{"id":792,"date":"2011-02-02T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=792"},"modified":"2011-02-02T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T00:30:00","slug":"big-spike-in-interest-in-european-self-drive-leasing-progam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2011\/02\/big-spike-in-interest-in-european-self-drive-leasing-progam\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG SPIKE IN INTEREST IN EUROPEAN SELF-DRIVE LEASING PROGAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/TToaJ1gLYxI\/AAAAAAAAMhE\/FBkPEFbN_SM\/s400\/Renault%20Laguna%20Coupe%20rsz-713786.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"302\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/TToaJ1gLYxI\/AAAAAAAAMhE\/FBkPEFbN_SM\/s400\/Renault%20Laguna%20Coupe%20rsz-713786.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Australians keen to enjoy the freedom of self-drive holidaying in Europe are discovering that leasing a brand-new vehicle direct from the factory can bring huge cost savings and bonus onboard facilities when compared with often base-model rental cars that can have thousands of kilometres on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Managing Director Australia for Renault Eurodrive, Paul Hodges says there&#8217;s been a significant spike in recent years in car leasing, with customers able to order the exact model of vehicle they want, rather than having to take what&#8217;s available at the time in the rental yard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In many cases we&#8217;re able to offer higher standard vehicles with such extras as parking sensors, cruise control, possibly sunroofs, luxury specifications \u2013 and 37 of our 44 models of 5-Star Safety Rated vehicles, from compacts through mid-size, family-size, luxury and people-movers, come with GPS at no extra cost\u2026 built-in, not as portable units,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And specifically you&#8217;ve a new-car with new-car warranty, full vehicle insurance with no excess \u2013 a major benefit in Europe where excess can be over 1000-Euros for a small accident irrespective of who is at fault \u2013 plus our lease vehicles are Tax Free, compared with others that in some countries carry a 19.6% Sales Tax component.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you pay in Australian dollars before leaving home, only out-of-pockets\u00a0 are fuel and tolls, we&#8217;ve 33 European collection and return depots, free 24-hour roadside service, and your new car is backed by 17,000 European Renault dealers. Its ideal for those holidaying from 3-weeks to 6-months and our Earlybird Sale is on until 31 March for deliveries to 31 December 2011.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Details: travel agents, toll-free 1300 55 11 60 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renaulteurodrive.com.au\/\">www.renaulteurodrive.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline; visibility: hidden;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australians keen to enjoy the freedom of self-drive holidaying in Europe are discovering that leasing a brand-new vehicle direct from the factory can bring huge cost savings and bonus onboard facilities when compared with often base-model rental cars that can have thousands of kilometres on the clock. Managing Director Australia for Renault Eurodrive, Paul Hodges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}