About Us...

Practical Car and Van Rental is the fourth largest vehicle rental company in the United Kingdom with over 170 rental locations situated all over the UK. We are celebrating 30 years of self drive hire and pride ourselves on delivering an exceptional service using quality rental vehicles at highly competitive rates.

There are hire cars to suit every requirement, from 3 door economy up to large estate vehicles. There are people carriers (mpv), 6/7 seaters, executive cars and convertibles. Automatic vehicles, diesel variants, child seats and satellite navigation systems are also available on request.

Our UK commercial van rental fleet extends from small courier vans through to refrigerated units and 7.5 ton lorries. Intermediate vans range from the short wheel base (swb) van, through to medium wheel base (mwb) and up to long wheel base(lwb) and extra long (xlwb). Additionally other sized lorries and Luton vans with and without tail lift are available. Long term rentals may attract preferential rental rates as would Customer Own Insurance (COI) rentals.

We provide airport car and van hire at most international and regional airports. These include London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Aberdeen, East Midlands, Exeter, Birmingham, Cambridge, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, Southampton and Manchester.