Introduction
The Alicante Airport is an extremely busy aviation centre in Spain.Though it handles mostly international flights, domestic flights are also an noted feature of the airport. Since it opened in the year 1967 it has experienced a range of renovation and alterations, the most recent being in 2011 when a new terminal was opened.This increased the overall passenger capacity to 20 million annually. If you find yourself using the Alicante Airport, you may need to gain the services of a rental car for the purpose of conveniently getting around Spain. In this article we will supply information on the different rental companies housed in the Alicante airport and some tips on how to rent one.
History
The first on site company you could visit in order to hire a car is Avis. The majority of the rental companies are located in the same region of the airport. Located within the arrival hallway there is a counter which is the rental car facility of the airport, you will be able to hire a car from this region. Avis is a great rental car company who proclaims to have the most diverse range of cars available for hire.This includes fleets, vans,SVU, and even cars that have professional chauffeur. The special services that they attach to your car hire are fuel (you also don't have to refuel on return), GPS systems installed and rental baby car seats on offer.
The next car rental company available at the Alicante Airport is Centauro. This company is open 7 days a week, 7am to midnight, thus your rental needs will be covered. The cars that they have on offer are economic (TD Ford Fiesta Trend, Volkswagen Polo), Intermediate, automatic (100hp Ford Focus), family (these include cars that can seat five people and has five doors),Minivan, Minibus (which can seat 9 people, great for a large group of people), connvertibles, executives, and cargo vans. As you can see from the above list they have cars to fulfill anyone's automotive desires. This rental car company also has special deals available. At this present time, there is a deal on Ford Ka and Ford Focus at the Alicante airport.
Features
Europcar is the next rental car we will delve into. This company asserts that they have a wide range of the latest cars on offer for its clients. These are spilt into specific car hire categories, which are: Tour; which would be an ideal car if you wish to see all that Alicante has to offer from shimmering sand to rolling seas, the cars included in this category are the FIAT 500 and the VOLKSWAGEN POLO DIESEL. The next category of car is models designed for families, these will have more seats, doors and luggage room. The remaining categories are that of ecological,automatic, vans,luxury and minibuses. These hired company cars can come with additional and convenient extras, these include snow chains, GPS system, kid seats, and an additional driver.
Tips and comments
Once you've picked your rental car model, and acquired the keys you will need to walk to the parking garage and pick up your hired car of choose. At the parking garage you will find a sign that has on display all the rental companies at this airport. We have listed below the corresponding levels set at this present time (this is subject to change so be sure to ask the rental company for directions)
Level zero: Goldcar and Solmar Rent-A-Car.
Level One: Avis and Hertz.
Level two: Auriga Crown Car Hire,Record Rent A Car and National Atesa.
Level three: Europcar, Sixt and Centauro.
