Self Drive Car Hire Heathrow Airport

The busiest airport in the UK that in mind there is a direct correlation with car hire. We get several questions about our services at Heathrow, one of which is if we only offer self-drive car hire or if we also have chauffeur driven car hire and unfortunately at the moment for Heathrow we only allow self-drive car hire.

What’s The Difference?
There is a distinct difference between chauffeur driven cars and self-driven cars. Although for some it may seem obvious but at times it can get confusing so we will simplify what we mean by each of the terms.

Self-Drive Cars
Hired cars that are self-drive which is what we supply here at Indigo Car Hire basically means that you pay for the full cost of the rental period of the car and drive it yourself (or your free additional driver that you can add to the rental). Apart from if you add an additional driver it will only be yourself able to drive the car due to insurance purposes, that is why there is so many restrictions to do with age and experience as well as convictions or points so that you can be insured over the period of your rental.

Chauffeur Car Hire
This means that you hire a car and pay for it yourself fully however you also employ someone to drive the car for you.
Definition: A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or limousine.
Which at this moment we don’t supply.


If you are interested in hiring a self drive vehicle then please contact us on +44 (0)113 880 0748 or email us at sales@thealternativeagency.co.uk and we will help organise this for you completely hassle free and cost effective.

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Heathrow Terminal Delivery And Collection

Heathrow airport, the third busiest airport in the world just behind Beijing and Hartsfield-Jacksonville Atlanta with 70 million passengers walking through the airport each year. The enormity of the airport is bound to make it busy and confusing no matter what Heathrow do to try and manage this, it’s the same story when you come to hire a car, there are 11 car hire companies that we work with at Heathrow and they are located in all different terminals and street surrounding the area so things can get rather confusing. (more…)

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Paphos Airport Car Hire No Deposit

Deposits can be a real issue for many as you pay for your holiday, flights, hotels and more only to realise there is going to be a massive hold on your card for the rental deposit, inconvenient. Deposits can usually range anywhere from £200-£2000 possible even more if you are going for a luxury car, this amount being held on your account can affect your holiday as you aren’t allowed to spend these funds during the time of the rental. We really didn’t like this idea and decided it was time to do something about it so we got in contact with some of our suppliers at Paphos in order to try and make a deal regarding this.
After several attempts with several different companies we managed to arrange a deal that allows you to hire a car with absolutely no deposit at all! We are hoping with this deal that it will make our customers have a better overall holiday. On top of this deal we also managed to arrange a backup offer at Paphos which is a low deposit rental, this is just the deposit on the full tank of fuel you are given when you get your car at the airport, this ranges in price as some cars petrol tanks are bigger than others costing slightly more, it usually ranges between £60-100.

Don’t have your holiday plans effected or ruined just come straight to Indigo and we will organise this hire completely hassle free, we organise everything for you from the start of the rental to the finish meaning all you have to do is show up for the car, simple.

If you are wanting to hire a car at Paphos airport then please DON’T book online as we can’t ensure that you will be matched with our no deposit supplier. Therefor please call us on +44 (0)113 880 0748 or email us at sales@thealternativeagency.co.uk so we can deal with your request directly and book it in for you by calling the Paphos branch.

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Car Hire Heathrow Free One Way

We pride ourselves here at Indigo Car Hire on being able to arrange great deals with our suppliers, in the past we have arranged several deals and at one of the world’s busiest airports this is no exception. Our range of different offers include debit card acceptance, young drivers, prestige/luxury vehicles and several more. We have managed to come up with another great offer at Heathrow that is useful for our customers and will save them money.

The offer we have managed to come up with is one way car hire, this is when you take the car from Heathrow and drop it off at another locations within the United Kingdom and that’s not all, we have managed to arrange this so it’s completely free of charge!

One way car rentals often referred to as boomerang car hire can come at a charge ranging anywhere between £40-100 which is a cost on top of your rental that we have managed to eliminate.

This service can be extremely helpful because it can be used for a variety of reasons, take for example that you are going on holiday and your flight is cheaper to go to Heathrow but you want to visit family in Aberdeen since the one way doesn’t cost anything it may be cheaper to hire for a day make the journey which may work out considerably cheaper. Another reason you could use it is to move house as we also offer our free one ways on vans so you could that could also be useful!
Hand in hand with this offer we can also get you a low deposit on your free one way as well as debit cards being accepted and occasionally a free additional driver depending on availability at the time. If you are wanting a one way car hire with all these offers available at Heathrow or anywhere else in the UK we are here to find you the best price and deals!

