Yet again we are talking about travel and, based on some statistics, a good percentage of travelers like to rent a car when they go abroad, just for the sake of being more free to go wherever they want to and whenever! There’s obviously quite a good choice or rental car companies around the globe, some being known worldwide, like for example Hertz, Avis, Europcar, Budget, Alamo, Ada, etc ….. However, most of the time, their prices are quite excessive!
I happened to come across these websites, CarHire3000 and RentalCars, while searching for some good prices for car rental in Italy. Prices were really interesting, they weren’t just competitive, they were relatively cheap and they say they they use only these major car rental companies. I was literally shocked seeing the price difference and was sceptical to book with them. Moreover, after some time checking out their prices, I began looking for reviews …. yeah, the internet is great 
but sometimes it does drive us crazy too and most of the time people only post when they had a negative experience!
So, to give you some details about what I found online, I found all sorts of reviews ….. well, doesn’t mean I found as many good reviews as much as bad; I found all sort of bad reviews 
Some said they were overbooked, some said they were given a car inferior to their request, some said they had to wait as the car wasn’t available on the time they ordered it, some never received their voucher, some saying their service is disastrous and the staff were arrogant with them, etc … etc ….. Have to admit, even though I know how these things work, I wasn’t at ease booking with them and in fact took me weeks before I have then decided to book with them but was prepared to anything!
Did the booking, got the confirmation, got as well the name of the company my car was booked with and then waited “eagerly” the day of my trip Well, was happy I was going to do this trip but was concerned about going for the car and find out that something was wrong. Luckily enough, I didn’t really needed a car for the 1st 2 days so decided to book it starting from the 3rd day. The first thing I did, when I got to the country I was visiting, I went to the company I had my booking with, LocAuto, and checked the reservation!
To my surprise, the reservation was there and all was in order Well, wasn’t expecting to have a bad surprise but on the other hand, after reading all what I read online, I was concerned. Left and went back again to collect the car on the day it was booked. Won’t go into detail about my experience with LocAuto in this article, will do that on a seperate one. The only issue I had, and which I suggest you all keep an eye on, is with regards to the extra insurance, to cover the excess …. that, yes, there is some kind of misunderstanding. Apparently, the insurance does cover all with the excpetion of the usual glass, tyres, etc ….. but also doesn’t include theft. This makes a considerably effect on the deposit that is usually blocked on your credit card …… in my case, I had €1000 blocked!
My suggestion would be this ….. this website is worth booking with it but do not take their excess waiver protection, it’s best to take the protection directly from the car rental company you’re booked with before having the car delivered or picked up!