This Friday is Burn’s Night – a time for celebrating the great poet that was Robert Burns! So to do this, Carrentals has launched a competition and are giving away an Overnight Scottish Escape for two.   What do you need to do? All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is ‘Like’ our Facebook page (if you haven’t already!), answer a ridiculously easy question and then share the Carrentals Facebook Competition page with all your friends and family – the more of your friends and family that ‘Like’ our page too, the more entries you get!!   Enter by clicking the image below:   The Prize There’s a few things you need to know about the prize. Firstly, the prize is a Scottish Escape with breakfast included for two people for one night only.  Secondly, please remember that the winner must make their own travel arrangements to the Read more…

We’ve just launched our first competition of 2013 so don’t miss your chance to win some fantastic prizes… It’s that time of year – we’ve spent all our pennies on Christmas presents and celebrating the New Year so what could be better than £25 of Amazon Vouchers in your back pocket – and what’s even better is that we’re running this competition with a daily prize draw, so if you enter every day, you will have 7 chances of winning… not bad eh?!   How can you enter? All you have to do is CLICK HERE, ‘Like’ our Facebook page and tell all your friends about Carrentals and their most recent competition!   Terms and Conditions Don’t forget that you must be 18 years or older to be able to enter this competition, but if you are, the competition is open to anyone, anywhere! You can only enter once, however you will be entitled to Read more…

So it’s the end of yet another year. Can you believe that 2012 has finished already? And that it’s 2013? We’re living in the future! 2013. It just doesn’t sound right, does it? Anyway…   As the last echoes of Auld Lang Syne echo ring out across the country, thoughts turn to everyone’s new years’ resolutions (well, after we’ve all dealt with our New Years Day hangover, at least). There are the same ol’ boring ones about packing up smoking and going to the gym and all that, but no one wants to hear about those! So why not set yourself some interesting resolutions? What have you always wanted to do? Where have you always wanted to go? Not sure? Don’t worry, maybe you can borrow one of our suggestions…   Discover the UK! Never forget that you live in one of the most varied, interesting and beautiful countries in the world. Before you book Read more…

It’s Christmas. You may have noticed by now… All that annoying music in shops, those terrible festive specials on TV and the fact that your bank balance is a quarter of what it normally is. Great! But Christmas is a top time all in all, isn’t it? Beautiful food, time off work, family you’ve not seen for a while – nice. But this time of the year doesn’t come without its pitfalls too. Especially on the roads. They’re icier, full of irate people rushing about and all sorts. So if you want to stay safe and make it to the Christmas table in one piece, you might like to follow a few of our handy lil’ tips:   Secure your tree! Source If you’re driving out to get a big ol’ Christmas tree for your living room and you’re taking it home yourself, for Santa’s sake tie it down properly. A seven foot pine tree Read more…

If you ask anyone what they would spend their money on if they were to win the lottery, chances are they’d say things like ‘I’d buy a house’, ‘I’d help my friends and family out’, ‘I’d get a ridiculous new car’. And all but the most zealous xenophobics would add ‘I’d go around the world’ to that list.   Visiting far-flung places can be a bit of a pipe dream for most of us, though. Something we’d love to do if we had the money, but it’s out of our league. Well, despite what we think, that’s not necessarily the case. With a bit of forethought, planning and a few tips from your travel expert pals here at Carrentals, you can travel the globe for a lot less than you think. And here’s how…   There’s no rush – take your time Direct flights to far-flung places are expensive. Cut your journey into sections to Read more…

‘Look at that woman’s shoes… Tch, bet she’s got plenty of bloke’s numbers in her phone, eh?!’ ‘And that bloke over there – check out his awful Christmas tie. Blimey. What a ‘character’!’   We can’t help it, but we’re constantly judging other people based on the daftest things. Usually their clothes or accessories. We shouldn’t feel too guilty about it though, it’s human nature. We’re hardwired to form snapshot opinions on things and people. It’s a survival thing. And quite a lot of the time, we’re right with our judgements. Sure, that lady’s husband could have bought her those stilettoes and that chap might have spilled coffee on his ‘other’ tie, but most of time, we’re pretty good at working people out.   It’s not just clothes that suggest our personalities, though. All sorts of others things do too. Take our luggage for instance. There’s plenty to be deduced from someone’s suitcase. Well, we Read more…

More and more people are trekking off on their holidays alone nowadays. But ‘alone’ doesn’t have to mean ‘lonely’. Just because you’re not heading off with pals or family, that’s not to say that you have to spend all your time forlornly staring into the sea, glumly sipping a Tequila Sunrise by yourself. You can meet and hang around with other people. Other groups, other travellers moving about by themselves. Locals even. But unless you’re naturally an extremely gregarious and sociable person, it can feel a little strange. So to help you out, we come up with 21 ice breakers that are guaranteed to, er, break the ice. And here they are:   ‘What’s the best food you’ve eaten here?’ Everyone loves grub. Plus you will need to know where’s nice to eat.   The weather – Always reliable!   ‘Would you like a drink?’ Who wouldn’t respond favourably to that, eh? Well, a recovering Read more…

Where can you sample the very best in Christmas atmosphere? Do you wait for the big day itself and enjoy it at home with the family? Do you go into town on Christmas Eve with the other shoppers and take it all in? Do you queue up for the big man at the local shopping centre with the little ‘uns? All great ideas. You’ll definitely be in the festive spirit in no time. But for us, the true feeling of Christmas is never so strong as when you’re at a Christmas market nosing around for pressies. Mulled wines, chilly evening sir, stalls of great gift ideas – they’re unbeatable. And there are plenty about the place too. Here are the five of the very best on the continent. They’re so Christmassy they’d show Father Christmas up. Enjoy!   Christmas in Cologne Source The Germans are the kings of Christmas. Most of the modern traditions we Read more…