With the school holidays coming to a close and the time for family holidays almost over, its that time of year that those of us without children or children that are not yet in school decide to go away. There are many reasons for this but the main one is cost, we all know that travelling during school holidays is more expensive as harsh as it may seem, its a fact.<\/p>\n
So when planning a holiday outside of the summer break what else do we do to save money? One thing that seems to pop up is deciding not to hire a car, im here today to show you how Travelling Can Be More Expensive Without A Hire Car.<\/p>\n
When you consider all expenses of a holiday, some that are often over looked are transport costs such as airport transfers, buses, trains and taxis.<\/p>\n
Unless you are visiting family or friends that may come and collect you, you will probably need transport from the Airport when you arrive. After checking a few of the popular websites for a typicaly family holiday, here is what I found.<\/p>\n
Return Journey:<\/strong> Alicante Airport to Torrevieja, Family of 4. 01\/10\/2014 to 07\/10\/2014 = \u20ac120 Euro Best Price<\/p>\n Once at your destination, again without family or friends with a vehicle you will find yourselves geting a bus or taxi when going out for the day to the beach, waterpark or for a bit of sight seeing. Here are some basic costs I found.<\/p>\n Bus, Single Ticket:<\/strong> \u20ac1.5 Euro per person including infants for a short journey. So thats \u20ac6 Euro for the family per journey.<\/p>\n Taxi, Single Journey<\/strong> \u20ac15-20 Euro for a relatively short journey to the beach from a popular area like San Miguel to the beach at Playa de los Naufragos which is about 15km.<\/p>\n Train, Single Journey<\/strong> \u20ac30 Euro per person for a single journey from Alicante to Valencia, thats \u20ac120 Euro for the family.<\/p>\n As you can can see, travelling around your chosen holiday destination on public transport could add up to be quite costly. So lets have a look at hiring a car…<\/p>\n Small Car for 7 Days from Alicante Airport<\/strong> the cost on our website right now is \u00a338.77 which is about \u20ac49 Euro. You will have to pay for a tank of fuel on top of that which would cost around \u20ac60-80 Euro. So a total cost of about \u20ac129 Euro.<\/p>\n A tank of fuel in a small city car like a Ford Ka could get you upwards of 600kms of driving, that is a lot of trips to the beach, shopping centres and waterparks.<\/p>\n Obviously my examples are specific to one area but the theory does translate to almost any trip, before you decide to travel do some research into how much basic transport will cost you and then weigh that up against the cost of hiring a car and not having to worry about any other transport costs.<\/p>\n You can check our website for hire car prices in pretty much any location around the world, or just pick up the phone and call +44 (0)113 880 0748<\/strong> or chat with one of our experts online for a free no obligation quote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the school holidays coming to a close and the time for family holidays almost over, its that time of year that those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,110],"tags":[146,149,311,314,542,594,596],"class_list":["post-21243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-hire-tips","category-travel-news","tag-airport-transfers","tag-alicante-airport-to-torrevieja","tag-expenses-of-a-holiday","tag-family-holidays","tag-public-transport","tag-single-journey-from-alicante-to-valencia","tag-small-car-for-7-days-from-alicante-airport"],"yoast_head":"\nPublic Transport<\/h2>\n