Some tips
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If you are going to spend a 10-day holiday in a Bulgarian resort, but want to hire a car for 3 days from your stay and expect the car to be delivered to your hotel, do not hurry! First look at the rental rate for 10-day reservation of a car from the airport. That way you won’t pay for a transfer from the airport to the hotel. Thus, hiring a car for 10 days will be cheaper for you than to hire it for 3 days, only.
You will see many advertisements for car rental in Bulgaria, offering cars for 5 Euro per day. In most cases this means two things. First, in this rental rate are not included some additional charges, which you will be surprised to learn later and have to pay, and second, the car offered at such rate will be old and not insured.
02.How to pay the rental rate – in cash or by credit card? Always pay by credit card! If you have already hired a car and want to extend the rental period with one more day, the only thing you have to do is to make a phone call. But if you insist to pay cash you have to visit the office of the car rental company and pay for such extra day. And what will happen if you are a hundred kilometers away from this office? Moreover, every reputable car rental company will require a credit card as a deposit prior to providing its car to you.
03.The hired cars are always insured, but damages on tires and wheel rims are at a customer’s expense. So, when you hire a car and going to sign a contract for this, check carefully exactly these parts of the car and if you notice even a minor damage on the wheel rims, ask the officer of the car rental company to describe such damage in the contract and then you may sign it.
Always check the status of your reservation several days prior to your arrival to Bulgaria. It happens very rarely, but it is possible to have a mistake in the system and the system to delete your reservation. By checking your reservation status you remind about yourself and will be completely sure that you car will wait for you in the right place and at the right time.
04.You decide to hire a car when you arrive at the airport in Bulgaria as there are many car rental offices and you will have a big choice. In this case, the rental rate you will pay for such last minute reservation will double exceed the one, offered in the online booking site. And the range of cars will be not so big.
05.The roads in Bulgaria: If this is your first visit to Bulgaria, be prepared that the roads are not so smooth. Drive slowly and carefully in order to minimize the risk of encountering a hole and avoid tire damages.
06. Be careful where you leave your car. If you are a guest of a hotel, you are entitled to use the hotel parking lot free of charge. Do not allow someone to ask you to pay extra money for this! But yet, there are some zones, where parking is allowed against payment, only. Be sure that they give you a receipt for this.
07. Are you planned your holidays in Bulgaria a couple months in advance - the price is quite lucrative. Have you book a car so early? Unlike the purchase of air tickets or tour packages, most companies do not make discounts for early bookings of car (except for our monthly promotion); rent a car for most agencies is important only in the period in which the car will be involved, whether it is in the midst of summer season in calm autumn and spring or Christmas holydays. The price you will get, depends on precisely these terms, not on whether you book a few days before your arrival or 6 months earlier. Therefore you have enough time to do your research on what cars are available for your needs and make the final choice of car. However, be aware that if you book in a last minute your choice of cars available will be limited.
The difference in price between different cars is so small - only 1-2 euro, however, of what kind of car to bet? To take the cheapest and economical petrol mini car or jeep undertake to feel secure in not-so-perfect roads in Bulgaria. To take a car with a capacity closest to the one you use at home, or seek the same model. If your personal car is Opel Corsa and decide to order a van, you will have certainly difficulties with the new dimensions. Furthermore, possibly bet on popular car models tested by Toyota Avensis, Opel Vectra or Fiat Punto. Do not do experiments with old cars, despite their tempting low prices.
09.What the categories in the sites to rent-a-car means? Most rent-a-car agencies have a number of different cars. For the convenience of their clients they distribute them in several categories. So if you are looking for something like Toyota Yaris, in the category economical cars you will see also Ford Focus, Fiat Grande Punto or Mazda
10.Your car model, where appropriate, may be replaced with another similar, without you being informed and this is quite normal and is not in breach of your contract. In that business vehicles are often in motion, therefore it is often necessary to attend unscheduled service, and your reservation is urgent and will need to give you a car with the most similar characteristics to the one you originally choose. Even if you're lucky you can get expensive car instead the cheapest one that you have booked without an extra charge of course.
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