UK Car sharing clubs

Car sharing clubs in the UK are becoming more and more popular, with a greater number of people across the United Kingdom choosing to embark on the idea of renting a car for a very short duration of time usually for an hour or two. Car sharing clubs allow customers to rent a car at their disposal and enable them to select to drive any car of their choice. Car sharing is beneficial to those who occasionally drive and gives the customer the opportunity to drive  different brands or designs of a vehicle to which they would usually drive. Car sharing clubs across the United Kingdom are constantly offering cheaper rental rates to their customers meaning that the price of renting a car is getting cheaper and cheaper by the day.

Car sharing clubs have wondrous beneficial effects on the environment as the amount of cars on Britain’s roads is slowly but surely decreasing meaning that less car fumes are being dispersed and damaging the Earth’s atmosphere. Although the environmental benefits of car sharing may not be seen, it is a step in the right direction concerning the fight against global warming.

If you fancy joining the newest trend and want to give car sharing a try, take a look below at the top four UK Car sharing clubs:

1. Carplus-  Car plus is a national charity in Britain which promotes responsible car use and is setting up a national network within the UK which will hopefully complement the most sustainable transport modes. Visit the car plus website to browse and select other car sharing clubs near you.

2. Citycarclub- offers car sharing for short durations of time such as for an hour or so whilst you go shopping or for a long weekend break. City car club allows you to rent cars for as little as five pounds an hour.

3. Zipcar- allows you to embark on car sharing by following four easy steps: Becoming a member of Zip car, reserving and selecting a car of your choice, collecting the car and then finally driving away with the car. It really is that easy, Zip car offers car rental from as little as £3.95  an hour. Here is a previouse review of Zipcar.

4. Streetcar- is based in major cities in the south of the United Kingdom such as London, Brighton, Bristol and Surrey.  Streetcar offers a large variety of reliable cars at cheap rates.

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