AUTHOR Robert Gillespie

Optional Extras Heathrow Airport

Car rental companies can provide you with a host of optional extras that you can use to your full advantage. It can become confusing between what you need and what you don’t so it’s best to know the full details about each of the extras before you go ahead and book them. Sometimes extras are really worth it and sometimes you are better off buying your own. Here’s a small list of some of our most popular extra options at Heathrow…

Baby Seat
This can cause real confusion, does your baby need to be in a baby seat or are they of age to be in a child or booster seat? There are certain restriction your child has to meet in order for them to legally be allowed in a car without a baby seat these are that…..

– Rear-facing baby seats are suitable for babies up to 13kg
– Forward or rear facing baby seats are suitable for children up to 18kg
– After your child has surpassed these you need to look at having a child car seat which is law until the child is 135cm tall or 12 years old.
– Only EU approved child seats can be used in the UK, they have the capital E in a circle on the label.
– You must deactivate any front airbags when using a rear facing baby seat in the front.

On top of this there are also a few more rules. If you want more information regarding baby seats then please click this link.

Free GPS
Sat Navs have become common places in cars and sometimes they can be essential. If you are arriving into Heathrow with no idea of direction on where to go then its best that you hire a car and have a GPS in it however is it worth doing as sometimes GPS’s cost a daily rate in which it may be worth buying one instead. However in some cases we do offer a free GPS at Heathrow so for this please contact our reservations to find out on +44 (0)113 880 0748 or email us on sales@indigo.ecomfixers.com.

Having worked in the car rental industry for over 15 years, he really knows his stuff. Rob heads up our marketing department and as a keen traveller, always has a new location to talk about. Particularly if there is a golf course nearby.

Robert Gillespie

Traveller