Carrentals.co.uk ‘Raising the Standard’ Offers Fair Travel Info and News to Travellers

20 April 2010 – Specialist car hire website Carrentals.co.uk has announced the launch of a new campaign which will help tourists get their hands on the fairest travel deals and best information available. The scheme which is called ‘Raising the Standard’ has launched this week.

Raising the Standard will help travellers access a wide range of information and expert advice on numerous aspects of travelling. Carrentals.co.uk has brought the scheme to market in order to help tourists avoid excessive charges on travel services plus also get their hands on fair value deals.

The new Raising the Standard programme campaign is an Internet-based operation which can be found online at the new car rental forums. On this site travellers will be able to use a discussion forum, a blog and also access a wide range of information sheets they can download to get information on travel issues including car hire, flights, accommodation, holiday health, travel insurance and other extras.

The forum can be used to pose questions on travel issues and Carrentals.co.uk says that the site will also offer question and answer sessions on the forum with leading travel industry experts to help people get direct answers from specialists.

Gareth Robinson, managing director of Carrentals.co.uk, comments: “We have always intended Carrentals.co.uk to become far more than a place to find cheap car hire, so with the new Raising the Standard scheme we will be able to help people get hold of expert information on the latest travel deals and where to find the fairest deals around.”

Carrentals.co.uk launches the scheme in partnership with companies including Questor Insurance, Zintech, Fly.co.uk and Self Catering Breaks. Each of the companies offers people their own special expertise within the Raising the Standard programme.

Andrew Lawrence of Questor Insurance comments: “The web can be a wonderful travel resource and it’s certainly changed the way people find their information, but what Raising the Standard will do is to change the places that people get their information from. The campaign will offer people the very best information and advice on things like travel insurance and car hire.”

Anybody can sign up for the Raising the Standard campaign and Carrentals.co.uk notes that the forum shall be monitored all the time to ensure accuracy and clarity. The scheme will also make sure that all user questions are responded to rapidly.

To register for the Raising the Standard forum or for further information about the campaign, please visit the car rental forum.

Carrentals.co.uk compares car hire deals from up to 50 rental companies, including Alamo, Budget, easyCar, Holiday Autos and Sixt, in over 9,000 locations worldwide.  

To compare the latest car hire deals visit www.carrentals.co.uk.  

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About Carrentals.co.uk
Carrentals.co.uk was launched in February 2003 and grew to become one of the UK's leading online car hire companies by 2006.

In 2007 the company re-launched its site to create the first major online price comparator in the travel industry. Using the latest technology the Carrentals.co.uk site now searches up to 50 different car hire websites, providing an impartial comparison of the best prices available in over 9,000 locations.

Websites searched include Alamo, Budget, easyCar, Ebookers, Hertz, Holiday Autos, Opodo, Sixt and Thrifty, with the Carrentals.co.uk site quickly comparing prices and allowing customers to refine their search by car type.

The Carrentals.co.uk site also features over 5,000 pages of travel information in a mini-guide format.

In 2008 Carrentals.co.uk was voted Best Car Hire Website in the Travolution Awards. To book or for further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk

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