We're giving away £50 this Christmas

Well it makes perfect sense to us.  We've brainstormed it and cogitated upon it and here at Great Escape Classic Car Hire we've agreed that giving away £50 to all of our customers for 7 days is the right and proper thing to do.  So we are.
From now until Christmas Eve when you spend £150 or more with us we'll pay the first £50 of your bill.  No strings, no catches.  So when you buy a Christmas gift package from us for £150 you'll only pay £100.  Frankly, it's free money.

This special offer is our best ever deal and applies to any purchase made online or by phone before 5pm on 24th December 2012.  It covers every Christmas gift experience and package available to buy through our online gift shop including driving days, rallies, gift experiences and classic car hire vouchers.  There are no catches - you pay the special reduced price but get the same product.
Great Escape Classic Car Hire has a fleet of over 60 classic, sports and supercars for hire across the UK including everything from classic Morris Minors to modern Aston Martins and Ferraris.  The cars are available to hire from 10 locations including large sites in Devon, Cotswolds and Yorkshire.
You can find out more and claim your £50 discount code by visiting http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk or call 01527 893733. Offer ends 24th December 2012 at 5pm.

The Christmas gift that goes on giving

Driving a classic car is, for many, the stuff that dreams are made of.  It's all about making a memory and it's one that lasts.  If you've done the bottles of whisky, hampers, woolly jumpers and socks then make this year really special with a classic car gift experience.
Unlike super car driving days that involving queuing up on a windswept airfield for 5 minutes in a tired Lamborghini a classic car gift experience puts you in control.  You can choose to buy a voucher that puts them behind the wheel of their dream car for 24 hrs, giving them the freedom to take it wherever they want on any road they choose.  Or you can buy them a seat on a driving tour where they will sample at least 5 different cars, enjoy great scenery and the company of like-minded enthusiasts.  All for the price of a super car driving day.

Great Escape Classic Car Hire has the widest choice of classic cars available to hire anywhere in the UK.  Starting from one of our 9 pick up locations - including Devon, Cotswolds and Yorkshire - you can choose virtually any classic car from a Morris Minor to an Aston Martin, with prices starting from just £95 for 24 hrs hire.  Great Escape offers several different ways to buy a voucher too - you can buy a voucher for a specific price band of car and let the recipient choose the car and dates they want, or select a specific car and leave them to decide when they want to hire it.  With several examples of the most popular cars based around the countryside, you don't even have to travel far to start your experience.

Great Escape also offers a range of classic car gift experiences and packages, including its popular classic car driving tours that operate from its sites in Cotswolds and Yorkshire.  For just £199 you can get behind the wheel of several different classic cars during a day of driving over 100 miles around the beautiful local countryside.
The full range of Great Escape Classic Car Hire gift packages are available to buy online through Great Escape's gift shop or you can buy by phone by calling 01527 893733. During December Great Escape is offering 10% off all bookings - just use discount code '10' online or claim your discount by phone.

Save £99 on Jaguar E Type hire, 7 days only

For its busiest week of the year Great Escape Classic Car Hire is offering you its best ever deal.  We’ve lopped £99 off the price of our E Type convertible gift vouchers.  Now you can drive away the Jaguar that classic car fans drool over for just £250 (normal price £349). 

This offer is only available for 7 days until 17th December. When it’s gone, it’s gone.  You can book online using discount code etype99 or call  01527 893733 to redeem it.

For £250 you get the same full hire package as we normally offer.  That includes 24 hours use, 200 miles per day allowance, comprehensive insurance for 1 driver and full UK breakdown cover.  Your gift voucher is valid for 12 months and you can even choose the start date.  When you’re ready to drive, just call us and we’ll book you in.

You can also use this offer to book specific dates during 2013.  You can book online or call  01527 893733 to book by phone.

We have three Jaguar E Type convertibles for hire from our sites in Devon (near Exeter), Yorkshire (Harrogate) and the Cotswolds (near Stratford).  Each car is fitted with the classic V12 5.3 litre engine matched to a manual gearbox – perfect for cruising the idyllic countryside on the doorstep of each of our sites.  To view our E Type convertible fleet click on Classic Cars at the top of the page and follow the links. Your discount E Type gift voucher will be valid to use against any of these 3 cars.

