Huge cars!

[Tat]

I have 3 monsters, I mean chldren, 3 1/2, 2 1/2 and 6 months. I need to hire a car in the UK for 6 weeks (I live abroad normally) that can accomodate all of the kids and car seats, plus the Nanny and husband and wife, all of the luggage, a double and a single pushchair. Does ANYBODY know of a good car hire company that will provide a large car and a roof rack?

I would think the big car hire companies will hire out the sort of 7 seater you need. Try \link{http://www.avis.co.uk/avisonline/gb/avis.nsf?Open&TID=t/0127584F\AVIS}, \link{http://www.alamo.co.uk/?campaign=ppc\Alamo}, \link{http://www.europcar.co.uk/\Europcar}

\link{http://www.hertz.co.uk/index.cfm?pos=gb\Hertz}

any of them i would imagine. all the car hire companies i've ever used always offer a large min-van option.

see if you can hire a Crysler grand voyagaer.... im sure that will fit you all in!

dont know of the car hire co but definitely get a grand voyager ( the new stow and go version- all the seats can be folded into the floor - excellent when you dont want the hassle of taking seats out to make room for all the paraphanalia that goes with the tiddlers) the storage by is hands down so much better than any other people carrier. The seating options are flexible as well although the isofix fitting in the rear straddle two seats. But you can get a third child in the back without having to fold down a seat.

Grand Voyagers etc \link{http://www.henfield-hire.com/listing.asp?category=cars\available here} - manual £360 a week which sounds reasonable, esp as it says "All our rates include VAT, insurance, breakdown cover and unlimited mileage for UK use".

They also do Previas which are also huge but possibly not as easy to access the 3rd row.

JanH - thank you! Absolutely fab.

..........back to this. Tried recommended company but they have problems. ANYBODY out there with ideas for other companies with Grand Voyagers? The 'normal' hire car companies have only the regular MPV's, ie Toyota, Seat etc etc

previas are as big as grand voyagers fyi

\link{http://www.cityinterrent.com/moredetails.php?vehicle=55\here you go}

oh you clever girl - thanks!

......and they have the RR Sport - even better! DH can have the Voyager.

omg 6 weeks' car hire is going to cost the earth... we also don't live in uk & hired an mpv last summer for 2 week's & I'm still recovering from the shock!

I know it's scandalous. We just sold our car in the UK at Xmas. It was ridiculous to have so much money sitting outside the house and hardly being used. Plus it meant that everytime we went back to the UK we would have to go straight home at the beginning of our leave.

Shame about the other site - that City one works out at £784 a week PLUS 35p a mile

Oh no - just seen that you do get 100 miles per 24 hours before that kicks in. Still...

(C&N, I wondered if you were Tat!)

How did you figure that one?

What one?

2 names same person

Living abroad with 3 small children/Champagneand Nappies/writing style.

(Just call me Sherlock! )

Oh how interesting I have a writing style - thank you, much appreciated. Obviously I have worked long and hard on it.