Vehicle hire guides
Choosing the right hire vehicle: practical guides
These original long-form guides are written for customers weighing up car body styles, transmission options and van sizes before phoning to confirm availability.
Topics in our vehicle hire guides
Estate cars are a good fit for East Anglia & Essex journeys where passengers, luggage and easy loading matter more than picking the smallest car available. This regional version uses Benfleet, Billericay, Braintree as practical reference points for SDVH East Anglia & Essex customers.
Saloons are well suited to tidy passenger journeys; estates offer more flexible luggage access for East Anglia & Essex trips involving bags, kit or several stops. This regional edition uses Benfleet, Billericay and Braintree as practical reference points for SDVH East Anglia & Essex customers.
Estate cars and SUVs both carry people and luggage, but which is the better East Anglia & Essex hire option comes down to boot shape, height and parking. This regional edition uses Benfleet, Billericay and Braintree as practical reference points for SDVH East Anglia & Essex customers.
Automatic hire can take some of the effort out of East Anglia & Essex traffic, while manual hire may appeal to drivers who prefer control and familiar gear changes. This regional edition uses Benfleet, Billericay and Braintree as practical reference points for SDVH East Anglia & Essex customers.
Semi automatic cars do away with the clutch pedal but may still allow the driver to influence gear selection depending on the model. This regional edition uses Benfleet, Billericay and Braintree as practical reference points for SDVH East Anglia & Essex customers.
A SWB van is a compact van category suited to smaller East Anglia & Essex moves, trade jobs and deliveries where access matters. This regional edition uses Benfleet, Billericay and Braintree as practical reference points for SDVH East Anglia & Essex customers.
How the guides help when you phone to book
The guides are designed to help you explain the vehicle you need before you pick up the phone. They cover choices such as body style, gearbox, luggage room, passenger seating and load length, along with what a smaller van can and cannot realistically do.