{"id":3828,"date":"2012-10-12T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T10:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2012-10-12T10:10:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T10:10:53","slug":"europcar-adds-van-hire-at-major-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3828","title":{"rendered":"Europcar Adds Van Hire At Major Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Europcar van hire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/europcar-van-hire-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Europcar van hire\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Europcar van hire is now available from the company&#8217;s branches at five major UK airport &#8212; Heathrow, Stansted, Newcastle, Luton and Birmingham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision to add airport locations to the Europcar Van network has been prompted by an increasing demand from both businesses and leisure customers for vans at these key commercial hubs.\u00a0 It also reflects the growth in logistics business originating from airports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last year we have seen significant growth in van rental by logistics companies\u201d, explained Ken McCall, Managing Director, Europcar UK Group.\u00a0 \u201cWe believe this is largely due to the huge upturn in online and home shopping over the last year or so.\u00a0 But we think it\u2019s also attributable to the fact that logistics companies want the flexibility of van rental \u2013 rather than ownership \u2013 so that costs are matched to demand. In addition, these new airport locations increase accessibility of vans for our leisure customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Europcar Vans are now available at the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-heathrow-airport\">Heathrow Airport<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/luton-airport\">Luton Airport<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-stansted-airport\">Stansted Airport<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/birmingham-international-airport\">Birmingham Airport<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/newcastle-airport\">Newcastle Airport<\/a> locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is all about choice\u201d, added Ken McCall.\u00a0 \u201cWe know that there a number of businesses operating in and around these airport locations.\u00a0 Therefore, by adding vans to our fleet at those branches, we are simply giving these businesses the same range of choice as organisations operating down-town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also understand that consumers want easy access to hire vans, which is why opening at these airport locations, with their extended opening hours and easy transport links, is a perfect fit for our customers\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All Europcar vehicles are less than twelve months old, making it the youngest van fleet in the country. The vans are also fully maintained to manufacturer standards, ensuring they run efficiently and Europcar\u2019s corporate customers benefit from a fleet they can rely on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europcar van hire is now available at London Heathrow and Stanstead Airports, Luton Airport, Newcastle Airport and Birmingham Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[1582,1954,63,521,1580,1581,1495,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828"}],"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=3828"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3843,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions\/3843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}