Carrentals.co.uk Ranked Highly Commended at This Year's Travolution Awards 2010

Popular car hire comparison website comes in 'highly commended' in travel and tourism industry award ceremony.

2010-10-03

SURREY, ENGLAND, October 03, 2010 (Press-News.org) Carrentals.co.uk, the well-liked vehicle rental comparison site, has placed highly in Travolution Awards 2010 this week. The website was ranked as Highly Commended in the category of Best Meta-search/Price Comparison in the ceremony at The Boiler House, Battersea Power Station, London.

The awards were voted on by a selection of independent judges from the travel industry and awards were given out having judged on factors including innovation, growth and customer service. Carrentals.co.uk achieved 'Highly Commended' status in the price comparator category, and the website is staying committed to helping people enjoy cheap car hire deals from up to 50 top name car hire suppliers in over 9,000 places around the world.

Gareth Robinson, Managing Director of Carrentals.co.uk, comments: "We are pleased as punch with this accolade of course and it's a great tribute to the work we do in getting people the best value for money deals around on their holiday car hire."

"Our hit rates and user numbers have risen markedly over the past year and it is our intention to press ahead now and continue to be the best place to go online to get hold of the very best car hire deals by comparing prices from all the industry's leading providers."

Carrentals.co.uk compares car hire deals from brands including Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Holiday Autos and Sixt. For further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk.

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 9,000 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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