Car hire website polls people’s views on service stations and finds a few surprising views on show
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7 July 2009 – School holidays are on the horizon and tourists are making for the roads meaning visits to motorway service stations. Carrentals.co.uk, the leading car hire comparator, has surveyed people and found that 1 in 6 drivers think about having a service station romantic encounter and that 1 in 20 say they have previously had one.
• 1 in 6 people have considered an illicit affair in motorway services and 1 in 20 have actually had one
• Midlands and North West services home to most assignations
• 6 in 10 say prices are too high and toilets are too dirty
• More than half increase spending if kids are present
The car hire price comparison site surveyed more than 2,300 drivers to get a feel for people’s views on UK services. High food and drink prices and unclean toilets featured prominently but many people also said that motorway service stations are a good place for an illicit meeting.
The commonest places for these trysts were revealed to be the North West and the Midlands, with London and the South East coming next. People aged 36 to 45 were the most likely to engage in the practice.
Gareth Robinson, managing director of car hire expert Carrentals.co.uk, said: “We know that price is often a factor for people when thinking of motorway service, but we didn’t think that the amount of people confessing to affairs would be this high.”
60% of people surveyed consider food and drinks to be overpriced at a services and 1 in 5 said that toilets are unhygienic and unclean. Many folk also consider food sold there to be of poor quality.
Over one half of people said that they generally spend between £26 and £50 on a trip to a service station while if their kids are with them they will spend more. Women spend more than men on the kids.
Gareth Robinson continued: “Lots of people will take breaks in the UK this year so the demand on the roadside services will be higher. That said it’s worth buying your food and drinks before you go to avoid being ripped off.”
Carrentals.co.uk compares car hire deals from as many as 35 leading hire providers, including Alamo, Holiday Autos, Sixt and Thrifty in over 9,000 locations worldwide. For more detail see 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 35 different car hire websites, providing an impartial comparison of the best prices available in over 9,000 locations.
Websites searched include Alamo, Budget, EasyCar, 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. To book or for further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk
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