28 Oct 2015 6:10 PM:

Thank you for that information.  We are always hiring out of Valencia or Reus so have not have heard of Interent, but are familiar with Europcar so we will give them a try.  Really, that is all we can ask for - a company who do not actually take "deposit" money out of your bank account and then take 25 days to return it - the petrol will always be a problem unless it is full/full, although we had problems with that at the new Castellon airport when there is not a petrol station anywhere near the airport!

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28 Oct 2015 4:40 PM:

Of all the car hire companies we have found ourselves using over the past ten years, we have had the least trouble with Budget and Firefly - yes, they all want to charge this excessive car insurance, and try the hard sell when we tell them we don't want it because we have an annual policy, so they "block" 800 euros (maybe more) on our credit card, but neither of these companies have ever taken that money from our account, and we have always been treated fairly by them.  They are consistently the companies about whom we have never had to complain (and there are plenty of others who have treated us disgracefully!). 

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20 Oct 2015 9:43 PM:

Thank you everyone who posted on this.  We used Malco - they were very efficient, although very expensive and on our return, we found that they had taken the £200 deposit from our card on the day we arrived and it can now take up to 25 days to be returned to us.  When we arrived at the airport to come home last Sunday, we found that Goldcar had now opened up in the airport so at least there are now two options. 

 

The airport itself is beautiful - plenty of seating, polite staff - even going through security was a pleasurable experience.  Unfortunately, we were diverted to Valencia for our return flight due to "fog" - the airport is built quite high up in the mountains and we wonder if this may be a recurring problem in the months to come.  Ryanair handled the situation pretty efficiently - they organised buses to get us to Valencia airport and it ended up with us being delayed for around 3 hours - it could have been so much worse.  I would love to use this airport again in the future, but will be keeping a watchful eye on whether other flights are affected by adverse weather.

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04 Sep 2015 6:28 PM:

Unfortunately, no luck - there is no availability probably because it is a Sunday. I just cannot believe that Ryanair would not ensure that car hire was in place for Sunday flights - thank you again for trying.  I might put pen to paper and write to The Times.

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04 Sep 2015 4:50 PM:

Thank you very much - I will try them now and let you know how I have got on.

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