As thousands head off on their summer holidays, many will want to hire a car to explore the local area. However, recent research from Gigasure found that in many cases, customers will be paying up to ...

Unlike the excess on your own car’s insurance, which can be a few hundred pounds, the excess if you damage a hire car can be far higher – sometimes over £1,000.

It also looked at the price of extras payable on arrival (i.e., excess insurance waivers, an additional driver, a child’s car seat and a sat nav, as well as the price of a tank of petrol (40 ...