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And they’re off…
holiday autos slashes UK rentals to mark start of summer

SCHOOL’S out - and what better way to fill the summer holidays than by whisking the kids on a day-trip or short-break within the UK?

holiday autos has slashed UK car hire by 25% to mark the unofficial start of summer, with rates down to £119* from £159 for one week’s fully inclusive rental.

One-day rental rates start at £39* this summer.

In addition, a free ‘rent it here, leave it there’ option means customers can pick up and drop off their hire car at any one of 180 locations across England, Scotland and Wales.

holiday autos offers a full range of hire cars from three-door hatchbacks such as a Renault Clio, to family saloons, estates, convertibles and seven-seater people carriers.

For bookings & information visit www.holidayautos.co.uk or Tel: 0870 400 0010

*online discounts based on current prices vs. brochure web prices published in holiday autos brochure edition 22. Prices quoted for one week or one-day’s hire of a small car, such as a Ford Ka or similar. Rates subject to availability.

For further press information contact:

Louise Prior 0207 866 4274 lprior@lastminute.com
Jane Sinclair 0207 866 4272 jsinclair@lastminute.com
Claire Williams 0207 866 4498 cwilliams@lastminute.com

Notes to Editors
h oliday autos is the world’s largest leisure car rental broker. Founded in 1987, the innovative company revolutionised the car rental industry by introducing fully inclusive rental prices, and, a few years later, was among the first to embrace e-commerce by developing the website as a key distribution channel. Today more than 70% of business is transacted online.

The holiday autos Group operates through a mix of corporate offices, joint ventures and sales agents in 40 countries worldwide. In 2002-3 the group turnover was £158million.

In March 2003 Holiday Autos was bought by lastminute.com for £39.7 million.