Any travel plan abroad should include the consideration of renting a car, especially if you plan to thoroughly explore the location that you are visiting.

Usually there would be no problem with renting a car once you reach your destination, but if you’re planning your trip during the high tourist season, whether you’re going to Porto, Madeira or Lisbon, then you should consider early booking.

When you book early not only will you be sure that you will get the type of car that you need for the amount of time that you need it for, but in most situations you will also be making an economically sound decision.

It’s a sound decision because you will oftentimes get your car for less money. This is due to the fact that as the holiday season approaches or when it is in full swing, car rental prices reach their high point everywhere, so if you rent your car in advance by a few months then you will surely save yourself some money.

When you book early with us you will also benefit from the fact that we will support your airport tax up until the 30^th of June 2011.

Also if you rent a car for more than three consecutive days in Faro, Lisbon or Porto there will be no one way rental tax till the 31^st of October.

However this will not be the case with the Grimsvotn eruption, Siim Kallas the European Union transport commissioner saying that: “We do not at this stage anticipate widespread airspace closure and prolonged disruption like we saw last year.”

This is due to several factors, one of them being the fact that the ash particles from Grimsvotn are larger than those from Eyjafjallajokull, and this means that they will fall to the ground faster. Also the current prevailing weather patterns mean this ash cloud will stay away from a large area of European airspace.

But more important is the fact that the European aviation and meteorology agencies have learned from last year’s eruption and they now have the tools in place to manage the situation more effectively so that they can calibrate their response much better.

While flights were canceled across Ireland, Scotland, the UK, Norway and Denmark, on Wednesday most UK flights resumed; due to the ash cloud’s movements, mostly northern European countries will be affected and even that won’t come close to what happened in April of 2010. Germany’s northern airspace has been affected to some extent and the authorities decided to close all air traffic in the area.

As it was mentioned earlier most of the European continent will not be affected by airline cancellations especially if you plan to fly into the southern part of Europe.

The unpopular measure of introducing tolls on the A22 as well as other SCUT roads has been suspended as it would be introduced by a temporary government which would make it an unconstitutional decision.

The roads will remain toll free at least till the 5^th of June, the date of the General Election for a new government.