Car Hire Alicante Airport

HOW TO FIND CHEAP CAR HIRE FROM ALICANTE AIRPORT

This car hire Alicante page is designed to help find you the cheapest car hire deals from Alicante and in particular from Alicante Airport but although this might be a strange thing to say - the first thing to ask yourself is - do you REALLY need to hire a car from Alicante?

If you are staying in an apartment, typically most of them are in built-up areas full of shops, bars and restaurants.

Most people visiting the Costa Blanca coast of Spain will arrive at Alicante airport but consider the alternative of taking a taxi or arrange an airport pick-up at the beginning and end of your stay rather than choosing car hire Alicante.

If you are staying in a villa however, then typically they are mostly in outlying areas. Although many will have some facilities nearby, you are restricting your choices dramatically and it is unlikely you will be anywhere near the beaches so in this situation car hire Alicante is essential.

Ok so you now know you need car hire - so:

WHERE DO YOU FIND THE CHEAPEST ALICANTE CAR HIRE?

Well right here on this page where we show you a number of the best options together with tips on things to look out for when hiring a car from Alicante and things to avoid as well as essential things to know about driving in Spain.

We have carried out extensive research comparing all the top car hire companies. We often hire cars from Alicante Airport ourselves so this research was of particular interest to us.

So what did we find?

Well no company has the market sewn up. As we tried different dates we got differing prices. There were however a number of Alicante car hire companies that were always the cheapest (or almost the cheapest) and a number of car hire companies (usually the major global brand-name ones) that were consistently the most expensive.

Looking at each company's website is a definite waste of your precious time. It will take hours and hours and you will get so overloaded with information that your eyes will go blurry and you will forget most of what you read and be completely confused at the end!

The best tool to use is a search-engine which trawls the web in seconds and scours all the reputable Alicante car hire companies with your specific information i.e. your dates, pick-up location, size of car needed etc. and gives you the prices from each company with the lowest first.

We have included the best tool that we found below. It is from an independent company called Auto Europe. We found they offered the cheapest Alicante car hire rates going and so we asked if we could incorporate them on our site as our preferred partner for car hire Alicante.

They have special discounted internet rates with all the major international car hire companies and also the local Spanish ones too, so using their tool they compare all the rates from the various car hire companies and then give you the cheapest price for car hire from Alicante Airport, Spain.

Don't just take our word for it - try it out by clicking on the image below for a quick quote or click here for cheap car hire Alicante prices

If you want to be 100% sure that you are getting the cheapest car hire from Alicante airport then we have listed some other Alicante car hire companies at the very top of this page.

There is nothing wrong with choosing the cheapest car hire price as most of the cars used are the same from one company to the next - so why pay more for the same car? But do remember to make sure that you compare like with like - in other words that the options are the same i.e. some Alicante car hire companies include unlimited mileage - others don't.

Regardless of which Alicante car hire company you choose, there are certain things to be very wary of and things to consider before you book so do read our special page below which is packed with useful car hire Alicante tips.

Useful tips when hiring a car from Alicante Airport, Spain

Essential guide to driving in Spain

Clearly it is essential to know what you are doing when you hire a car from Alicante, otherwise as well as risking your own life, you could be endangering others. You need to know when to give way, when you are meant to go, you need to understand signs etc.

Whether you are a tourist or resident we highly recommend Brian Deller's comprehensive book that covers the lot entitled Motoring in Spain.

We have a special link to Amazon (just click on the picture to the right) which gives you the book at the cheapest price available anywhere.

Amazon will deliver to the UK, Spain or anywhere else in Europe.