To grab your E Type convertible bargain for just £250 call  01527 893733or buy a voucher online.  Just use discount code etype99.

If you don’t fancy our E Type offer or you’ve already driven one, we have a lot more Christmas gift ideas.  As well as hire of our fleet of 60 classic cars we also offer driving day experiences and gift packages.  To visit our online shop, click here. (link to Shop page).  We’re offering 10% off the rest of our range until 25th December.  To grab your saving just use discount code '10' online or call  01527 893733.  (10% not available to be used in conjunction with E Type offer).

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Our Christmas guarantee: one price, no hidden extras

We know that there are a multitude of ways in which online retailers try to bump up their margins.  They call them delivery charges, administration fees, booking fee, processing fee, any one of a number of fancy names.  We call them a rip off. Whatever you buy from Great Escape Classic Car Hire this Christmas we guarantee that the price you see advertised is the full price you pay.  And nothing more.

Our philosophy here at Great Escape Classic Car Hire is pretty simple.  We want you to enjoy what we enjoy, which is our classic cars.  We believe in honesty and fairness and hidden charges just don't fit into that approach.  We don't even charge card processing fees.  The only extra that appears anywhere on our price list is if you want to add additional drivers to your hire.  When you buy online the price you see already includes VAT and delivery where applicable.

When you choose to hire a classic car from us we make the package you get clear and transparent.  For each car we list the price, the location, the mileage allowance and the insurance excess.  We also include a Frequently Asked Questions page, full description of our Terms and Conditions (in normal, easy to read type size) and an explanation of our Insurance Excess and Insurance cover.  

"We charge one comprehensive price for each gift package and each car," explains Graham Eason of Great Escape.  "We think that is the fairest and most transparent way to work with customers.  

"It seems to have become standard practice online for retailers to advertise a low headline price and then bump up the cost through delivery charges, VAT and processing fees.  I don't see why our customers should pay extra for us to process their booking or book not knowing that the price excludes VAT.

"We not only advertise the full price you pay but we have also kept our prices the same for 24 continuous months.  So in real terms, the price now is cheaper than it's ever been."

Great Escape is the UK's largest and busiest classic car hire company with a fleet of 60 cars available to hire from 9 locations.  You can find out more by visiting http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk or call  01527 893733.   

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Christmas made easy for classic car fans (and their friends)

If you, or someone you know, loves classic cars then we may just created a soothing balm to your Christmas Gift Anxiety.  There are now four simple ways to put yourself (or, again, someone you love) in the driving seat of one of Great Escape's classic cars, which cover everything from a Morris Minor to an Aston Martin.
You no longer need to simply select a car and hire it for 24hrs, 48 hrs or longer.  While that option is still available, Great Escape Classic Car Hire has launched three other options.  Now you can buy a voucher for a particular price band of car - which gives the recipient access to any car up to and including that price band from any of Great Escape's 9 UK locations.  And they never need to know how much you spent.  Alternatively you can buy a gift voucher for a particular amount and leave them to choose how they spend it - they can use it to hire one car, two cars or top it up and hire a more expensive classic car.  It is completely flexible.
The final option is proving to be the most popular of Great Escape's Christmas gift ideas.  Through the company's new online shop you can choose from a range of classic car driving experiences, driving days and weekend packages.  Each one is fully explained on the site and can be bought online or by calling Great Escape six days a week on 01527 893733. Great Escape guarantees delivery by Christmas on all gifts purchased by Friday 21st December.  Buying driving experiences direct from Great Escape means that you avoid the middle man's mark up and get a much better value package as a result.
Great Escape Classic Car Hire gives you the largest choice of classic cars to hire from one source - the fleet includes over 60 cars available to hire from 9 UK locations including Devon, Cotswolds and Yorkshire.  Prices start at just £95 and are fully comprehensive - no hidden charges, no booking fees, no administration fees.  You just pay the price you see advertised.
You can find out more about Great Escape Classic Car Hire by visiting http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk call 01527 893733 or email info@greatescapecars.co.uk.

