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junior

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Dec 1, 2003
6,633
Didsbury, Manchester
At the end of August/beginning of September 8 of us (7 adults 1 baby) will be travelling to Cornwall for 10 days from Manchester.
The current plan is to take our car and to hire another to give us enough seats for bums.

As my car is a high performance sports SUV it costs a fortune to run and is also leased with an annual mileage limit, I've been thinking about the cost effectiveness of hiring just one 8 seater vehicle and us all travelling together.

The pro's of this are that it could be quite fun all travelling in one vehicle. Only one lot of fuel to pay for. No mileage on my own car etc.
The cons are that I just went on the Avis car rental app and the calculatior told me it would be SIX THOUSAND POUNDS!!!

So, can the wise collective of NSC give me any suggestions or advice? We've no experience of travelling as a big family together before so never had to think about it. Am I missing anything?
Does anyone have any experience of hiring this type of vehicle? Have I done something wrong on the car hire app? Are there any companies who specialise in larger vehicles and might be a lit cheaper than £6k? Anyone work in car hire and care to quote me?

Thanks.

Oh and Potter Out!
 






Papak

Papak

Not an NSC licker...
Jul 11, 2003
2,278
Horsham
junior said:
At the end of August/beginning of September 8 of us (7 adults 1 baby) will be travelling to Cornwall for 10 days from Manchester.
The current plan is to take our car and to hire another to give us enough seats for bums.

As my car is a high performance sports SUV it costs a fortune to run and is also leased with an annual mileage limit, I've been thinking about the cost effectiveness of hiring just one 8 seater vehicle and us all travelling together.

The pro's of this are that it could be quite fun all travelling in one vehicle. Only one lot of fuel to pay for. No mileage on my own car etc.
The cons are that I just went on the Avis car rental app and the calculatior told me it would be SIX THOUSAND POUNDS!!!

So, can the wise collective of NSC give me any suggestions or advice? We've no experience of travelling as a big family together before so never had to think about it. Am I missing anything?
Does anyone have any experience of hiring this type of vehicle? Have I done something wrong on the car hire app? Are there any companies who specialise in larger vehicles and might be a lit cheaper than £6k? Anyone work in car hire and care to quote me?

Thanks.

Oh and Potter Out!
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Buy an 8 seater and sell it afterwards?

Are you sure you didn't enter dates for 5 years hire or something?

Are you under 25?

A quick search reveals 8 seaters are hard to come by for hire.

Try Sixt, seems like a minibus type thing is your best bet.
 
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Springal

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Feb 12, 2005
24,785
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junior said:
At the end of August/beginning of September 8 of us (7 adults 1 baby) will be travelling to Cornwall for 10 days from Manchester.
The current plan is to take our car and to hire another to give us enough seats for bums.

As my car is a high performance sports SUV it costs a fortune to run and is also leased with an annual mileage limit, I've been thinking about the cost effectiveness of hiring just one 8 seater vehicle and us all travelling together.

The pro's of this are that it could be quite fun all travelling in one vehicle. Only one lot of fuel to pay for. No mileage on my own car etc.
The cons are that I just went on the Avis car rental app and the calculatior told me it would be SIX THOUSAND POUNDS!!!

So, can the wise collective of NSC give me any suggestions or advice? We've no experience of travelling as a big family together before so never had to think about it. Am I missing anything?
Does anyone have any experience of hiring this type of vehicle? Have I done something wrong on the car hire app? Are there any companies who specialise in larger vehicles and might be a lit cheaper than £6k? Anyone work in car hire and care to quote me?

Thanks.

Oh and Potter Out!
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Just pay the extra mileage on your high performance SUV you tight arse
 


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scooter1

How soon is now?
Sep 12, 2006
4,823
Past the Leisure Centre, left at the lights
junior said:
At the end of August/beginning of September 8 of us (7 adults 1 baby) will be travelling to Cornwall for 10 days from Manchester.
The current plan is to take our car and to hire another to give us enough seats for bums.

