Report this content
garryainsley
Written on: 26/03/2014
Depends on the model you hire - Holiday Autos are just a broker they farm out your hire request to different car hire companies. Obviously if you want SATNAV they can probably provide it. All I would say about holiday Autos is be careful - they are one of the cheapest ways to get a hire car but you normally get what you pay for.
Report this content
RobLeftwich
Written on: 26/03/2014
Generally my experience is no and I always bring my TomTom with me. On one occasion renting in Italy we got lucky and ended up with a pair of nice Audi A6s which came with SatNav, but I would say this is the exception. It really depends on the level of car taken and in the average small/medium sized family car used on a holiday, it wouldn't come as standard.
Report this content
Quasimodo116
Written on: 26/03/2014
Holiday Autos are indeed brokers and shop around for the best deals. Most of the larger companies which they work with (Hertz, Europcar, etc.) offer sat-navs: check the on-line booking form carefully to find a tick-box. You generally pay for this on arrival at the desk, in local currency. I've used them several times on Malta and have always had a clean good-quality car with never more than 15000 Km on the clock.
Report this content
paulairey
Written on: 26/03/2014
i personnaly would avoid booking anything through holiday autos anyway, we have had so many bad experiences with them i avoid them like the plague!it would cost yo umore than buying one and taking it with you
Report this content
paynedave
Written on: 26/03/2014
Satnav always seems to be offered as an optional extra. It may be included on luxuary models. I take my own TomTom.
I have to agree with garryainsley, the car provided though Holiday Autos by Orlando on a recent trip to Lanzarote was a disgrace. They've lost my loyalty and made no attempt to retrieve it, when I complained.
Report this content
CaptainjackSnr
Written on: 26/03/2014
Most Cars don't - it is an extra. The car we had still had the marks on the inside of the window from prev user. Which we wiped off because thieves target the cars which may have satnavs inside.
Report this content
mt1832
Written on: 26/03/2014
Car hire companies typically charge quite high prices per day for sat nav - almost certainly you'll find it cheaper to buy a basic sat nav with maps for where you're travelling either here before you leave or at a supermarket when you arrive. On a side not I would strongly suggest you don't use Holiday Autos or any other broker to book car hire, Holiday Autos have a long track record of letting customers down and being very very slow to refund charges when they do. Search on line for a local company or book with one of the majors (Hertz, Alamo etc.) if you need a car in Spain or the Canaries Cicar are excellent.
Report this content
issie
Written on: 26/03/2014
Hello, no they don't usually come with Sat Nav as standard but you can get one for an extra charge when you pick the car up. Beware of other extra charges that they try to make you pay when you pick the car up - like extra insurances to cover the uninsured losses - it's much cheaper to pay for that upfront on the holiday autos website but make sure you tell the car hire company you already have it or else they may try and charge you without telling you. Happy holiday!
Report this content
goddo863
Written on: 26/03/2014
Like most hire companies, I believe holiday autos can offer you hire of a satnav as an optional extra (presumably with a fee payable too). In my opinion, buying your own satnav makes far more sense - once you have used it for two or three hires it will have paid for itself if you buy a simple one. Also, if you have our own you get to know its controls so you don't waste time on holiday trying to figure a strange one out. Lastly, if you buy the right one, you can make sure you have all the countries' maps that you need.