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The prime minister of New Zealand has become involved in a dispute with car hire company – New Zealand Car Rental Specialists. The PM was reportably furious with the actions of the company.

Two men lost their lives after being crushed by tones of falling ice. 24 year old Ashish Miranda and 22 year old Akshay Miranda were killed as they innocently posed for photos at Fox Glacier on the South Island on Thursday 8th January.

New Zealand Car Rental Specialists demanded $1950 NZ Dollars from the family in order to tow the rental car back to Wellington as well as replace the lost car keys which were in Akshay’s pocket. Akshay’s body has yet to be recovered.

Public outcry from both New Zealand and Australia eventually forced the car hire company to back down. John Key (NZ PM) stated that he believed the company should have shown more compassion for the family. He went on to say that business’s need to look at the whole picture and not just stick to legalities. He called the actions of the company “crass” and “truly bad business practice”.

An emergency landing was made by a small plane in Kennebunk last month. Staff at Sanford Airport were notified that the plane was in trouble when it was three miles from Sanford.

Due to engine failure the plane needed to make an emergency landing. Portland Airport could no longer make contact with the plane. The plane eventually landed safely in a field roughly one mile and a half from Sanford and three miles from Sanford Airport.

Neither of the two people on board the plane were injured. Tim Campbell and Bob Irving were then questioned and looked over by emergency personnel. Firemen were called from Sanford to the scene. Sherry Lord of Sanford Airport also attended the scene.

Irving spoke of hearing a loud bang before the cockpit was packed with smoke. The pilot decided that Sanford Airport was too far away to try land there. Irving has full faith in the abilities of his mentor Campbell to land the plane. He said the experience had not put him off flying.

Like almost all travel related industries, car hire has been hit by the current economic downturn.  Customers have spoken out complaining of higher rental car charges, getting cars with more mileage and having less staff on hand to help them.

Many major car hire companies have been forced to let staff go in the last year as well as having to close some pick up points. This has inconvenienced many regular customers who are now looking for new car hire companies to deal with.

• Avis cut two thousand, two hundred jobs last year (7% of their workforce)
• Hertz let go two thousand staff last year
• Hertz reported a ninety four percent drop in income last year
• Advantage Rent A Car filed for bankruptcy reorganization in December. Car hire is no longer offered at many of its forty eighty rental locations.
• Dollar Thrifty are reportably likely to file for protection from creditors in bankruptcy court

Experts however do not expect any of the major car hire companies to disappear. As long as they continue to trim staff and fleets they will survive. Due to a poor used car sales market, many companies are keeping cars on their fleet longer than usual.

It seems that cost comparison car hire sites are only going to grow in popularity as customers try to find the best value deal possible. Our cheap car hire Sanford Airport service sources rental cars from a wide variety of top car hire companies.

The current economic situation has forced Enterprise Rent-A-Car to lay off staff. In the past the company has reflected on its ability to retain staff in its 51 years of existence however it seems no jobs are safe at the moment.

In a cost cutting measure over one thousand workers have been let go. Enterprise Rent-A-Car employed seventy five thousand people last year. Patrick Farrell of Enterprise said “These types of declines are unprecedented”

Job security is a very difficult thing to find in the US at the moment. The travel sector has been hit heavily during the last year with many people tightening their belts. In October 2008, employment in the car hire industry was down by 3.3% on the previous year in the US* (Bureau of Labor Statistics*)

A car supplier in Michigan called Gentex Corp had to let go staff for the 1st time in thirty four years recently. Car hire companies are been forced to slash prices in order to compete in these tough times.

We source car hire Sanford Airport prices from many suppliers offering you the best deals around.

Well I don’t know about you but I thought the Christmas/new year period seemed quite long this year. So much lying about eating and drinking that I’m actually happy to be back at work

This week sees the kids back to school again but believe it or not in just 5 weeks it will be half term break again. Many families like to get away at this time of year and Florida is always one of the most popular destinations. Many UK airlines fly into Sanford International Airport.

We can have a rental car waiting for you as soon as you land in Sanford. We have plenty of great offers on Sanford Airport people carriers for the half term. Using our car hire price comparison booking engine you can find a huge variety of cars at great prices.

Half term break takes place this year between Saturday 14th and Sunday 22nd February. Searching for a people carrier in Sanford Airport on those dates reveals the following options;

A 7 Seater Chevy Uplander – £213.01*
A 7 Seater Dodge Caravan – £218.64*
A 7 Seater Chevrolet Venture -£245*

*Prices correct as of Jan 6th 2009

So as you can see we are able to offer superb value for money at present for families wishing to visit Florida during the half term break. Remember to book your Sanford Airport rental car as early as possible as prices will increase as the break gets closer due to availability.

Some UK car hire companies are now asking customers to provide fingerprints when hiring a car. In the past a passport has always been an ample form of identification however a recent spate of car hire thefts at UK airports has caused some car hire companies to have a rethink.

This action have course raises the question of privacy and has caused some upset among the press and the public who already feel that big brother knows enough about them. Fingerprints are normally associated with police stations however certain car hire companies feel that it is within the customer’s interest to build a biometric profile of them. Stansted Airport is the 1st location to test the system. Under this system a fingerprint is a mandatory requirement in order to hire a car.

Some customers have no problem with these new measures however others have been strongly opposed and are concerned about how their personal data will be used. Car hire companies say the information will only be used if a hire car is stolen so the police will be able to track the culprit. Organised crime gangs have been using hire cars at UK airports for criminal activity.

Biometric data has also been used in some shops in the UK for credit card payments so this type of technology may be something that people are going to have to get used to more and more.

Several major car hire companies have recently had to up their prices to cope with rising costs. In a recent press release Hertz spoke of increased prices at many locations in Europe and North America which they say were necessary because of inflation, increased commodity expenses and a difficult 2nd hand car sales market.

Hertz are certainly not the only company being affected in these tough economic times with National Car Rental, Enterprise Rent A Car and Alamo also increasing prices recently at several airport locations.

The fact that fewer people are travelling on Airlines has hit car hire companies particularly hard. Hertz believe that car rental rates will rise by an average of 10% in many North American locations, up to 5% in off airport locations and 10% in Europe.

The increased rates at Hertz will come into effect from Nov 10th.

So if you are looking for the best value possible Sanford car hire deal then cost comparison sites like ours here at www.carhiresanfordairport.com may be you best option.

Through our broker partners we search the prices of many car hire suppliers to give you the widest variety of choice and value for your money. All the information is clearly presented in our simple to use booking engine.