10% off Christmas Gift vouchers during December

Great Escape Classic Car Hire is offering 10% off the cost of hiring its complete fleet of classic cars across the UK. The discount only applies during December but covers all gift vouchers and bookings confirmed during the month.

The 10% discount applies to the complete cost of classic car hire, including any extra drivers, and can be used online or by phone. Great Escape is the only classic car hire company with a complete, secure online booking system for gift vouchers and car bookings - just use discount code '10' when prompted by the system. Alternatively call 01527 893733 to book securely by phone.

Great Escape operates the largest classic car hire fleet in the UK, covering classic and vintage cars from the 1950s to 2000s from a huge range of marques such as Jaguar, Jensen, Aston Martin, MGB, Morris, Triumph and Porsche.

In line with Great Escape's policy of transparency, there are no hidden charges when you book online or by phone - the price advertised includes VAT, insurance, breakdown cover, 24 hours use per day and in many cases unlimited mileage. Gift vouchers can be bought for individual cars, specific amounts or particular price bands of cars. All gift vouchers are valid for 12 months.

"We realise that times are still tough for people so we have decided to extend our Christmas discount," explains Graham Eason of Great Escape. "We haven't increased our prices since 2009 so this 10% discount means a real bargain on a complete package of classic car hire with no hidden costs."

To find out more visit http://www.greatescapecars.co.ukuk or call 01527 893733 for more details. Offer ends 25th December 2012.

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Make your gifts more flexible this Christmas

Great Escape Classic Car Hire has extended its range of Christmas gift vouchers with the introduction of a range of Price Band vouchers.  The new products offer more choice and flexibility, particularly if you're not sure which car the recipient will want to drive. 

The Great Escape price list works on a series of price bands into which every car fits.  Now you can buy a voucher for each price band, which means the recipient can choose any car up to and including the price band you pay for.  And they never need to know how much you paid.

There are 11 different price bands ranging from £95 t0 £549 and all points inbetween.  Great Escape has a fleet of over 70 cars, which means that within each price band there are several different cars, usually of varying types.  The cars are also based at 9 different UK locations, so wherever you are or wherever you'd like to go, the chances are that we have a car nearby.  

Every Great Escape Classic Car Hire gift voucher is valid for 12 months and you can even choose the start date to maximise the available time.  They are very simple to use - just choose a date, check availability using our online calendar (which is updated instantly with new hires) and get in touch.

The classic car hire gift vouchers are backed by our transparent, comprehensive hire package - which means there are no hidden charges.  Every hire day includes 24 hours use, insurance for 1 driver and full UK breakdown cover.  Plus most of our cars have unlimited mileage allowances.

"Our Price Band vouchers give the recipient the flexibility to choose the car and date, so if you're not sure which car they want or when they want to go, they solve the problem," explains Graham Eason of Great Escape.  "Prices start at just £95 and every voucher is valid for 12 months."

To find out more visit http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk or call  01527 893733 

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Don't let them sock it to you this Christmas

If you're a man (or woman) of a certain age then you'll know that Christmas gifts all too often seem to be about just one thing - socks.  Or maybe if you're lucky, something knitted.
To be fair to any gift-givers reading this, once you hit a certain age it's not an easy task finding something they might actually want.  Hence the socks.
Or is it.  In a quiet corner of the internet Great Escape Classic Car Hire has been beavering away creating some grown up gifts that we think grown up men and women actually want.  No, we don't mean fancy cufflinks or paperweights in the shape of Jaguar E Types.  Instead we've created a range of classic car experiences and gift vouchers that are the stuff, we think, of dreams.  For the price of a second hand XBox you could be sitting behind the wheel of a Jaguar E Type for 24 hours.  Or swap that woolly jumper and for the same money drive a Mazda MX5.

