car hire france make sure you dont pay too much

Car Hire France - Make Sure You Don t Pay Too Much!
By Peter Ingle

So you are looking for a car hire or car rental in France. Like most people, you want to spend your money on enjoying the French food, wine and local attractions. One way to keep more money in your pocket in order to enjoy the French culture is to make sure you don t spend too much on your car hire.

These days car rental is a commodity purchase. What I mean by that is, as long as you rent a car from a well known company, you will be getting a new, low mileage vehicle. The car hire company can offer little in order to differentiate themselves so that they can charge more money for their cars. So how do you make sure you don t pay too much?

There are two main ways of booking a car hire online. The first is to logon directly to a brand name car rental company website Avis for example. The alternative is to book your car with a car rental broker which will check the prices of a variety of providers in order to get you the best quote. Car rental brokers negotiate with the big car hire companies and are guaranteed discounted prices based on the volume they produce. So which option will offer you the best price? You would think that going direct would be cheaper since there is no “middle man” looking for a cut. However these things don t always go the way you would expect. To see which offers consumers best value I decided to do a price comparison.

The following price check was conducted on June 15th at 2.22pm. We looked for quotes for a midsize/intermediate car rental in Nice International Airport, France (NCE). The car hire requested was for a one week period between September 1st and 8th, 2007. To make sure that all quotes were comparable we asked for prices that included taxes, unlimited mileage, collision damage waiver (CDW), breakdown assistance and theft protection.

• Avis.com $879.89 usd ( approx