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My wife and I are going to the Chaiyaphum area (Thailand) to visit her family for 3 weeks at Christmas. I intend to hire a pickup in Khon Kaen for the duration of the holiday. What insurance and CDW do...
My Brother is working in Canada and has purchased a flat in this country. He will be able to take two 3-week holidays every year. He is considering purchasing a vehicle rather than hiring one as he feels...
I would appreciate your thoughts. Just returned from hols in Menorca where I rented a Corsa for 5 days. I only had to show my plastic card type UK driving licence to the hire company and was not asked...
I have some work in Poland next summer. My wife and I are considering driving there so that we might spend a week or two touring after the work is finished. However, I read in the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness...
I have recently returned from a holiday in France and found that many filling stations (especially Shell and Elf) are now selling Sans Plomb 95 - E10 fuel in place of the normal Sans Plomb 95. I believe...
I read your letter from P.V., Trowbridge with renewed hope. We were sent a ticket by the Pisa Municipale well after a year had passed since we were there. A friend's daughter helped us write a letter to...
In May 2008 I was on holiday in Florence Italy and hired a motor car from Avis. I picked up the car in Florence and before leaving the depot asked Avis staff for directions to Sienna. Some 6 months later...
We own a property on Formentera, which is a small Spanish owned Island near to Ibiza. We pay Spanish local property tax (IBI) and for refuse collection in the same way Spanish residents pay their local...
We will be hiring a car for 10 days in July in France. Is it worthwhile buying an annual Collision Damage Waiver policy and do you recommend one?
I very much enjoy your column. I am a retired Superintendent from the Hong Kong Police. My last 5 years service was spent in charge of a large traffic police unit covering half the territory. Having come...