Florida Car Hire

Filed Under (Car Hire Florida) by on 10-03-2009

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Alamo car hire unveiled its Drive-Out program for the Florida region today March 10th. This system allows car hire customers to avail of cheap one way rates, avoid drop charges and have the use of a Sat Nav system free of charge.

The plans covers travel from various cities in Florida. Cars ranging from budget to full size to people carriers can be rented for low rates. The rental car must then be dropped off at an agreed location in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Mississippi South Carolina, and Georgia.

Slightly more expensive deals are available if you are dropping the hire car off at agreed locations in other states such as Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, , Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia
Nebraska, New Hampshire, and New York.

Rob Hibbard of Alamo spoke of the need for such a service with many people driving home at this time of year. He also spoke of the benefits it provides to Alamo in changing fleet locations after the last quarter.

Rental cars must be booked twenty four hours in advance with a maximum rental period of twenty one days. Sat Nav must be selected at the booking stage.

Remember whether you are looking for car hire in Sanford Airport, car hire Florida or anywhere else in the world, it pays to shop around and find the best deal possible.

Fingerprints needed when hiring a car?

Filed Under (major car hire companies) by on 18-11-2008

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Some UK car hire companies are now asking customers to provide fingerprints when hiring a car. In the past a passport has always been an ample form of identification however a recent spate of car hire thefts at UK airports has caused some car hire companies to have a rethink.

This action have course raises the question of privacy and has caused some upset among the press and the public who already feel that big brother knows enough about them. Fingerprints are normally associated with police stations however certain car hire companies feel that it is within the customer’s interest to build a biometric profile of them. Stansted Airport is the 1st location to test the system. Under this system a fingerprint is a mandatory requirement in order to hire a car.

Some customers have no problem with these new measures however others have been strongly opposed and are concerned about how their personal data will be used. Car hire companies say the information will only be used if a hire car is stolen so the police will be able to track the culprit. Organised crime gangs have been using hire cars at UK airports for criminal activity.

Biometric data has also been used in some shops in the UK for credit card payments so this type of technology may be something that people are going to have to get used to more and more.