I have friends visiting soon who want to hire a car and explore a bit.  I recall there was both approval and condemnation of certain companies but can't remember which was which.  I know that some companies insist on you buying and over-priced tank of fuel to bring the car back empty (even though you can't get through a whole tank in the duration of the visit) whilst others do not. 

The options seem to be: 
Hetrz/Advantage
National/Europcar/Alamo or
Goldcar

Any preferences?
Thanks
Mike

I've always used Hertz and found them good. One exception was when I went for a cheaper company and got stung. I had to pay extra 250 euro for insurance when picking the car up and couldn't get an explanation as to why. Will never use them again. Hertz only for me after that.

i used to use gold car i always thought they where good until the last time when they helped them selves to an extra 120 euros from my credit card for no reason, they ignored my emails in the end i contacted my bank and they reclaimed the money for me i would not use them again

At Reus Hertz is now called Advantage.  Not sure what the difference is!

Hmmm.  The first thing I would do is ask them to remove the Goldcar sticker from the back window.  It announces to the world in general that you are in a hire car and easy prey as you could be carrying luggage and valuables.  Hope that you travel safely.

Has any body actually asked at the desk if they 'will' do a full to full return...??

Hi All,
       I've used most companies at Reus airport over the years and most do a full/full policy but only for hires 3 days or under so the siphon method is the best if you're not going to use it all, keep it for your genny. The only problem I had was when I took a "fuel refund" offer from Goldcar last year where the hire was for 2 days and they return the money to your card for each 1/8 tank unused. They took their time and only for I had taken a picture of the fuel guage I would have had a tough time I suspect. That said we're out again over Easter and using a different company so we'll see how that goes. I've toyed with the idea of buying a car and leaving it out there but when you do the sums and add in the red tape its not worth it for 5 weeks a year, you'd need to be coming out regularly for longish, month or so visits to make it pay. I know Irish people who leave Irish reg cars out here and take a chance with no N.C.T. OR m.o.t. cert but if you have a prang your insurance won't pay out cos the car isn't roadworthy and then the sh!te hits the fan.

I would not recommend Centauro,as the last car we had was in poor condition and did not drive correctly.
We eventually found the both back tyres to be half the pressure they should have been,could have been very dangerous.We complained about all the faults and they said sorry,but should not have happened.
Philmountains hope the snow melts for your journey down.
Last time I looked there was no snow on the top of Mt. Caro,are you planning on doing any walking around the area ?