Beware: I was forced into a bus lane whilst driving an Enterprise rental in Manchester; received…read morenotice of fines (substantial!) and must pay them PLUS Enterprise wants to be paid the same fines AND "administrative costs". This is an outrageous scam.

Amazing experience…read more I had a replacement car from this branch of Enterprise after being involved in a non-fault accident that left me without a vehicle to go to work. I had three people in specific that made this experience a very stress free and quick one: - Abbie: She made sure I was up to date with the procedures and timeframes of my rental including being very understanding when my insurance company didn't pass me on the correct details of my vehicle return date. She also noticed that at the end of my rental I had left my keys in the car and promptly arranged for its' delivery to my residence as I couldn't pick it up. due to schedules mismatch - Kyle: For making my post accident experience of having to get a replacement car go so smoothly. - Taco: The legend who went out of his way to deliver my keys to my residence! All and all a great experience with them and will definitely use their services again in future!

I've used Salford Van Hire on a couple of film projects I've worked on and found them fantastic…read moreevery time. The rates are competitive (and negotiable) and the vans are well kept, clean and comfortable. The staff at the main office are really friendly and were happy to discuss a discount for using their service over an extended period of time. Usually when you have to hire a van for something it means you will be doing a good deal or driving, heavy lifting and waiting around which makes for a stressful and exhausting time. Staff at Salford Van Hire seem to understand this as a fact of life and are more than accommodating and courteous to their sometimes less than courteous clientele. The only draw back with using a locally run service is that you are affected by their opening hours (which are by no means unreasonable), whereas if you went for a larger more corporate company you would have the option of twenty-four hour returns and pick ups. I've not used their car or trailer rental but if it follows their van hire I would highly recommend taking a look before moving onto larger companies.

Fabulous service and range of vehicles available. There's loads of places to leave your car if you…read moredrive here. I hired a small van to help me move house and it was great. Really reasonable rates for the vans as well. Early pick ups available which is really helpful. Would highly recommend!

I phoned Cresta Cars to take me home from the Harpurhey ASDA Store, I had previousy received a free…read morepen from an emploee on a previous visit, which was quite nice and today I received a token to get 75p off my journey due to using the freephone in the ASDA Store. By the time I got to the road where the taxis where, the taxi was there in under a minute, even though they were probably waiting nearby due to having a very busy base at the store it was very nice to see it come so quick. The driver was very nice and he helped me get all my bags in and out of the car, he did not understand how to get to where I was going so I had to explain to him as I got nearer. Overall, Cresta is a great, quick taxi firm especially if you are near one of their freephones as they most likely will have taxis nearby that will come in 1-3 minutes (This was how long it took for me when it was very busy). It is just a shame I couldn't relax on my journey, as I had to direct my driver, Taxi Drivers should have the equipment such as a satnav so they dont have to bother passengers to direct them. I have to make an update on this review based on my experience today, I tried to phone Cresta Cars to pick me up from The Etihad Stadium after our game versus Stoke however they told me that they could not take bookings due to the traffic however it did not seem terrible and another company came to the stadium without hesitation, very quickly infact. It a shame as they would of give me a good price as they quoted 10-11 pounds, the staff on the phone did seem nice but because of this I have to lower my rating for Cresta to 3.

Found Cresta Taxis to be timely, polite and have great fares…read more I would say that the drivers are probably the driving force (chi-ching) behind the success of this taxi firm. They are gentlemen and the conversations I have had with them have not just been the standard garble you normally get. I must also comment that both the drivers I have had have helped with my shopping which is something most taxis just don't do anymore. If only all taxi firms were as good as Cresta. Its a big thumbs up from me!

So I've ventured onto new taxi horizons and first impressions are mixed. When I rang for the taxi…read moreto take us out into the heart of Manc town they were spot on. They knew where we were, the often over-quizzed location, (there is no "flat name") was noted down with no problem, five minutes. Great one. However his route of choice was questionable. Is a shortcut a longer route around because of an inability to stop in traffic lights? It's not a shortcut, it's impatience. Traffic and traffic lights go hand in hand with town. Don't hit the empty back streets and open ring roads and give the impression that it's a shortcut. hmm. Forgiven for now. What I don't understand about many of Manchester's taxis is that they don't know where a lot of my destinations are. When I'm a little sketchy I expect the taxi driver, the authority behind the wheel to fill in the gaps. Often it's a case of guessing games, more so this time than ever. I don't know, is it to too much to expect? We paid £9 driving around Manchester city centre which was a usual £5 fare. And we never made it to the Star and Garter. Was it that difficult? So change of night and venue due to this taxi driver, hardly impressive. Northern Quarter again we find ourselves, not really questioning the failure of the taxi driver or the fare. On the way back there was less hassle thank god. Considering other reviewers have given a five star service, Manchester Cars remains in the phone device for now..

Slightly over-caffeinated but efficient. We had a minivan-worthy group with 3 adults and a baby in…read morea car seat; once we'd successfully piled into the van double-parked outside our restaurant, the driver relaxed a little and things got simpler. Our driver gave a fairly smooth ride, impressive given the traffic, and talked rapidly but personably. Phone dispatch went pretty smoothly and the rates were reasonable; overall, a pretty good experience.

Awful, such a rude man Arranged a set rate on the phone to…read moreand back from the airport for 4 people which we told them- sent a normal car which couldn't fit 4 cases so had to wait 25 minutes for another taxi to come Told us just to phone on the way back for same rate so we did making very clear it was 4 people and 4 cases! Checked once we got in the taxi it was same rate agreed to which he said it was nearly double the agreed rate and started being really rude saying it wouldn't have been that rate so had to call the company- they found the booking from a week earlier and it was because they had sent the wrong car the first time but no one had bothered to tell us it would be nearly double on the way back and we only had the agreed money on us- the driver was really rude just saying we would need to pay the higher fare that we didn't have so we said we would just get out at first drop off- his attitude was disgusting saying things 'like your doing my head in', we gave him the couple of extra pounds we had and he responded by throwing the coppers on the floor- do not use

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