Estate car with lots of rear legroom for hire
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Hi
My neighbour has an elderly Honda CRV which has plenty of room for luggage but not her very tall son in the back seat. I know that when you hire a car you rarely get the model you asked for (just the class/type) but is there a popular Ford/Skoda/Kia estate readily available from the usual firms? It has to be an automatic as well so she might be able to specify something specific.
To further complicate matters she wants to take it abroad (hence Holidays & Travel).
It might be an idea to take said CRV as far as Belgian port from Kent and swap to something bigger for the duration of their stay in Belgium.
Any thoughts or suggestions welcome...
My neighbour has an elderly Honda CRV which has plenty of room for luggage but not her very tall son in the back seat. I know that when you hire a car you rarely get the model you asked for (just the class/type) but is there a popular Ford/Skoda/Kia estate readily available from the usual firms? It has to be an automatic as well so she might be able to specify something specific.
To further complicate matters she wants to take it abroad (hence Holidays & Travel).
It might be an idea to take said CRV as far as Belgian port from Kent and swap to something bigger for the duration of their stay in Belgium.
Any thoughts or suggestions welcome...
rcspeirs said:
Taking a UK hire car abroad is madness. Lots of (mandatory) additional insurance charges. If she doesn't declare that she's leaving the UK - and has an incident - she's not insured.
Much better to put that money into a cheap flight and hire at destination.
Or just put the guy onto a plane and collect him in the front seat of the CRV after arrival?Much better to put that money into a cheap flight and hire at destination.
A tangential question. Does anyone know any firms who have the Skoda Superb preferably the Estate on their fleet?
I know Europcar do over in some European / Scandinavian countries as have had one, but any UK based outfits?This isn't for me but a future visitor and the Superb would be spot on for their needs re back seat leg room.
I know Europcar do over in some European / Scandinavian countries as have had one, but any UK based outfits?This isn't for me but a future visitor and the Superb would be spot on for their needs re back seat leg room.
Thanks folks. I think suffer the CRV to Dunkirque then upgrade to a local people carrier. I'll have a quick look at the CRV back seat just in case it is one of those fiendish ones that slides back a bit. Driver speaks the lingo (Flemish and French so should have no trouble arranging this.
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