Despite the increase in fares and fuel, we can’t say that the holidays were much fun this year. If this did not prevent motorists from turning a little green, then the atmosphere was not necessarily festive. Indeed, the French were strongly compelled to curtail their various and sundry expenditures, particularly in the rest and food. But not only, as this is another sector that is also very much affected by the galloping rise in inflation. It’s short-term car rentals that have taken a big hit this year due to rising prices.

Fuel, tolls, additional costs, trips to departure are overpriced.

We’re talking about it this morning @pascalperri on @LCI pic.twitter.com/9woqpmc22p

– La Matinale LCI (@LaMatinaleLCI) July 8, 2022

A sharp drop

Anyway, that’s what Car Comparator carigami, which has just released its results for the summer period. And the latter is not very pleasant for professionals in the sector, because the results are very mixed. If a few years ago the demand was very high, to the point of deficit, then decrease in purchasing power forced motorists to turn to less expensive alternatives. And it can be seen in the numbers. Compared to the same period last year, rental rates fell by 10%. And the reason should be found in the increase in prices by 48% between 2021 and 2022 due to the shortage of new cars.

Amazing fact

Compared to 2019, the last year before the health crisis, car rental bookings increased dropped by 50%. A huge amount! According to Karigami, “Increasing train and plane fares have discouraged many vacationers, who have ended up not renting a car and turning to a more affordable private car vacation.” It should be noted that rents in Corsica fell sharply for the first time, which has not happened since 2018. This confirms the above comments.

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