Comparator Carrentals.co.uk Awarded Commendation at Travolution Awards 2010

October 4, 2010 – Carrentals.co.uk, the popular car hire comparison website, has been awarded Highly Commended status in the category of Best Meta-search/Price Comparison category at the Travolution Awards 2010 this week. The ceremony was hosted at The Boiler House, Battersea Power Station, London.

The various accolades were decided upon by a panel of independent travel industry experts and the awards were based on factors like innovation, growth and customer service. The Carrentals.co.uk service achieved the rank of 'Highly Commended' among the price comparators, and Carrentals.co.uk remains committed to offering people a top class comparison service of deals from up to 50 leading car hire suppliers in more than 9,000 global destinations.

Gareth Robinson, Managing Director of Carrentals.co.uk, says: "We are naturally delighted to have received such a recommendation from this heavyweight awards ceremony, it's testimony to the great work we do getting people great deals on a simple to use site."

"We've been experiencing more users than ever in the past year so from here we intend to kick on and keep improving the customer experience on our site and want to remain people's favourite place to go online to get great value car hire."

Carrentals.co.uk compares rental car deals from brands including Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Holiday Autos and Sixt. For further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk.

About Carrentals.co.uk
Carrentals.co.uk was launched in February 2003 and grew to become one of the UK's leading online car hire companies by 2006.

In 2007 the company re-launched its site to create the first major online price comparator in the travel industry. Using the latest technology the Carrentals.co.uk site now searches up to 50 different car hire websites, providing an impartial comparison of the best prices available in over 9,000 locations.

Websites searched include Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Ebookers, Hertz, Holiday Autos, Opodo, Sixt and Thrifty, with the Carrentals.co.uk site quickly comparing prices and allowing customers to refine their search by car type.

The Carrentals.co.uk site also features over 5,000 pages of travel information in a mini-guide format.

In 2008 Carrentals.co.uk was voted Best Car Hire Website in the Travolution Awards, and in 2010 it was Highly Commended in the Best Meta-search/Price Comparison category. To book or for further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk.

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