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Are you the early bird that gets the best car hire deals? It’s surprising how many people believe that waiting to book their holiday car hire will save them money, rather like waiting for last minute deals on flights!

Yet it’s a completely different thing, planes fly independant of how many passengers are booked (unless of course none are booked) so at the last minute an airline may decide to sell some seats cheaply.

Car hire though is different, the hire cars can stay where they stand, ready for ‘walk in’ bookings (where people just walk in to see if there are any cars available) without the rental company having to put fuel in or staff them. There is also the fact that the car hire companies have cut back on their fleets, making fewer cars available for hire.

So to get the best car hire deal you may want to think about early booking, because it means that you are more likely to get the car you want rather than what’s left,especially if you want auto transmission or a ’speciality’ car like a convertible or minivan.