How to book a hire car in Spain when you’re younger than 25 years old.

The vast majority of Car hire companies limit their services to only drivers who are older than 25 years of age. What are the motives behind this restriction?

You get to 18 years old and finally you can start to travel without the need to be accompanied by your parents.

You start to prepare what will be your first holiday as an adult; where to go, accommodation, how to get there and in most cases how to get around and get the most out of your stay once you get to your destination… but alas, the last part isn’t an option.

Being an adult does not imply that you have the experience and responsibility necessary for a car hire company to confide in your skills as a new driver, in fact, booking a car with most car hire companies is only available to those who are older than 24; but why is this restriction in place?

Is it legal to prohibit hiring a car to under 25’s?

According to the consumer associations, it is illegal for a company to not want to hire somebody a car due to the age of the driver, yet these hire car companies feel they need to have this restriction in place, why?

It’s very simple; the car hire companies are not directly responsible for this restriction. In the majority of cases it is the insurance companies that don’t offer cover for cars driven by under 25’s.

The same occurs when insuring your own vehicle, the age and experience of the driver are the basic factors that affect the cover of the insurance. Most insurance companies don’t want to run the risk of covering new drivers, even less when the car isn’t their own, and thus, not their responsibility.

So for these motives, the majority of services of car hire in Murcia, Madrid, Alicante etc. will not let you book if the drivers age is not over 24 years old.

Some companies offer the solution

Conscious of the problem imposed on an important area of their potential customers, some car hire companies have decided to offer an intermediate solution.

After arriving to an agreement with their insurance companies, they will now accept reservations for new drivers but only by contracting an additional insurance for under 25’s or for those who have had their driving licence less than 2 years.

VictoriaCars has assumed this initiative.

The national Spanish car hire company Victoria Cars has put into motion this new feature for their services of car hire in Madrid, Murcia, Alicante… with the aim of not leaving any customer without a hire car.

More information at http://www.victoriacars.com

Victoria Parking has announced the opening of their newest installation at El Prat airport in Barcelona.

Victoria Parking is currently finishing the last details of what will be their new car parking in Barcelona airport, within the vicinity of El Prat airport.

This new facility will offer parking in Barcelona only a few minutes away from the airport.

The objective of this service is to offer parking spaces at Barcelona airport that are significantly cheaper than those of the airport’s own car park.

The offer is specifically designed for those who need to travel by plane and must travel to the airport using their own vehicle, and who don’t have the option of leaving the car anywhere apart from the airport’s own installations.

So for these people, Victoria Parking will be offering a large, enclosed car park facility that will be guarded 24 hours a day. Additionally, the price will include an airport service, meaning transport to and from the car park and the airport.

The way it works is very east:

Step 1: The customer books their parking space online on Victoria Parking’s website (www.victoria-parking.com)
Step 2: The customer goes to Victoria Parking’s installations with their vehicle on the day and time indicated on their booking.
Step 3: Victoria Parking’s personnel will then shuttle the customer from the parking to the airport’s terminal building at El Prat.
Step 4: The customer takes their flight.
Step 5: When they return from their trip, Victoria’s personnel will collect the customer on the agreed day and time to take them back to the car park facility.
Step 6: The customer gets in their car and the transaction is complete.

Victoria Parking is a company owned by Victoria Rent-A-Car S.L. (www.victoriacars.com), a car hire in Alicante, Murcia, Madrid… and one of national prestige.

Victoria Rent-A-Car has a lot of experience in the use of car parking facilities in the nation’s most important airports, which can be confirmed by looking at their other facilities in Alicante and Valencia.

More information at http://www.victoria-parking.com

VictoriaCars is now present on Facebook and on Twitter to increase its potential of Car Hire Murcia, Madrid...

The Car Hire Company VictoriaCars has united with the latest internet craze, the social networks.

According to Wikipedia: A social network is a social structure made of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes," which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.

Within the most successful social networks in Europe, Facebook and Twitter are the highlights.

In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard University had the idea of creating a community on the internet where students could share their likes, thoughts, concerns, etc. Bit by bit and through the success within the educational environment he decided to open the network to all internet users, ending up with over 300 million signed up users to this date.

In 2006, Twitter was born as a project investigation for Obvious, LLC. Twitter is a free service for "microblogin," meaning, it is a place on the internet where users who are signed up can send small entries in a text format, called "Tweets." These entries are shown on the profile page of the user and are also immediately sent to other users who have chosen to receive them.

In short, both these tools constitute as new means of communication that allow a closer and more realistic relationship with the customers.

What is VictoriaCars doing on Facebook?

VictoriaCars has created on Facebook what is known as a Company Page. To make this type of page involves no more than the creation of a Facebook profile focussed on the company. On this page, which is openly accessible, they can publicize their latest news and offers involving car hire Murcia, car hire Madrid, etc.

A Company Page gives users who visit it the possibility to make themselves a fan of the page. In this way, any update that occurs on the VictoriaCars page will automatically be replicated on their fan's profile pages, keeping them updated in real-time. Also, as a general rule, the fans are open to certain advantages, available exclusively to them, like some of the current discounts in car hire Madrid, Alicante Airport...

For more information please visit http://www.facebook.com/VictoriaRentaCar

What is VictoriaCars doing in Twitter?

VictoriaCars also created a profile on Twitter as a means of keeping customers up to date in real-time by using the mini-messages or microblogins. The same occurs here as it does on Facebook, using this tool they intend to promote any news, promotions or special offers related to their Car Hire services.

For more information please visit http://twitter.com/VictoriaCars

In both cases, the aim is not only to inform the fans and followers but also, over time, to establish a bidirectional communication with them. This is one of the principles of the Web 2.0, the active participation of all parties with the objective of reaching a common gain as well as a personal gain at the same time.

For more information please visit http://www.victoriacars.com

Car hire in Alicante – VictoriaCars opens a YouTube video channel for their customers.

The car hire company VictoriaCars joined YouTube by making a corporate channel.

The objective behind this channel is to offer their users a new form of communication. VictoriaCars will be publishing videos in this channel related to affairs within the car hire industry, videos related to the company itself, manuals, utilities, news of his car hire Alicante, Madrid, Barcelona service, etc.

YouTube is the most popular and well known site for the publication of videos on the Web. Almost any video you wish to see is available on YouTube. Furthermore, YouTube offers an opportunity for companies to publicise material that broadcasts their activities or that helps strengthen the relationship with their customers.

Creating a YouTube channel will aid in successfully completing these tasks in a clear and organized fashion.

Additionally, a YouTube channel can have subscribers, this way customers, if the wish, can keep up to date with any communication from VictoriaCars and maintain a stronger relationship with other subscribers by sharing comments, opinions…

Car hire in Alicante Airport– VictoriaCars has named their YouTube channel CarHireSpain and can be accessed from this url;
http://www.youtube.com/user/CarHireSpain

Their channel was released with an illustrative video titled “Car Hire Alicante Airport. How to book on VictoriaCars”, which gives a complete step by step guide on how to make a booking on the VictoriaCars Web site, from selecting the pick up location to completing the reservation.

With this new initiative, Victoria Rent A Car is confident they will strengthen the relationship and trust with their existing customers of car hire in Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, etc. and at the same time establish a new bridge to help initiate relationships with future customers as well.

For more information please visit http://www.victoriacars.com