When you are planning your Anglesey visit, a Holyhead car rental can make things so much easier for you to get around the island. Even if you are intending to visit the area on business on the Cardiff Anglesey flight, Holyhead car hire firms facilitate your island stay. There again you may be arriving on the London Holyhead train or on the Dublin ferry from Ireland, looking for a car to complete your travel arrangements.

So whether you are a train, coach, ferry or air passenger, you want to secure your best Holyhead car hire package so you can put aside any last minute worries. With the developments in and around the Port of Holyhead in recent years, as well as the more recent opening of the Anglesey Cardiff airlink, options for Holyhead car rentals have improved.

The main car hire providers in and around Holyhead are branches of national car rental companies and so you know that there will be possibilities for one way car hire, where you leave the car at the onward destination. All three of the main Holyhead car rental providers offer a wide range of vehicles to chose from, whether you want a small Fiesta model, a mid-range Mondeo, a Mercedes salon, or perhaps a 7 seater people carrier.

If you give enough notice the car rental firms may be able to reserve an automatic drive vehicle for you, and you may have the choice of a diesel engine or unleaded option, but this cannot be guaranteed for a given model. The Holyhead car rentals companies also offer minibuses which can carry between 12 and 17 people. A minimum rental period for hire cars from any of the firms operating near Holyhead Port is one day.

One of the car hire firms, Hertz, has a compound next to Holyhead Port, near the road leading to the Fishing harbour, while the others, Quayside Garage and Practical Car and Van Rental, are based at Gaerwen and Valley respectively. All three will arrange a special meet and greet service for air passengers arriving at Anglesey Airport at RAF Valley, where your car will have a full tank of fuel and paperwork will be completed.

You may also find that your Holyhead car rental firm may give you an option to top up the daily charge with an extra premium which then waives the excess in the event of an accident. Depending on the insurance policy and size of vehicle, the excess you may have to pay on your Holyhead car hire following an accident can vary from around 500 up to 600, so it may be a better option to pay a slightly higher daily premium.

So all is done except the paperwork for your car hire. What will the car rental firm need from you? Make sure you have proof that you are legally entitled to drive, so have your driving licence with you. Payment will usually by credit or debit card and it may help to have a copy of an utility bill for proof of address.

For making bookings with these car hire companies the best time to contact them is between 9 and 5 on Monday to Saturday, while Sundays may not be a good time to get through. You want to arrive on Anglesey for your business engagement or vacation without hassle, and so your best move is to book your Holyhead car rental early and enjoy the experience.

There’s more to renting the car than just reserving it and paying for it, to make sure that you get the best deal follow these steps and tips.

STEPS:

1.Choose three to four car rental firms that fit your wants and needs, do this either through the phonebook, or through the internet, remember to scan every possible firm before you make a choice, you don’t want to overlook the best car rental because you got bored from looking

2.Contact the agency and ask about their special offers, location, availability, pickup sites, rates, special rates, hotel and airline partnerships, extra charges, insurance, everything you can think of that can help lower what you have to pay for your car rental, or what would make the car rental more convenient for you.

3.Choose a pickup point; find one that is near you so it won’t be a hassle, some car rental companies pay for the cab ride you have to take, some pick you up at your home or at the airport to take you to your rental.

4.Pick a car, depending on your needs, find a car that could fit all the people you’ll have in it, and if you’re alone just use a compact, some rentals charge higher for larger vehicles.

5.The next thing to do, after you’ve totally decided on which to take, remember to reserve it, some car rentals include the reservation fee on the overall rent, some make it out to be an extra fee, you should also look out for this when get a car rental.

TIPS

For the best deals for your money here are some tips when looking, finding and taking out a car rental.

1.When getting a car rental check for available upgrades at no charge, you’d want the best deal so you’d want the best car, to do this, you should go pickup your car early in the morning, when the other cars haven’t been returned yet, this way there would be a shortage on economy cars and the firm might just give you an upgrade for a lower price.

2.Get an internet car rental. These types of rentals offer internet only discounts, and sometimes even accepts find a car at your own price methods where you just give them your budget and they’ll find the best deal for you, plus you wont have to go anywhere to get a rental.

3.Fill the gas tank before you return your car, car rentals will charge you, at an inflated price, the cost of the gas needed to fill the tank.

4.Look for packages like fly-drive-stay or fly-drive, these will get you great discounts on rentals, and what’s more you won’t have to worry about other details like a hotel or an airline, everything’s there. You can find these packages on must travel agencies.

5.If your frequent flyer discount or free flight is about to expire, there are some car rental companies that offer to exchange these discounts to discounts on your car rental, although its more cost effective to just fly with your frequent flyer discount, if its going to expire anyway, why wait?

These are just a few of the things you’ll need to know, but always remember to be pesky, ask questions, ask for discounts, the only reason why people don’t get better value for the things they buy is because they’re too shy to ask.