Representatives from nine European transport organizations have sent a joint letter to European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso demanding that policy for transport in the European Union be given a priority fitting its importance as a major contributor to the regions development. The letter written by representatives from Europe’s roads, waterways and rail networks amongst [...]

Ryanair has announced that customers booking flights with their Visa Electron cards will have to pay a £5.00 administration fee as of January 1st next year. In order that it can still provide customers with a way of avoiding this charge they say that the charge will be waived for all those who book tickets [...]

A recent survey by leading car hire firm Europcar suggests that a high percentage of drivers have decided to make changes to their driving habits as a result of the economic global recession and an increase in vehicle costs. Of those who decided to take part in the Europcar poll eight out of ten drivers [...]

For the sixth consecutive year Enterprise Rent A Car has topped the J.D. Power and Associates Rental Car Satisfaction Study. Every year J.D. Power assesses customer satisfaction across North America’s car hire companies and publishes the results. For 2009 it found that Enterprise was the most highly regarded by customers with National Car Rental coming [...]

Recent reports suggest that Mercedes and Renault have decided to team up to produce designs that will go on to be the basic platforms for the development of a new version of the Smart Car, the Renault Twizzy EV and the Renault City car. The new platform is said to be designed around a rear-mounted [...]

In a bid to tap into the car club market Europcar has decided to launch EuropcarClub in the U.K. The move follows the success of the scheme in France and will now allow customers to rent vehicles on a daily basis with no additional charges for services such as one way hire, additional drivers or [...]

It is an undeniable fact that the plethora of car hire companies willing to offer reasonable deals on their car hire is a boon for both the business and the leisure traveller. Being able to pick up a rental vehicle instead of having to take out the family run-around can be an advantage in a [...]

More severe weather is set to hit the British Isles as forecasters predict snow for Scotland. The snow warnings have come as flood warnings were issued for other parts of Scotland, some of which have seen their heaviest rainfalls in living memory. Forecasters say that on Wednesday the highlands will see the first of the [...]

Whilst strongly denying that Lufthansa will become an economy airline on a par with Ryanair and easyJet the German carrier has said that it will be making changes to its economy class to ensure that it will be able to cut costs in the future. The airline has said that it plans to redesign its [...]

Car rental giants Hertz have joined up with JetBlue Airways in order to offer customers the chance to win a choice of holidays as well as over one-hundred smaller daily prizes through their new ‘Jet & Drive Giveaway’ scheme. The idea is that customers log onto the Jet & Drive Giveaway website in order to [...]