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Article: Halt the car rental scams Unauthorised debits to credit cards are widespread and difficult to avoid. The industry needs to clean up its act, says Liz Dolan
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- May 21, 2006
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Car rental firms are set to reap dividends this summer from the
British love affair with cheap flights, villa holidays and second
homes abroad.
But more car rentals will inevitably mean more headaches as
tourists count the cost of the hidden extras and opportunistic
charges for which the industry has become infamous.
One of the principal weaknesses in the process of hiring a car is
that it cannot be done without credit card details being handed over.
Rental companies insist that this is the only way they can be certain
of recovering money for damage or theft. However, it also leaves
customers vulnerable to unauthorised withdrawals that they may not
discover until weeks - or even months - ...