@capetonianm – “I agree that the problem is not with the brokers”, – perhaps there should be accountability by the brokers (who no doubt earn a commission) for the firms they promote/recommend on their websites
Some of the consolidator sites publish ‘ratings’ and reviews for the providers, but I suspect that those ratings are highly subjective.
After my spat with Easirent I wrote to AutoEurope and the BVRLA and suggested that the company be removed from as many sites as possible, needless to say they are still there, no doubt conning and bullying people as before.
Used once in the dim distant past at Stansted … at that time with an office (?!!! – a table) in the lobby of the Hilton hotel, with one employee for at least 7 hirers arriving on the shuttle bus at the same time. Never again. Rudeness, over an hour’s wait before starting the hiring process, a hard push for upgraded insurance, an under-performing car and on the return, had to pay for the shuttle bus to return to the terminal for my flight (or take a taxi).
Once bitten, twice shy doesn’t even come near it. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE. The lead-in price should give you a big hint of what’s in store …. trouble, green and very limited motion.
