only to find when you step outside you are greeted by a car covered in frost. You have a few options but you decide upon starting the car and going back inside for a cup of coffee whilst waiting for the car to defrost only to find upon your return your vehicles been stolen. You get on the phone to the police and insurance company, you won’t be shown any sympathy however and you may not even be covered for a claim as insurers consider this not to be left with reasonable car. Moral of the story is you shouldn’t leave your car unattended whilst running! (more…)
There has been quite a bit of confusion over upper age limits in North America, many broker sites have been having this issue and we wanted to help clear the matter up and make people clear on the conditions. When hiring a car there are certain companies that require you to be under the age of 75 for insurance reasons as the companies they insure their fleet through will not allow it, however there are certain companies which will allow you to hire up until the age of 99 such as us here at Indigo Car Hire as we have special arranged deals with some of our suppliers. (more…)
Do you think it should be the case that a driver should somehow alert you if they are elderly? It’s not as silly of a question as it may seem, AA conducted a survey which found that almost half the drivers that took part if they were made aware that a driver was elderly they would leave more space in front and avoid tailgating. Senior drivers have been the subject of controversy for quite a while now, there has been a few times I have seen an elderly driver going far too slow for the flow of traffic even to the point it become dangerous. (more…)
Europe could dip into chaos in the next coming days, well maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration but with 14,000 flights potentially being delayed across the continent it’s not far from the truth, there are currently around 26,000 daily flights across Europe each day which surely shows you the scale of this strike and the effect it could have. Europe’s air traffic controllers are set for strike action on the 29th January where it’s said that 28 countries could be affected with air traffic controllers within Germany striking. If the planned strike action goes ahead Europe’s air traffic could come to a complete stand still, scary. (more…)
When you are driving through a tunnel it can potentially become a hazard, added danger comes when you haven’t travelled through the particular tunnel before as it is unknown to you. There are a number of hazards you may have to tackle on your travels so here are some tips to keep you and your passengers safe on any journey that may be riddled with tunnels. (more…)
When hiring a car you will often find that when you want to hire a diesel it can be quite problematic. The reason for this is, given the choice everyone wants a diesel as they are often slightly cheaper to run, this presents an issue as there isn’t enough diesels for demand so car hire companies either don’t allow you to specify fuel type which is often the case or they charge you extra for the option of diesel. (more…)