Hi there,
We’re headed to the Cotswolds from London for the upcoming bank holiday. I was looking into Zipcar but can see that the Cotswolds is slightly above the 60 miles included in the car. Does it make sense renting a car at that point for the weekend vs a Zipcar in and out?
Appreciate if anyone has done anything that helps reaching the area!
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For longer trips I've tended to use Hiyacar. The platform allows people to offer their cars for short term rental - but Hiyacar have their own fleet of cars offered too, I always just use theirs. You unlock via the Mobile App, same as Zipcar. Main plus is their cars have 200 miles / day allowance. Note that you have to pay for petrol yourself, unlike Zipcar.
We did a trip up to the Peak District in one last year, worked out perfectly.
Similar to Hiyacar: Turo,p and Getaround. All three are worth a look although their prices have gone up a lot compared to a few years ago.
You'll struggle to book anything but a van from Zipcar now. Even on a normal weekend it's difficult to get a car for a full day with a week's notice, and bank holidays get booked up way in advance.
Regular car hire companies will be cheaper for multi-day trips most of the time anyway. Zipcar's pricing is meant to encourage shorter trips.
compare the cost to a normal hire company eg avis, hertz etc
I would stay away from either hiring a car or the A/M40 over Easter.
Is Zip worth it? Always looked expensive to me. Enterprise will do you a c class car for 250 Friday to Monday next weekend.
You don't need a car, the bus service is cheap and pretty reliable.
Bus service? In the cotswold? Ha bloody ha. Good one.
Google "cotswolds without a car", many resources to help you plan your trip. It's brillant, less stressful and costed me around £4 per day in transport.
lol