Britain’s drivers are the most fuel-efficient in Europe, according to a new poll. Fiat automakers commissioned a survey of more than 5,000 drivers across Europe and found that British motorists beat those in Spain, Italy, France and Germany when it came to conserving fuel.
The study, which compiled data from around half a million car journey [...]

Before committing to a driving expedition in Europe, make sure that you conforms to local driving requirements. Although those pre-requisites might be somewhat similar to what you have in your country, there are few restrictions that might surprise would-be drivers – especially age limits.
Countries like Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Croatia stipulate that the minimum age of someone renting [...]

With its distinctive blend of coastal, urban and rural sceneries, Kent is better positioned than most areas in the UK to benefit from ’staycationers’. Currently, a huge number of local travellers are avoiding tour packages for overseas destinations in favour of easily accessed local sights.
Kent’s tourism industry is benefiting as a result. Sandra Matthews-Marsh, CEO [...]

A survey conducted by car hire giant Europcar has revealed that Britons love their cars more so than drivers across the rest of Europe.
The survey revealed that nearly three-quarters of drivers in Britain love having their own car, compared with only 60 percent of the other six countries that were surveyed.
Europcar surveyed over 5000 motorists [...]

A bill which is currently before the United States Congress would require a charge of ten dollars to be levied against travelers from certain countries in the European Union.  This news has not been met with a warm reception from the European Union, who says its citizens should not be forced to subsidize American programs.  [...]

When returning a car to Europcar, the biggest car rental company in Europe, customers have increasingly been finding a lack of staff to report the car as returned.  Since many customers never read the full rules in their rental contract, what they may not know is that without a staff member present, merely dropping the [...]

When Michael Hay and Mark Anderson sat down at a kitchen table in 1988 to draw up an advertisement on a napkin, they could have never predicted that twenty one years later they would be hauling in awards for their efforts.  But that is exactly what happened as DriveAway Holidays was recently accepted into the [...]

A downturn in travel, which has been caused by the global recession and concerns over the outbreak of the swine flu, has many companies in the travel business looking for creative ways to draw in customers.  This has led to Europcar, the largest car rental company in Europe, offering customers innovative, customized plans for car [...]

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