Alongside our standard classic car hire service we also offer a range of classic car rallies and gift experiences.  These include The E Type story, which lets you drive an E Type, XJS and XKR back to back over a weekend as well as more sedate adventures like our Antiques Roadtrip.  Our classic car rallies are increasingly popular - for just £199 you can get behind the wheel of 5 different classic cars on a 100 mile loop of some of our favourite roads around our Yorkshire and Cotswolds sites.  This price includes insurance, fuel and even lunch.
Our Christmas gift packages are only available direct from us.  So you don't pay an activity provider's mark up.  It also means we aren't inundated with people so we can keep everything personal and friendly.  You also get genuine value - a place on one of our rallies costs roughly the same as a supercar day from one of the major activity providers.  But instead of a few minutes on a track in a Lamborghini you get 7 full hours behind the wheels of a range of classic cars.
So if you fancy swapping the socks for a day in an E Type or any one of our 70 classic hire cars, send this story to someone you know.  And tell them if they book by Christmas they'll get 10% off.  That'll sock it to them.
For more details on our range of Christmas gift experiences for men and women visit http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk and visit our Online Shop.  Or call 01527 893733.

One day, 5 classic cars. The perfect Christmas present?

It’s every schoolboy’s dream.  Standing on a wet and windy airfield somewhere near Derby waiting for 3 laps in a Lamborghini.  Such, according to a recent article on speedmonkey.co.uk, is the reality of a Drive the Dream supercar day.

I read that article with interest because I run a classic car hire company.  We don’t work with the big experience day providers because they take too big a slice of the income.  This leaves even less to provide customers with a good day out.  And that is what I think we do, for £199.

So here’s the flipside of those supercar days.  For roughly the same price as 3 laps in a Lambo Great Escape Classic Car Hire offers a full day out driving at least 5 classic cars on some of our favourite roads.  We are running 5 Great Escape classic car rallies in 2013 from our Yorkshire and Cotswolds sites and the format is simple and proven.  Each rally includes a selection of cars from our local fleet – usually E Types, Jensen, MG and Mk2 with maybe a DeLorean or Aston thrown in for good measure. 

Our main business at Great Escape is hiring classic cars for 24 hour periods.  But I devised the rally idea after realising that lots of customers don’t want to spend 24 hrs in one car – often an hour or two is enough to say ‘I did it.’  Providing the chance to drive several cars in one day adds a lot of variety to the experience without boredom.  Couple that with a specially chosen route on some great driving roads and you have a pre-planned day that means you just turn up, turn the key and drive off.

We allow no more than 16 people on each rally, with two people per car, in order to keep the day flowing smoothly and maximise time in the cars.  Each route is hand-picked by us to provide real variety and interest and covers at least 120 miles.  This means that everyone gets around 60 minutes driving each car – more than enough time to get to grips with each model.  We stop regularly for driver and car changeovers and refreshments.  The £199 price includes insurance, fuel, lunch and the help of our support crew who follow the cars – and sort out problems if they occur.

The rally idea originated with our corporate clients.  Since we started offering the same package to individual customers in 2011 it has been hugely popular.  The feedback is always extremely positive, with some claiming it’s the best driving experience day they’ve ever done.  

Great Escape Classic Car Hire rally days will always be fairly low key because we don’t want to sell them through activity providers.  If we did, the price would have to virtually double or we’d have to cut a lot of corners.  By selling direct to enthusiasts we can provide a unique and personal service that we think provides decent value for money.  Far better, I think, than 3 laps of a dreary airfield in a tired Lamborghini.

You can find out more about our rallies on our website at http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk or call 01527 893733.  Mention this blog and we’ll knock 10% off the £199 price.

Save £64 on Jaguar Mk2 hire until 26th November

Great Escape Classic Car Hire is continuing its 12 Gifts of Christmas special offers with great deals on Morris Minor and Jaguar Mk2.  Whether you're planning a wedding or looking for a special Christmas gift, these low price deals may be for you.  But hurry - they're only available until 26th November and then they're gone.

