Car rental in Barcelona, Madrid and Alicante during these Christmas holidays

Despite the critical situation that has occurred over the summer months, the car rental companies in Spain are still in the same situation.

The crisis has been primed with the industry, not just that the demand for car rental has dropped precipitously, if not because they are often unable to expand their fleets of rental vehicles for lack of funding.

If we then add the fact that these companies must shed its older fleet through flea markets, there is the situation that currently, the fleet is reduced.


This sector is used to working with a clear strategy in the purchase of vehicles to dealers. After a period of 7 or 9 months, dealers bought back the vehicles to be included in their sales channels of used cars. But the crisis in vehicle sales has prompted dealers to prioritize the sale of new cars. This means that there are, at present, able to work with rental companies under previous agreements with the crisis.

Over the last dates of Easter and the summer months, Spain ran out of rental cars. The obvious consequence of this shortage of cars was rising price thereof. Tourists who visited our country saw as the rental price loscoches stood as they approached the dates indicated. Not only that, those who waited until the last moment were without power to make your reservation.

The associations of car rental companies have already drawn attention to the administrations in order to end this situation. For example the Business Association deCoches Andalusia Rental (AECA) has requested financial assistance to the administration for the purchase of vehicles. If the rental car companies do not get funding soon, it will become to live the situation of last season.

The first alarm is already ringing. During the Christmas season during the dates provided critical new energy shortage.

The rental companies are advising their clients to make these reservations in advance, avoiding a price increase and making sure your rental car for dates.

However, they are aware that their customers can take this notice as a commercial claim to incite them to make reservations in advance, without further.

"We recognize that many customers will take this warning as a mere marketing strategy and therefore do not pay much attention. Users are reluctant to book far in advance "- says Luis Garrote VictoriaCars Company. "We have already begun to see problems in the service fleet car hire in Barcelona and Madrid car hire in peak dates for Christmas and New Year. It is forecast during the next week could do the same in the service dealkylations hire in Alicante. We advise our clients to make reservations in advance, but obviously it is the client who has the last word. "

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