As my car is a high performance sports SUV it costs a fortune to run and is also leased with an annual mileage limit, I've been thinking about the cost effectiveness of hiring just one 8 seater vehicle and us all travelling together.

The pro's of this are that it could be quite fun all travelling in one vehicle. Only one lot of fuel to pay for. No mileage on my own car etc.
The cons are that I just went on the Avis car rental app and the calculatior told me it would be SIX THOUSAND POUNDS!!!

So, can the wise collective of NSC give me any suggestions or advice? We've no experience of travelling as a big family together before so never had to think about it. Am I missing anything?
Does anyone have any experience of hiring this type of vehicle? Have I done something wrong on the car hire app? Are there any companies who specialise in larger vehicles and might be a lit cheaper than £6k? Anyone work in car hire and care to quote me?

Thanks.

Oh and Potter Out!
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Enterprise do minibuses, but it’ll probably have a 12 or 15 seater. at least you’ll have plenty of space for luggage
 




studio150

studio150

Well-known member
Jul 30, 2011
30,246
On the Border
Hire 2 5 seater vehicles low spec, these would be about £500 each, so much less than £6,000 which seems standard cost currently, and you are not putting mileage on your vehicle
 


jessiejames

jessiejames

Never late in a V8
Jan 20, 2009
2,756
Brighton, United Kingdom
junior said:
At the end of August/beginning of September 8 of us (7 adults 1 baby) will be travelling to Cornwall for 10 days from Manchester.
The current plan is to take our car and to hire another to give us enough seats for bums.

As my car is a high performance sports SUV it costs a fortune to run and is also leased with an annual mileage limit, I've been thinking about the cost effectiveness of hiring just one 8 seater vehicle and us all travelling together.

The pro's of this are that it could be quite fun all travelling in one vehicle. Only one lot of fuel to pay for. No mileage on my own car etc.
The cons are that I just went on the Avis car rental app and the calculatior told me it would be SIX THOUSAND POUNDS!!!

So, can the wise collective of NSC give me any suggestions or advice? We've no experience of travelling as a big family together before so never had to think about it. Am I missing anything?
Does anyone have any experience of hiring this type of vehicle? Have I done something wrong on the car hire app? Are there any companies who specialise in larger vehicles and might be a lit cheaper than £6k? Anyone work in car hire and care to quote me?

Thanks.

Oh and Potter Out!
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First of all are you taking Cucurella with you?

Try Choice vehicle hire. Used them 3 years ago cheap with a full tank of derv,
 


jessiejames

jessiejames

Never late in a V8
Jan 20, 2009
2,756
Brighton, United Kingdom
junior said:
At the end of August/beginning of September 8 of us (7 adults 1 baby) will be travelling to Cornwall for 10 days from Manchester.
The current plan is to take our car and to hire another to give us enough seats for bums.

As my car is a high performance sports SUV it costs a fortune to run and is also leased with an annual mileage limit, I've been thinking about the cost effectiveness of hiring just one 8 seater vehicle and us all travelling together.

The pro's of this are that it could be quite fun all travelling in one vehicle. Only one lot of fuel to pay for. No mileage on my own car etc.
The cons are that I just went on the Avis car rental app and the calculatior told me it would be SIX THOUSAND POUNDS!!!

So, can the wise collective of NSC give me any suggestions or advice? We've no experience of travelling as a big family together before so never had to think about it. Am I missing anything?
Does anyone have any experience of hiring this type of vehicle? Have I done something wrong on the car hire app? Are there any companies who specialise in larger vehicles and might be a lit cheaper than £6k? Anyone work in car hire and care to quote me?

Thanks.

Oh and Potter Out!
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First of all are you taking Cucurella with you?

Try Choice vehicle hire. Used them 3 years ago cheap with a full tank of derv,
 
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jackanada

jackanada

Well-known member
Jul 19, 2011
3,512
Brighton
Buy an 8 seater Nissan elgrand or Toyota alphard and sell it after.
 










Cheshire Cat

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
Nov 4, 2006
11,852
Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...
Exactly what is a "a high performance sports SUV it costs a fortune to run".

Is it some sort of van?
 


















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