Obi Wan - "your force is strong young man".
Great thanks for that - doesn't sound too bad at all. Sarah has been 'questioning' lets say the decision to book an off site company. Which is only fair as she just wants it to be smooth once off the plane.
Do you know how often do the buses run? and do they wait to be full before departing?
How long do you normally allow on your way back home for the drop off..?
All help is greatly appreciated. Can't believe we are there 3 or 4 times per year and yet still asking questions...!!!
Steve
I have found them a lot quicker than the big queues for the normal UK flights coming in runs, most UK airlines do not use them so the amount of pax when you fly in is very low looking for Hertz, more buisness pax and US renters.
The busses run about every five mins, they are in radio contact, so tell each other when they are entering the airport/Compund etc, and they leave as the next bus arrives in the airport boundary.
We have never really allowed time for drop off, as we check in at DTD then get to the airport/Hertz at our leisure, but about 30 mins max will do you. When you come back to the compound the car is ushered into the row of cars toi be valeted, an operative comes alongside and you will see a bar code on the rear side window. She/He will run a scanner over it, run off a ticket whichy they give you and the say "have a nice day" and thats it on pre paid rates.
Unload car, over to the building and wait the five mins for the bus (airconditioned bus by the way)
The four main reasons I use Hertz is (in order of preference)
1) No huge queues like Dollar/Alamo/etc
2) The Hertz No1 Gold card advantage, both in rental rates (cheaper than normal rates, upgrades at airport, 10% extra discount for using a Master card) and the electronic board on the bus with your name and the bay in which your car is parked, get off ond away you go
3) good quality cars in clean condition (I will not bore you with the Alamo rent a wreck story..)
4) Frequent flyer miles for my FC account
The rates are great, Just booked a secomd car for December for some friends coming out, they don't get the Gold card rate, but still get a preferential GC friends rate, two weeks all in for £225.15 (£16.07 a day!) for a full size four door.
(We are paying £229.33 for a 4X4)