If you are interested in this offer please call us on +44 (0)113 880 0748 or email us at sales@thealternativeagency.co.uk. Do not book online as our deal is arranged through calling the supplying company directly and if you book online you will not be able to get a free one way car hire.

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Is Zero Excess Worth It?

When hiring a car the excess can be an issue for well, everyone. The excess on a hired vehicle can range anywhere from a couple of hundred pounds to a couple of thousand pounds, basically what this means that if you are driving in the rental car and have an accident then this is the maximum figure you will have to pay out and sometimes it can be a very significant figure, in fact most the time. Most people simply don’t have £2000+ lying around in their bank account in the event of an accident so people choose to reduce their excess to zero which at Indigo Car Hire we can offer. (more…)

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Car Hire With Bad Credit

Credit score can catch even the best of us up, it’s easy to get into bother with mounting debts and bills to pay as you may have seen by the increase in credit score loan advertisements. Everything is just that little bit harder when you have bad credit, even hiring a car. Here at Indigo we pride ourselves in being able to offer services that other car hire companies, can’t or just don’t. One of our main aims has been to provide people with a low credit score with a car, whether that be for hire or leasing. (more…)

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Debit Card Car Hire Durban Airport

Durban airport or now replaced by King Shaka International airport is 22 miles of the city centre of Durban, which means if you are travelling to the area you are going to need to hire a car. Just under 5 million passengers a year, there’s a lot of people that are wanting to hire cars. There is also bound to be a few issues with this but the most common is likely not being able to hire a car with anything other than a credit card.

Car hire without a credit card can be a hard task anywhere in the world and South Africa is no exception. We have always aimed to counteract this and try arrange deals which allow for alternative payment methods, it’s proved hard but in several locations we have been successful. Several people who want to hire a car just either don’t have a credit card or just don’t want to use it due to how easy it is to get into debt, which is completely understandable so finding a company at
Durban airport that would be willing to talk to us and arrange a deal was essential. We did managed to eventually after a while managed to arrange a deal that meant people could hire a car if they had a debit card, however the debit card had to follow the main restrictions that the supplier set in order for the card to be accepted by both the insurer and the machine. To find out if your card will be accepted, please contact us via call or email.

Hiring a car at Durban airport without a credit card doesn’t have to be hard all you have to do is call Indigo car hire on 0113 82 99 279 or email us at sales@thealternativeagency.co.uk and we will organise everything for you.

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Car Hire Dublin Airport One Year Driving Experience

Ireland has always been a tough nut to crack when it comes to young driver car hire, the first layer was having to get them to accept under 25s. We finally managed this but they then pretty much over the whole of Ireland made it so that you have to hold your licence for 8 years, the reason they did this is because they officially had no minimum age however by the time you could get your licence and have the experience you were over 25, not to mention this was also causing problems with older drivers who haven’t held their licence for that long. (more…)

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Shocking Statistics For Stolen Vehicles

Been and gone are the days of a thief hotwiring a car but it seems thieves have turned to a more traditional method, car keys. You wouldn’t expect that 46% of vehicles that where stolen during 2011/2012 were taken from using the offender using a key would you? Well it’s true and it’s a massive rise on that of 2010/2011 where only 20% of vehicles where thieved using a key which was in fact the previous record. The fact thieves have seen success through robbing the key of the owner is ridiculous, people should keep their keys safe at all times even at home. (more…)

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Mobile Phone And Sat Nav Betrayal

Your mobile phones and sat nav’s may be telling tales on you to the highway agency or so the telegraph reports. It’s not in the way you may think however, it’s not tracking your speed or careless driving its more tracking your movements. A sat-nav gathers information off you for two reasons, its needed firstly to monitor the flow of the traffic so it can then re adjust your route depending on what traffic you face in order to try take detours and avoid the traffic and ultimately get you to your destination much quicker. The second reason is to monitor the amount of traffic flow each day on a particular roads thereforethey can very accurately tell when it may be in need to maintenance which may be caused by continual use. (more…)

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