Spain is still the UK’s number one travel destination for British tourists, but for those who traditionally head abroad for fun in the sun and are used to hiring a car, they could be in for a nasty surprise: a lack of available cars to hire.

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Spain is still the UK’s number one travel destination for British tourists, but for those who traditionally head abroad for fun in the sun and are used to hiring a car, they could be in for a nasty surprise: a lack of available cars to hire.

Moneymaxim.co.uk, the UK’s leading car insurance search engine, believes that as one of Spain’s largest car rental firms, AurigaCrown will shortly cease trading, (having been trading in administration for some time) it could mean there are up to 18,000 fewer...