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.

With the summer season approaching rapidly we’re sure that many of you are considering visiting an exotic destination in your holiday, make no mistake about it Portugal is that destination.

You could honestly spend the entirety of your holiday in the country’s capital, Lisbon, and you would not feel that you have wasted your precious holiday time. Each of the city’s districts has its own unique features and functions and all of them have various attractions for the curious tourist.

Considering the plethora of things to see and do in Portugal’s largest city, it is easy to understand why the services of a car hire in Lisbon company would come in handy. It would allow you to move around the place at considerably greater speed than the average tourist thus allowing you to see more of the things this great and old city has to offer.

Porto is Portugal’s second largest city and a worthy economic rival to Lisbon. It is the place that gave its name to the internationally renown Port wine, but also features the unique blend that can be seen in most Portuguese cities of old and new in terms of architecture. The city is served by Oporto Airport which is situated a mere 15 kilometers from the center of town so this means that you can pick up your car hire in Porto reservation from the airport and then drive the short distance to the city.

Faro is a different possible vacation spot for your Portugal holiday, it is situated in the Algarve region which is one of the most popular tourist destination in Europe. A unique blend of climate and geography has created an area rich in natural beauty which spans over 5.000 square kilometers, more the reason to consider the services of our car hire in Faro offices. You can pick up the car at Faro Airport and then drive to your heart’s content.

If you choose to visit Portugal in the following holiday season and you hire a car from us and want to pick it up from the airport, we will cover the airport tax so there is – NO Airport Tax Until 30 June 2011 – but that is not all, you will also get FREE one way rental until 31 October 2011.

Our car hire prices for that time span start from the very low price of 20 Euros per day for an economy type car to 41 Euros for a people carrier and everything in between or over that, check our price details for more information.

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