Car Hire Gatwick Airport

[swill453]

I'm looking to hire a car from Gatwick for 4 days at the beginning of December. In various multi-agency searches I am finding off-site brands I don't recognise (Easirent.com, Green Motion) that charge £5 or less per day, or on-site big names like Budget, Sixt etc. charging £25+ per day, and nothing in between.

The former lot can't be making money at that price, so make me a bit suspicious. I have annual excess cover so would be resisting any upselling of insurance.

And the price differential going up to the big brands seems a bit excessive, unless I'm persuaded it's worth it.

Any recommendations?

Scott.

[Slarti]

I'm looking to hire a car from Gatwick for 4 days at the beginning of December. In various multi-agency searches I am finding off-site brands I don't recognise (Easirent.com, Green Motion) that charge £5 or less per day, or on-site big names like Budget, Sixt etc. charging £25+ per day, and nothing in between.

The former lot can't be making money at that price, so make me a bit suspicious. I have annual excess cover so would be resisting any upselling of insurance.

And the price differential going up to the big brands seems a bit excessive, unless I'm persuaded it's worth it.

Any recommendations?

Scott.

No recommendations, just a thought. The on airport companies will be paying the airport a big chunk of the difference for the privilege of giving you convenience.

Slarti

[MaraMan]

I also have no experience of Gatwick car rentals, but do live nearby. I would suggest looking into picking the car up in Crawley or Horsham. This would only entail a 5 mins train journey to Crawley, or 10 mins to Horsham. There are a few rental companies in each and they probably don't have the same overheads as a major airport.

MM

[paulnumbers]

I'm looking to hire a car from Gatwick for 4 days at the beginning of December. In various multi-agency searches I am finding off-site brands I don't recognise (Easirent.com, Green Motion) that charge £5 or less per day, or on-site big names like Budget, Sixt etc. charging £25+ per day, and nothing in between.

The former lot can't be making money at that price, so make me a bit suspicious. I have annual excess cover so would be resisting any upselling of insurance.

And the price differential going up to the big brands seems a bit excessive, unless I'm persuaded it's worth it.

Any recommendations?

Scott.

I've rented a few cars from Gatwick for this reason, same with Heathrow (even though I wasnt flying). It seems the way to get the cheapest deals in London. I've never had any significant problems.

[swill453]

So in the end I've gone for Budget at the airport for £69 for a 4 day hire of a small car. I could have paid £14 for the same at an off-site place. However that's so cheap they must be trying other ways of extracting money from customers, whether devious or above-board.

Ironically if they'd charged double or triple the amount I might have been less suspicious and gone for them.

Scott.