Aneval is the national association that represents five car-hire multinationals - Avis, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt. Last Thursday, its representatives met the tourism minister, Biel Barceló, and the directors of tourism and consumer affairs, Pilar Carbonell and Francesc Dalmau.
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Car-hire multinationals say they're only responding to demand
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People book a hire car, arrive at the time notified on the hire booking, then end up in Palma airport car-hire queues for anything up to 2 hours. The system is antiquated and understaffed and the sneaky tricks used by some of the companies to con you out of extra money are outrageous. There are a very few of the companies who do a job, the rest are a disgrace
I have been visiting Mallorca for 45 years. Hiring a car is an essential part of the visit. Traffic has grown but my corner of the island far from Palma is not congested. Without car hire rural restaurants would not survive and their staff would not have jobs. More worrying is the poor service offered by some rental firms. I had a two hour wait for a car at RecordGo last week. I have never known such poor service. One Twitter I see a string of holidaymakers have experience ludicrously long waits and hard-sell of extras. Will the Bulletin investigate this?
Yes the Hire Car Operators are meeting an increased demand. This has been created by the Hotel Groups , making Hiring a Car,part of their All Inclusive Package deals. There are some terrible tricks in the Hire Car Companies. I would say Tourist Beware. The increased traffic and its associated pollution, is causing serious traffic delays, and health problems for all who are in Mallorca.
So what about the other car hire 'non multinational companies' unless they give their fleet figures, there are many of them, this meeting has been an absolute waste of time!