Availability Crisis to Hit Portugal and Spain This Summer

One of the largest independent car hire companies in Spain has recently announced that they will cease trading.

AurigaCrown have been operating under administration for around two years, however, due to increasing costs and lower revenue, it has been decided that they will cease trading. As a result the availability of hire cars across mainland Spain will plummet. The loss of 15,000 vehicles in the market will cause prices to rise significantly in the coming months according to Economy Car Hire, one of the UK’s leading car hire brokers.

In both 2009 and 2010 there were availability issues due to the economic situation in Spain and Portugal, making it difficult for car hire companies to raise finance in order to equip their fleets. 2012 is in danger of being even worse due to the fall in the number of cars.





Algarve Car Hire companies will also suffer from lack of rental cars this year.

Economy Car Hire warns customers that they must book early if they want to secure a hire car this summer. The costs of car hire will also rise, meaning that customers may end up paying more than double if they leave booking until the last minute, if there are any vehicles left at all.

“It is clear that the recent raft of exceptionally low prices has taken its toll on the car hire companies of Spain” says Rory Sexton, Managing Director of Economy Car Hire. “There is no doubt that following the failing of one company, the rest will increase their prices. The message is clear, book in advance.”

If you have already booked your holiday for the summer, it is advisable that you book your hire car now. This way, you can choose the most suitable vehicle for your stay and not be left with something hugely inappropriate, or worse still, nothing at all.


Algarve Car Hire and Portugal Car Hire will be also afected by the crisis and the lack of cars by the big companies, so it is highly advisable to book your holiday car hire early if you want guarantee a rental car for your summer holidays.

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Algarve Car Hire May Promotions

April showers bring May flowers.


April was a little rainy in the Algarve but May will bring the flowers as people say. With Spring in all its splendor and everybody already antecipating Summer this is traditionaly one of the good periods for golf in Algarve. The rain stops, the flowers start to bloom the wheather is very pleasant and this is the time for a gold break in Algarve.
You can find excellent packages for golf breakes in Algarve in some of the most prestigious golf resorts like Monte da Quinta in Quinta do Lago or the Le Meridien Penina Golf & Resort in Alvor.
To full enjoy your trips in Algarve you centainly need a car and we associate ourselves to this break time offering Algarve Car Hire also at a break rate.
In May you can enjoy the best things Algarve has to offer at a reduced price. So, come and enjoy.

Revamped Website for Algarve Car Hire

Hello to all our fellow readers and regular customers,

After some years of usage we decided to revamp our website to give it not only a fresh presentation according to the new web trends but also to incorporate more information and reservation services.
The new facelift was due to reinforce our image of independent car hire broker in Portugal without the association to a special brand in particular.

Besides the reservations for Algarve Car Hire our customers are offered now the facility for making their reservations for other locations in Portugal, like Lisbon, Oporto and Funchal. This is made in a partnership with one of the world biggest companies in the indutry and we are sure it will be a usefull help to our customers when looking for a cheap and reliable car rental alternative for any location in Portugal and not only for the Algarve.

We have lowered our prices for this Winter which we are sure will be most apreciated by our customers. Please check our cheap Algarve Car Hire prices and take advantage of cheaper renal car this Winter in Algarve and Portugal.

With a new editing facility we have now more information and news to offer our customers and visitors and we will regularly be publishing news and information about the Algarve and general tourism information.

We are planning other things for a near future that will be announced at the time.

We hope this new site pleases our customers and, as always, we would be happy to know your opinion if you want to take just two minutes to fill in our customer survey.

Here is our advise as it is never to much remembering it: Please plan your car hire reservation ahead, specialy for rush seasons like Christmas and New Year, Easter and Summer, so you can guarantee car hire availability and have peace of mind for your holidays in Portugal.

Thank you and we look forward to receive you in Portugal.

Algarve Car Hire Rates Expected to Increase for Summer

Confirming what we've already written several times, or by email to our customers, either in articles written here are two English newspapers warning of the possible situation of rising prices for Algarve car hire for next summer
Both the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian published articles advising tourists wishing to visit the Algarve in the summer to the fact that they must make their reservations for car hire in advance in order to ensure the prices still low, and most importantly , Ensure that they can have a car available.

This Easter was shown what we have been warning for some time: In times of high demand customers should make their reservations for Algarve Car Hire in advance.
This Easter firms rent a car in the Algarve have exhausted their ability to deliver cars and reached the status of full booked two weeks before and after Easter.

As happened last year, and due to the economic crisis, banks are not helping companies to rent a car to boost their fleets to the busiest seasons. It is foreseeable that a breach of stock car rentals for next summer, as happened last year.

But before this happens it is likely that prices will increase as you start to pressure of demand on supply. As summer approaches and more people begin to look for car rental in the Algarve is the tendency for a price increase before the total collapse of stocks.

This is nothing more nor is the speculation. It is simply the market at work: When demand is greater than the offer prices tend to rise.

What you can do to ensure your car rental for the summer still at the usual rates for the season?
It's simple. Treat the rental car for your holiday in the Algarve in the same way that treats the hotel or rent a villa or buy plane tickets. You know that if you buy too late will pay more or will even receive a denial because everything is full.

With car hire it is the same, so once again here is our advice: Book your Algarve Car Hire in advance and guaranteeing two important things: money still down for the season and guaranteed availability.

We look forward to receive you again next Summer at Faro airport.