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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Jones

UK travellers warned of big jump in cost of hiring a car overseas

A Hertz car rental agency stands in Manhattan on June 30, 2016 in New York City
The US is by far the most expensive destination for car rentals, with an average weekly hire at £537, up 80% on the 2019 figure. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty

UK holidaymakers heading overseas this Easter will typically have to pay 72% more to hire a car than they did just before the coronavirus pandemic, data shows.

The consumer group Which? said the hire cost in some holiday hotspots would be double what it was in 2019.

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