About Us

Practical Car and Van Rental is the fourth largest vehicle rental company in the United Kingdom with over 150 car and van hire locations situated throughout England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. We have over 27 years experience of self drive hire, and pride ourselves on delivering an outstanding service, quality rental vehicles and 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.

What we do!

Our UK commercial vehicle 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.

Trade Bodies / Associations

We provide Airport Car and Van hire at most international and regional airports. These include Heathrow, Gatwick, Gatwick Airport, Stansted, Luton, Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool, Aberdeen, Inverness, East Midlands, Exeter, Birmingham, Cambridge, Southampton, Newcastle, Leeds/Bradford, Edinburgh Airport, Glasgow and Manchester airports.

Specialist Services

Business Users including the self-employed, partnerships and limited companies can now take advantage of our tailor-made Flexible leasing schemes. We are able to offer a flexible alternative to conventional contract hire. If you need a lease vehicle for between 28 days and 12 months we provide a varied and ever-changing choice of both cars and vans from different manufacturers.