Holiday hire car 'classes' BS

[JD82]

After a terrible experience in Portugal where my 'intermediate' car with a picture of a Skoda Octavia estate turned out to be a 1 series with not enough space for our luggage... but apparently 'in the same class'... I'm now trying to book one for the next trip.

After going through the usual suspects, it seems impossible to hire a car based in boot space, as they all use daft definitions like 'intermediate' and 'standard'. I know it's always been like this but only now I have two young children has it become a big issue.

My question - is it possible to guarantee enough boot space without simply paying for the biggest class they all have which seems to be 'full size'?

It's driving me round the bend - a 1 series or an A3 hatch isn't the same as a 1 series...

[JD82]

Baldchap said:

Contact them and ask to reserve a specific car. The bigger companies do this.

Do they? Never knew that. Presume you mean speak to the local hiring office where I'll pick it up from? thanks

[JD82]

JQ said:

JD82 said:

Baldchap said:

Contact them and ask to reserve a specific car. The bigger companies do this.

Do they? Never knew that. Presume you mean speak to the local hiring office where I'll pick it up from? thanks

Europcar do it, and no need to phone local hiring office. I just book online via a broker.

That's who I had my nightmare with ironically. When you mean broker, do you mean Holidayautos etc?