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If you need to hire a van between now and Christmas, we’d strongly suggest booking as soon as possible to avoid missing out — or having to pay a higher rate than usual.<\/p>\nIf you need to hire a van between now and Christmas, we’d strongly suggest booking as soon as possible to avoid missing out — or having to pay a higher rate than usual.<\/p>\n
What’s the problem?<\/strong><\/p>\n In the run-up to Christmas, parcel delivery firms, couriers and\u00a0much of the transport\u00a0and retail industry needs more vans than usual, to meet the massive surge in demand associated with Christmas shopping patterns and home delivery.<\/p>\n Many of these extra vans come from daily van hire companies such as Europcar, Hertz and Thrifty, meaning that\u00a0if you need to\u00a0rent a van at short notice, you may find you cannot get what you need locally.<\/p>\n Here at vanrental.co.uk, we supply live prices from National<\/strong>, Europcar<\/strong>, Thrifty<\/strong>, Hertz<\/strong>, Sixt<\/strong> and Argus\u00a0Car Rentals<\/strong> — and we’ve noticed a serious drop in quote availability over the last couple of weeks,\u00a0along with a rise in certain\u00a0rental rates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Don’t leave it\u00a0too late!<\/strong><\/p>\n Van hire bookings are almost always made at the last minute: a large proportion of the bookings made through vanrental.co.uk are for hires that take place the same week, often the next day.<\/p>\n Normally\u00a0this is fine, but as Christmas approaches\u00a0leaving your booking to the last minute is a big gamble:\u00a0our advice is to book as soon as\u00a0possible to avoid disappointment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Remember, our unique van hire search engine allows you to see live quotes from most of the UK’s biggest van hire companies: <\/strong><\/em>we don’t add anything to these prices,\u00a0and your booking is made\u00a0directly\u00a0<\/em>with the company concerned.<\/strong><\/p>\n