Tuesday, 18 August 2015 10:41

Tip Of The Day: Don't Let This Car Rental Scam Ruin Your Gran Canaria Holiday

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With Gran Canaria car rental you get what you pay for and if you pay the absolute minimum, what you get is a headache and a ruined holiday.

Our advice, after hearing the same story over and over and reading TripAdvisor threads like this one, is to avoid cheap car rental websites and especially the cheapest deal on offer. 

The low prices these websites quote are not enough to cover the cost of renting the car so the companies have to gouge their customers for extras. Scams include overcharging for fuel, charging to remove 'excess fuel', claims for imaginary damage, credit card charges or fines that don't exist, etc. 

Gran Canaria's shady car hire operators are clever people; They have an office at the airport and operate just within the law. The only way to stop them is to boycott their services until they are forced to change. And, in the meantime, use a car rental fiorm in Gran Canaria that really cares about the service that it offers. 

For hassle-free car rental in Gran Canaria, use Mr Car Hire Gran Canaria.

You get fully comprehensive insurance, delivery to your door anywhere on the island, and personal service all day and night from Mr Car Hire himself.

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  • The Parafarmacia In Gran Canaria Is Not A Chemist!
    The Parafarmacia In Gran Canaria Is Not A Chemist!

    If there is one thing we hate it is visitors being tricked in Gran Canaria. In the past we've warned about overcharging at Gran Canaria chemists, and rip off electronics shops in resorts. 

    In this Tip Of The Day we return to the island's chemists or rather, to the island's fake chemists.

    A chemist in Gran Canaria is called a Farmacia and always has a green cross sign. Farmacias are the only place tobuy medicine in Spain, even basics like paracetamol.

    However, there is another kind of shop in Gran Canaria that looks and sounds like a chemist but doesn't sell medicine. This is the Parafarmacia and it also uses a green cross sign.

    A parafarmacia is a herbal medicine shop that is not allowed to sell any normal medicine such as paracetamol, ibuprofen or antibiotics. 

    Instead, parafarmacias sell herbal alternatives to medicine but don't have to prove that they work and they can charge whatever they want.

    We recently heard from a visitor to Gran Canaria who went into a parafarmacia and was charged 40 euros for a herbal alternative to Ibuprofen. It was only when they read the label that they realised what had happened. 

    To locate a genuine farmacia, see this website and search within your municipio (Puerto Rico is in Mogán, Playa del Inglés is in San Bartolomé de Tirajana). At weekends and on fiesta days many farmacias close but there is always one open, known as the farmacia de guardia, in each municipio.

    Search for the nearest one to you with this tool

    Lex Says: To keep costs down, see this article for the way to ask for generic medicine rather than expensive branded alternatives. 

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