{"id":173,"date":"2008-07-29T18:18:28","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T17:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=173"},"modified":"2008-07-28T21:20:40","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T20:20:40","slug":"ever-thought-of-hiring-a-van-from-a-main-dealer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/173","title":{"rendered":"Ever Thought of Hiring A Van from A Main Dealer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/Birmingham\" target=\"_self\">Birmingham<\/a> branch of well-known commercial vehicle dealer Chatfields has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghampost.net\/birmingham-business\/birmingham-business-news\/automotive-business\/2008\/07\/27\/chatfields-becomes-first-in-midlands-to-offer-ldv-s-van-rental-service-65233-21415707\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that it will begin offering a van and minibus hire service using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldv.com\/gb\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">LDV Maxus vans<\/a>, which it also sells.<\/p>\n<p>This reminded me that there are quite a few main dealers who also offer a hire service. In fact, I&#8217;ve used several in the past and they have often been quite convenient and competitively priced.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of service is usually provided by particular dealers, rather than the manufacturers themselves &#8211; so availability in different locations can vary widely. However, if you have exhausted all other options and not been able to find a suitable hire van for your needs, it&#8217;s always worth a try, especially if you have a big commercial dealer near to you.<\/p>\n<p>You can find location details for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chatfields.co.uk\/Dealers\/DealerDetails.aspx?DealerID=661\" target=\"_blank\">Chatfields&#8217; Birmingham branch here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham-based commercial vehicle dealer Chatfields has announced that it will begin offering a van hire service using LDV Maxus vans, which it also sells. This reminded me that there are quite a few main dealers who also offer a hire service. In fact, I&#8217;ve used several in the past and they have often been quite convenient and competitively priced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[19,353,212,354,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}