The official end of summer has brought with it some fantastic weather in the UK and a great bag of new car hire deals from car rental broker Holiday Autos.

Take a look at this great new offer on car hire in France:

• Up to 25% off France car hire at all locations (based on 7 day rentals). Valid for new bookings made before 30 September 09 for rentals between 1 Oct 09 & 17 December 09. Offer excludes 24 October 09 – 15 November 09.

These great current offers are still running, too:

• Up to 30% off Greece car hire at selected destinations across Crete and Rhodes (Based on 7 day rentals). Valid for new bookings made before 31 Oct 09 with pick-ups from 01/09/09 to 31/10/09.
• Up to 25% off Germany car hire at selected locations (based on 7 day rentals). Valid for new bookings made before 30 Sept 09 with pick-ups from 01/09/09 to 30/09/09.
• 15% off Qatar car hire at all locations (based on 7 day rentals). Valid for new bookings made before 30 Sept 09 with pick-ups from 01/09/09 to 30/09/09.
• 10% off Israel car hire at all locations (based on 7 day rentals). Valid for new bookings made before 30 Sept 09 with pick-ups from 01/09/09 to 30/09/09.

Heading for the Caribbean? Check out these great deals:

• Up to 50% off all Puerto Rico locations on selected vehicles. Valid for bookings between 19/08/09 & 31/10/09 with pick-ups from 01/09/09 to 31/10/09.
• Up to 20% off all Martinique locations on selected vehicles. Valid for bookings from 19/08/09 to 31/10/09 with pick-ups from 01/09/09 to 31/10/09.
• Up to 20% off all Guadeloupe locations on selected vehicles. Valid for bookings from 14/08/09 to 10/10/09 with pick-ups from 01/09/09 to 31/10/09.
• Up to 15% off all Jamaica locations on selected vehicles. Valid for bookings from  14/08/09 to 31/10/09 with pick-ups from 01/09/09 to 31/10/09.

Well-known car rental firm Sixt is offering some attractive car hire deals at the moment, including:

Sweden Car Hire

• Rent a BMW 1-Series in from just £325 per week

Argentina Car Hire

• Hire a Chevrolet Corsa from just £205 per week

UK Car Hire

• Hire a VW Polo from just £17 per day (based on 21-day hire)
• Hire a Ford Mondeo from just £52 per day

Click here to visit Sixt Rent-A-Car

Leading car hire broker Holiday Autos is running some cracking special offers this July, including car hire offers in Cypris, the UAE, Romania, Poland, Egypt and the USA.

Remember, booking with Holiday Autos offers big benefits:

• Great Low Rates
• Fully Inclusive Pricing
• More than 5,000 locations
• 24 hour helpline

Here are the best of July’s offers – for full details of all current Holiday Autos offers, click here.

Up to 40% off Cyprus car hire - this offer is back! Applies to bookings before 31 July for pick ups between 16 July and 31 October 09. Click here for more details!

New: 20% off Cyprus car hire this WINTER – this offer applies to all cars and locations and rental durations for bookings by 10 August and rentals between 1 Nov 09 and 31 March 2010

Up to 40% off UAE car hire - applies to bookings before 31 August for pick ups until 30 September 09. Click here for more details!

Up to 10% off car hire in Romania - applies to bookings before 31 July for pick ups until 31 October 09. Click here for more details!

Up to 10% off car hire in Poland - applies to bookings before 31 July and for pick ups until 31 October 09. Click here for more details!

Up to 10% off car hire in Egypt – applies to bookings before 31 July and for pick ups until 31 October 09. Click here for more details!

Up to 5% off car hire in Florida & California - applies to bookings before 14 August and for pick-ups until 31 August and includes Boston and Las Vegas. Click here for more details!

Holiday Autos is running a cracking new deal offering up to 40% off car hire in the UAE (United Arab Emirates).

This offer includes car hire in Dubai and all other UAE locations.

All models of cars are included.

Offer valid on bookings made before 31st August 2009 with pickups before 30th Spetember 2009. Click here to get started:

My wife and I realised recently that we have hardly seen any of the UK – compared to the time, effort and money we have spent travelling around Europe.

