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Car hire customers are being warned over a possible shortage of rental cars during peak periods this year. Due to the current economic situation, many major car hire companies have had to reduce the size of their fleets.

Rory Sexton from UK car hire firm Economy Car Hire stated that this was due to a drop in car manufacture as well as car sales. Traditionally peak times have proved difficult for customers who don’t book well in advance to grab a good deal and that situation looks set to escalate this year.

Brits are already been hit heavily by the weak sterling when planning to holiday in the US or Europe. This latest news is a further blow to the pockets of UK holidaymakers.

Spokesmen from Holiday Autos, Europcar and Avis have all remained upbeat regarding the car hire industry despite the obvious cutbacks. John Leigh of Europcar promised that his company would remain competitive while Anthony Ainsworth, of Avis believes that they are still in a strong position to offer good value car hire deals.

Holiday Autos MD Stuart Nassos said that his firm has found the start of the year tough and that many people don’t realize how important car hire is to holidaymakers.

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Like almost all travel related industries, car hire has been hit by the current economic downturn.  Customers have spoken out complaining of higher rental car charges, getting cars with more mileage and having less staff on hand to help them.

Many major car hire companies have been forced to let staff go in the last year as well as having to close some pick up points. This has inconvenienced many regular customers who are now looking for new car hire companies to deal with.

• Avis cut two thousand, two hundred jobs last year (7% of their workforce)
• Hertz let go two thousand staff last year
• Hertz reported a ninety four percent drop in income last year
• Advantage Rent A Car filed for bankruptcy reorganization in December. Car hire is no longer offered at many of its forty eighty rental locations.
• Dollar Thrifty are reportably likely to file for protection from creditors in bankruptcy court

Experts however do not expect any of the major car hire companies to disappear. As long as they continue to trim staff and fleets they will survive. Due to a poor used car sales market, many companies are keeping cars on their fleet longer than usual.

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