Travel Industry Must Communicate Better in New Volcanic Ash Emergency - Carrentals.co.uk
Released on: May 31, 2011, 6:06 am
Author:
Helen Young
Industry: Travel
Tourists and travellers deserve better information and help
reports online car hire comparator
31 May 2011 – A new threat to the travel industry this year in the form of another
cloud of volcanic ash moving south has lead online car hire comparator
Carrentals.co.uk to ask the travel sector to up its game. In 2010 many people were
let down by poor information flow and communications from travel companies -
something Carrentals.co.uk wants suppliers to address this time around.
Gareth Robinson, Carrentals.co.uk Managing Director, comments: “Last year during the
volcanic ash crisis we feel that travel industry companies let themselves down
somewhat - many people were poorly informed about changes and cancellations to their
trips. Airlines in particular but also hotels, insurance providers, car hire companies and more were guilty of
not really seeming to understand their own processes and cancellation policies for
example."
Gareth Robinson went on, "We hope that this time around the companies will have
learned lessons from last year and will implement much clearer channels of
communication. Travellers and tourists deserve better service than they received in
2010's emergency and we expect providers to be better prepared for answering
people's questions and concerns about the volcanic ash cloud this time.”
The travel sector was recently criticised for its handling of the 2010 volcanic ash cloud emergency by consumer
journal Which? The magazine's report focused on the numbers of people around Europe
still waiting to receive refunds or compensation for cancellations during last
year's crisis.
In order to keep travellers informed of any changes to their travel and hire car arrangements, Carrentals.co.uk
wants people who have booked rental cars through their site to get in touch via the
Carrentals.co.uk help section.
Carrentals.co.uk is the leading car hire comparison site, comparing deals from up to
50 rental companies, including Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Holiday Autos and Sixt,
in over 15,000 locations worldwide.
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About Carrentals.co.uk
Carrentals.co.uk was launched in February 2003 and grew to become one of the UK's
leading online car hire companies by 2006.
In 2007 the company re-launched its site to create the first major online price
comparator in the travel industry. Using the latest technology the Carrentals.co.uk
site now searches up to 50 different car hire websites, providing an impartial
comparison of the best prices available in over 15,000 locations.
Websites searched include Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Ebookers, Hertz, Holiday
Autos, Opodo, Sixt and Thrifty, with the Carrentals.co.uk site quickly comparing
prices and allowing customers to refine their search by car type.
The Carrentals.co.uk site also features over 5,000 pages of travel information in a
mini-guide format.
In 2008 Carrentals.co.uk was voted Best Car Hire Website in the Travolution Awards,
and in 2010 it was Highly Commended in the Best Meta-search/Price Comparison
category. To book or for further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk
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