| The Stansted Airport Guide provides a helpful and | | | | of time, than Hertz offer 3,6 or 9 hour rental |
| informative guide to hiring a car at Stansted Airport. | | | | agreements. This is great for those just flying in for the |
| Everything from which company has the largest fleet | | | | day for business meetings and can help to |
| to who provides vehicles adapted for the disabled is | | | | save money. Hertz also provide non-prepaid rates |
| covered. Stansted Airport is the third largest London | | | | which means you pay at the end of the rental and |
| airport after Gatwick and Heathrow and situated just | | | | included in the quoted price is unlimited mileage, theft |
| 20 minutes from the M25 and close to the M11 it is the | | | | protection, collision damage waiver, vehicle licence fund |
| ideal point of entry for those wanting to travel into | | | | tax, VAT, free reservation amendments and 24 hour |
| Central London, Essex or to the historic city of | | | | roadside assistance. Do note though that additional |
| Cambridge. If you have decided to take out a | | | | insurance will need to be taken out to insure against |
| Stansted Airport Car Hire than the world is quite | | | | personal damage. Hertz also works in conjunction |
| literally your oyster as you could spend the morning at | | | | with the flight provider Ryanair, which offers a host of |
| the seaside by Clacton-on-Sea, spend the afternoon | | | | flights from Stansted to such destination as Newquay |
| betting on the race track at Chelmsford and | | | | to Seville. This entitles Ryanair´s passengers to |
| still have hours left in the day to see a show in the | | | | reduce rates through Hertz. The same applies to those |
| Westend of London. In total there are 6 Stansted | | | | flying to Istanbul with Pegasus Airlines who have joined |
| Airport Car Rental Companies based within the | | | | up with Budget Rent-a-Car. Budget is also one of the |
| terminal of the airport and they all provide | | | | Stansted Airport Car Rental firms who supplies |
| well-maintained vehicles which are under a year | | | | automatic vehicles for disabled drivers. They are fitted |
| old. These are Alamo, Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz | | | | with Lynx Hand Controls and other suitable equipment |
| and National. Each firm is special in its own individual | | | | to help those especially with lower limb disability. |
| way and offers different overall packages to their | | | | Often people will car hire at Stansted Airport as a |
| customers. For the James Bond among you, Avis | | | | cheaper alternative to using taxis but if your final |
| may well be the one to consider as nestling among its | | | | destination is far away from Stansted then in the past |
| stable of Prestige cars is the Aston Martin Vantage. | | | | in has been an option that has had to be discounted. |
| If there is also a Mrs Bond then an additional | | | | Alamo and Europcar though offer one way rentals |
| driver can be added for a fee of just £20 plus | | | | which means that you can drop the car off at a |
| VAT. Avis now operates a new, faster service | | | | completely different location from the place you |
| which promises to get the keys in your hands in | | | | started for a small fee. They both provide optional |
| under 3 minutes or you receive £20. This service is | | | | extras from roof racks to child safety seats while |
| due to be available shortly at Stansted and the only | | | | Europcar also offers TomTom in-car navigation |
| requirement is that renters first sign-up for free | | | | systems at a charge of£9.99 a day to make sure |
| membership to Avis Preferred. From all London | | | | you don´t get lost on your adventure. With the |
| locations you can also now hire from Avis the | | | | largest fleet in the UK, National are bound to have |
| environmentally friendly hybrid car the Toyota Prius | | | | something within their range of more than 40,000 |
| which runs on a mixture of petrol and electric | | | | models to suit your needs. They also have different |
| motor. The big advantage with this vehicle is that if | | | | payment methods including booking by credit card |
| you are planning to do a lot driving in Central | | | | over the phone or by opening an account which |
| London then the congestion charge is waived. If | | | | entitles you to a credit period and no up-front payment. |
| you want to rent a car for just a very short period | | | | |