I suspect that many of you might find the same thing. The UK automatically gets tarred with the “boring, bad weather” brush and we all head off to France and Italy.

A recent family trip to the Yorkshire Dales forced me to reconsider that attitude and car rental giant Avis is obviously of the same mind. It has just launched ‘Weekend Inspiration’ – a special offer aimed at encouraging people to hire a car for the weekend in the UK.

It’s a great way of making a weekend away a little more special (perhaps even romantic…) – not to mention saving you having to worry about your old car making it in one piece.

The best bit is the price - from just £15 per day*.

These deals are available at Avis branches all over the UK – to find out more and get an instant quote, just click here.

*Price based on economy car hire for three day weekend rental in June. Subject to T&Cs.

It’s that time again – here are the latest car hire discounts from Holiday Autos. There are special deals running for a range of countries and timeframes so there is sure to be something for you.

Just click on the Holiday Autos banners to get started!

Holiday Autos Discounts

• Save up to 10% on Eastern Europe car hire. Offer applies to bookings in Poland and Romania made in July 09 for rentals until 31 October 2009

• Save up to 10% on Egypt car hire. Offer applies to bookings made in July 09 for rentals until 31 October 2009.

• Save up to 5% off all Florida and California car hire, book by 14th Aug 09 for rentals 31 Aug 09 (offer also applies to Boston and Las Vegas)

Don’t forget this month’s offers – still running until 30th June:

• Up to 40% off car hire in Cyprus – valid on bookings before 30 June, pick ups until end of October 09 (excluding 01/07-15/07/09)

• Up to 15% off car hire in Guernsey for bookings before 30 June with pick-ups between 01 May & 30 June

• 10% off USA car hire – bookings until 30 June 2009 for rentals until 31 March 2010 (excluding Florida and California)

Another week, another set of car hire offers from Sixt. This time round it’s Cyprus, South Africa and the UK that are benefiting. Here are the details:

South Africa Car Hire

Rent a Vauxhall Corsa from just £94 per week.

Cyprus Car Hire

Rent a Daihatsu Cuore from just £110 per week.

UK Weekend Car Hire Special!

Hire a Mercedes-Benz C-Class from just £227 from midday on Friday until 9am Monday.

Perfect for a romantic weekend away or a special occasion such as a wedding or important birthday.

Sixt are also offering a special daily rate on C-Class Mercedes – from just £69 per day.

(Don’t confuse the current C-Class with the older, more basic model from the 90s. These new Mercedes are superb to drive and extremely luxurious – the kind of car that makes you wonder why people bother with anything bigger.)

Hertz car hire is currently offering a 15% discount on prepaid car hire for periods of one week. This offer is valid for rentals with bookings and pickups between 10th June and 30th June 2009:

There are a few terms and conditions, of course:

Offer applies to online prepaid weekly reservations made between 10th June and 30th June for rentals picked up between 10th June 2009 and 30th June 2009.

To Qualify rentals must be made for a minimum of 5 days and include a Saturday night .

Offer is available for destination, UK , Spain , Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands and Belgium.

Offer applicable on all car groups except Prestige, Fun and Green collections and is subject to availability.

Standard blackout periods apply.

This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts, offers or promotions.

Discount applies to all mandatory rental costs excluding taxes, fees, surcharges and optional extras such as child seats, additional drivers and fuel which are charged at normal rates.

Offer subject to change without notice and may be withdrawn at any time

All car rentals are subject to Hertz terms and conditions.

Car hire giant Alamo is currently running a great deal on USA car hire:

Rent a car for 7 days and only pay for 5

This amazing deal is only valid for a limited time so if you are planning a trip to the US, I would suggest visiting Alamo’s website now for an instant USA car rental quote.

Click here to visit Alamo’s website now.

If you are planning a trip to the USA and would like to try driving something a little more green than usual, why not take a look at Budget Rent A Car’s fleet of hybrids?

Budget now has hybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius available at most of its US locations at extremely competitive rates.

You can book hybrids online in just the same way as normal – click here to visit Budget.com for an instant quote.