Originally Posted by John and Lynn

We always use a guy called Luis Romeria who was recommended by our friend who lives in Ayamonte. He doesn't have a web site and in fact I've never seen him in the 2 years I have been using them, but the service and charges are very good and competitive.

We simply drop him an e-mail request with the dates etc, and he replies straight away. His charges include insurance and cross border stuff, so no scary add-ons. One of his guys will meet you just outside arrivals, fill in the paperwork for you and even bring the car to the door as well. You don't need to pay anything until you get there and you simply drop the car off at the on-site carpark without having to wait for it to be checked over.

He is not necessarily the cheapest, but worth checking him out even for a comparison. His e-mail is [email protected] and I have no commercial connection with him...however, it may be worth mentioning "John & Lynn" so that he gives you the best prices.

Originally Posted by MEL & JOHN

Hi All


anybody know what other companies do not make these charges and also still cover you if you have a breakdown or accident and will come out ? Would, alternatively, be good to have a list of those that do charge so they can be avoided.
Mel

Originally Posted by JohnandCarol

Called him yesterday - found him to be at least 50% more expensive than many others I have tried! Atlas, Reservacar and Auto-Europe all are very reasonable and include Spain travel.

Originally Posted by MikeJ

I used to use Holiday Autos because the seemed to get a reasonable deal with most of the big names and included DEW insurance in the charge (optionally) at a much better rate than you get locally. (Beware of the local DEW insurance as it doesn't usually cover tyres and underbody damage and most people don't realise until it's too late) None of the companies provided by Holiday Autos have made a charge for cross border - including Europcars, Avis, Hertz, SIXT etc. I used to go with the bigger companies because they do have international breakdown cover and some of the smaller Portugal only didn't.
I followed BE advice and bought an annual DEW insurance policy - which does cover everything - tyres and underbody - and works out much cheaper if you rent more than about 10 days in a year. I used www.cartrawler.com (again a BE recommendation) to find a renter for my next trip and they came up with Argus - who also don't make a charge for cross border.
Hope this helps
Mike J

Originally Posted by Fred R

Mike,

Not exactly correct - it's not Argus that imposes border exit charges, but the car hire company. Two weeks ago I hired with Air Auto via Argus and was hit with a €50 border exit fee + €15 for one extra driver. Lessons learned (1) pay a few pounds more and stick with economy car hire (additional driver free and (2) always carefully check the car rental company's fees before you make the booking. Also annual excess policy is a must as the protection is cheaper for ~10+ days per year and the cover is better than what the car hire companies offer at a daily rate, eg they don't cover tyres, underside and locks.

Regards

Originally Posted by MikeJ

Fred
You're right. I phoned the Faro desk of AirAuto and they confirmed that they would charge me 50Euros for cross border to Spain. So I called Car Trawler to cancel.
Mike J

Originally Posted by olivia

Has anyone ever had their oven cleaned? Is there a company offering this service?

Originally Posted by jac2009

Hi,

This Is My First Post!

We have just got back today from a 7 day stay at CE.

While we were were there, we picked up "The Resident" newspaper from the clubhouse, where we found an advert for a shop called "Bike Spor".
The next day we checked it out, it is quite hard to find, there are directions here, though it is all in spanish!!

I think it is 7.50 euros for one day, 12.50 for three days and 25 euros for 1 week, and the bikes are really good.

We went over to Villa real de Santo Antonio (Portugal)(on the ferry!)

I would reccomend bike spor to anyone who fancies a bike ride, weather its round ayamonte or in Portugal!

Regards
Josh

Originally Posted by jdr

Get yer Marigolds out.

Originally Posted by olivia

I would rather pay someone!if there is a company out there.

Originally Posted by olivia

I would rather pay someone!if there is a company out there.

Originally Posted by dilly dally

Hi we haven't been out so far this year, we are coming over in 7 weeks time for just 8 days, i'm intrested in what movements esuri has had since we were last out, i have found the past 6 months tough and am just about holding on to my property, my mortgage payments have almost doubled, and having had no rental income since i purchased 3 yrs ago and i can't see any rental income for the forseeing future either i am getting worried, how are people living there finding the work situation? are people visting esuri so that goes hand in hand with people needing work done ie gardening, furniture buying and genarel works carried out? or have things become very quite? what is the general concensis at the momment? is there any movement on getting the hotel up and running or the commercial center? is the little shop still open? i also heard there were a couple of furniture shops closed in town is this true? I apologise for so many qustions (and my spelling) but i am getting very worried, ESURI is fast becoming my holiday home from hell, and could anybody recomend a good managment company my current one does not seem to be all that intrested in my concerns or achiving me any rental income THANKS GUYS

Originally Posted by wendy willis

Hi Dilly, We are moving to Esuri in July. We will have quite a few friends/family wanting to come and see us. Perhaps you could give us your details via private message and we may be able to help you with some bookings!
Regards
Wendy