For Week 2 of our 12 Gifts of Christmas special offers we've knocked £64 off the price of hiring a Jaguar Mk2 - now just £165 - and £35 off the price of hiring a Morris Minor Convertible.  That's a nearly 30% saving on the normal hire price.  And you get the same all-in package - unlimited mileage, comprehensive insurance, full 24 hours use and nationwide breakdown cover.  We've cut the price but not the corners.

This special low price applies to all bookings and gift vouchers bought for these cars by 26th November.  To secure the low price just call  01527 893733.  You don't need to use the car by 26th November or even choose dates when you book - you can choose dates any time in the next 12 months and still receive this low price.

The latest 12 Gifts of Christmas special offer applies to Jaguar Mk2s and Morris Minors on the Cotswolds, Yorkshire and Devon fleets.  You can choose to buy one day at this price or multiple days - there's no limit.

"Christmas is a time of giving - and these are our best ever offers on these cars," explains Graham Eason of Great Escape.  "These cars are popular as self drive wedding cars, so whether you are looking to book a car for your big day or just a day out, hopefully these low prices will help you out."

You can find out more about these special offers by visiting http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk or visiting our Christmas 2012 page -click here.

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Special offer on MGB & Jensen classic car hire

 

Great Escape Classic Car Hire is getting into the Christmas spirit with its special 12 Gifts of Christmas offer, which starts now and runs right up to Christmas. Each week Great Escape will be offering special discounted Christmas prices on two of its most popular hire cars, with typical discounts of 30%.

The Great Escape 12 Gifts of Christmas gives you the chance to put someone you love behind the wheel of their dream classic for less than the normal rental price. Two cars from the fleet will feature each week at special prices for just 7 days only - when they're gone, they're gone.

The 12 Gifts of Christmas classic car hire promotion starts on 8th November with special offers on Great Escape's Jensen Interceptor in the Cotswolds and MGB in Yorkshire. Save 30% when you hire the Jensen for just £175 for 24 hours (normal price £249) or 26% off the MGB for hire at just £125 for 24 hours (normal price £169). These special offers are only available on these cars until 19th November. You can take advantage by booking online or call 01527 893733 to grab the special price.

Each week a new pair of cars will be offered at special prices. Each promotion runs from Tuesday to Monday for 7 days.

The 12 Gifts of Christmas promotion runs alongside Great Escape's existing 10% discount offer which applies across the fleet. However, please note that the two offers cannot be combined.

"The 12 Gifts of Christmas is a chance to drive some of our most popular cars for less," explains Graham Eason of Great Escape. "We realise that budgets are tight for everyone so we're running this special promotion every week until Christmas."

Great Escape Classic Car Hire operates the UK's largest fleet of classic cars to hire from 8 locations. You can find out more at http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk or call 01527 893733.

Claim 10% off classic car hire during November

Great Escape Classic Car Hire is offering 10% off the cost of hiring its complete fleet of classic cars to hire across the UK.  The discount only applies during November but covers all gift vouchers and bookings confirmed during the month.

The 10% discount applies to the complete cost of classic car hire, including any extra drivers, and can be used online or by phone. Great Escape is the only classic car hire company with a complete, secure online booking system for gift vouchers and car bookings - just use discount code '10' when prompted by the system.  Alternatively call  01527 893733 to book securely by phone.

Great Escape operates the largest classic car hire fleet in the UK, covering classic and vintage cars from the 1950s to 2000s from a huge range of marques such as Jaguar, Jensen, Aston Martin, MGB, Morris, Triumph and Porsche.  

In line with Great Escape's policy of transparency, there are no hidden charges when you book online or by phone - the price advertised includes VAT, insurance, breakdown cover, 24 hours use per day and in many cases unlimited mileage.  Gift vouchers can be bought for individual cars, specific amounts or particular price bands of cars.  All gift vouchers are valid for 12 months.

"We realise that times are still tough for people so we have decided to start our Christmas discount early," explains Graham Eason of Great Escape.  "We haven't increased our prices since 2009 so this 10% discount means a real bargain on a complete package of classic car hire with no hidden costs."

To find out more visit http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk or call  01527 893733 for more details.  Offer ends 30th November 2012.