Manchester airport have set a goal during their summer schedule of 20 million passengers in the year. This goal comes after the introduction of 17 new destinations, in summer alone the Manchester airport expectations are extremely high with them suggesting that they will have up to 14 million passengers in this summer alone! They’ve also reached these figures due to the fact in year on year increase Manchester airport has seen a 4.5% increase on the traffic from 2012 to 2013, this is a massive increase in terms of airport passengers. (more…)
Discount Rates for Prestige Car Hire
We have offered prestige car hire for a fair amount of time as you may already know, however we haven’t been able to up until recently provide you with many discounts for prestige vehicles since they are very desired hire cars and there aren’t too many companies that provide them. The good news is that we can now announce that we are able to bring you prestige vehicle car hire with great discounts! (more…)
DVLA Step up against insurance fraud
The new method put in place to fight the crime against car insurance fraud comes after AA spokesman has claimed that shockingly a quarter of people declare wrong information when they go to insure their car. Majority of the statistics seem to be pointing in the direction against fraud which is a good thing with a recent survey saying 92% of people think the new method against insurance fraud is a good idea. (more…)
Heathrow Terminal 5 Opens Business Doors
Heathrow airport opened their airport to passengers back in March 2008; it cost a total of £4 billion and took a long 19 years to complete. The airport terminal is currently the largest free standing building in the UK with how long it took and how much money it took it came as a surprise to many when they announce that the airport was to only be used exclusively by British airways as it didn’t seem as if that was a profitable option for Heathrow in order to pay off their 19 billion pounds it took to make the terminal. (more…)
Croatia No Young Driver Additional Charge
This has got to be one of our best offers yet, as you know and as our recent post states we are always trying to fight the war against young driver surcharges. We realise how crippling it can be for the young people of society having to pay an extremely high daily fee in order to hire a car on top of what it costs to already hire the car itself. In extreme cases it has meant that the young driver daily fee has surpassed the cost of the actual rental per day which is ridiculous. We have recently come up with another one of our amazing deals, read on to find out more. (more…)
No Birmingham airport Young driver additional charge
Young drivers who have hired a car or attempted to hire car of recent years will know that if you are under the age of 25 you get an additional daily charge, this can sometimes be a phenomenal amount and even in severe cases cost just as much as the car rental itself. This price with the combination of being young is most the time not an affordable price to pay for car hire, we see this as slightly unfair and as many that have kept up with Indigo will know we have been trying our hardest to get rid of young driver surcharges because we realise how crippling it can be. The title says it all News Flash: No Birmingham airport Young driver additional charge. (more…)
Travel Clot Awareness Campaign
Blood clots are rare during travel but it’s defiantly worth raising awareness as it still occurs in those who are at higher risk. Deep-vein thrombosis or Pulmonary embolism the medical name for the type of blood clot mostly caused by air travel is caused by being crammed into a small area without moving for a long period of time, the longer the flight the bigger the risk proposed the guideline is that after 4 hours you are at a much greater risk so its advised that you follow the necessary precautions in order to prevent such an event happening, There are several groups that run Travel clot awareness campaigns so follow their guidelines in order to prevent the chance of falling victim to a travel related blood clot. (more…)
Tow Bar Car Hire
Car Hire With A Tow Bar
It’s often confusing the full ins and outs of hiring a car with a tow bar as there are many regulations, rules and only a handful of locations that we offer this service. In order to help our customers and potential customers this blog is about the full details for towing vehicle hire, it’s important to know all the full details before going to hire the car with a tow bar as it can often have legal complications as there are so many rules regarding tow bars.
In order to hire a car with a tow bar you must be the age of 25 or over and have two years driving experience. The general cars we hire out that are fitted with a tow bar are 4x4s, Pickup trucks and other larger vehicles. If you want to know the full ins and outs and requirements as well as if you have preference to what vehicle you want in order to tow your desired object then please call the Indigo reservations team and they will be able to explain it to you in full.
There are several outlined regulations outlined in order for you to be suitable to tow and if you break these rules then you are running the chance of being prosecuted by the police.
Tow bar Type
You don’t necessarily need to worry about this as its down to the car hire company as they have fitted the tow bar, however its good information to know. It’s basically meaning it needs to be Type approved, the tow bar needs to be suitable for the type of car you have, the tow bar should have on it an approval number and details of the suited vehicle, it’s always good to check for this in case.
Towing Mirrors
Some people may to realise in order to tow you must have suitable towing mirrors, majority of the time the car mirrors aren’t enough and you need to add extensions to them in order for them to meet the adequate width. If your mirrors aren’t deemed as suitable for the size you are towing then you can be prosecuted by the police, fined up to £1,000 and given three points on your licence.
Trailer Brakes
Small trailers brakes are optional, however if your trailer is over 750 kilograms it must have its own braking system or else you could be on the wrong side of the law and also be prosecuted by the police.
Weight and Width Limits
The amount your car can tow is in the specifications of each vehicle in the handbook, this is hard to outline an amount per car as every car is different. The maximum width that any trailer can be however is 2.55 Metres and the absolute maximum length is 7 metres before hiring your car you should always make sure it’s suitable to tow what you want to tow.
We do car hire with a tow bar at several locations across the UK, here is the full list of locations.
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If you are interested in hiring or enquiring about hire a towing vehicle then please contact us direct, do not book online. You can contact us on +44 (0)113 880 0748, chat with us online or email us at sales@thealternativeagency.co.uk
Stansted score triple
London’s Stansted airport has always been known as a great hub for low cost airliners around the world. The two airports that are of main competition for low cost airlines to Stansted are a rival English airport Luton and Berlin Schonefeld. The annual World airport awards has several awards and accolades for airports around the world including the best overall airport, the best terminal, most improved airport, worlds best domestic airport and many more. (more…)
Excess Reimbursement cover
Indigo can now offer excess reimbursement cover through the use of a 3rd party excess policy. Car hire companies when you go to hire a car offer you the chance majority of the time to reduce your excess down to zero meaning in the unlikely event of an accident you won’t have to pay a penny out of your own pocket. Unfortunately however this costs an additional fee per day in order for them to give you this policy. (more…)