{"id":175,"date":"2008-08-01T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2011-07-13T20:46:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T20:46:29","slug":"europcar-adds-50-more-luton-tail-lift-vans-thanks-to-credit-crunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/175","title":{"rendered":"Europcar Adds 50% More Luton Tail Lift Vans &#8211; Thanks to Credit Crunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Car and van rental giant <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/clkuk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p=118514&amp;a=1985508&amp;g=19239584&amp;epi=blog\" target=\"_blank\">Europcar<\/a> has increased the number of Luton tail lift vans it has available by 50%. Tail lifts are invaluable when loading and unloading heavy objects and often enable the driver to manage single-handedly and avoid any heavy lifting.<\/p>\n<p>The new vans are the result of a 15% increase in consumer van rental seen by Europcar over the last year. Hiring a van for DIY moves or deliveries and collections is a popular way to save money and Europcar Marketing Director Catriona Lougher is convinced that the credit crunch is responsible for the increased popularity of van hire:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">With the slowdown in the economy, homeowners need to watch their pockets.\u00a0 The increase in van rentals certainly seems to indicate a savvy attitude to this slowdown &#8230; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> Renting a van for a few hours is often far more cost-effective than having items delivered and with the popularity of sales on auction sites, it\u2019s a great way to transport a \u2018bargain\u2019 home.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Europcar is one of the largest van hire companies in the UK, with a combined fleet of more than 6,000 hire vans across 250 UK locations. Click <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/clkuk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p=118514&amp;a=1985508&amp;g=19239584&amp;epi=blog\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to find your nearest rental location and get an online quote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europcar have increased by 50% the number of Luton tail lift vans in their UK van rental fleet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[357,63,18,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"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=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}