Now known as Eurodrive. I would highly recommend this car and van hire company. Very friendly and…read morehelpful staff. Could book the Luton van I needed at short notice. 24hr drop off. Cheaper than competitors. Could leave my car in the secure parking area. Would definitely use them again.

National (as their name suggests) are a nationwide car rental company. A massive advantage of their…read moremultiple stores is that you can pick a car up in Oxford and drop it off nearly anywhere else in the country! Their depot in Oxford is located quite close to the city centre, you can get to it with only a short bus ride and a few minutes walk from the city centre (take the 13 or X13 bus). Their rates are quite competitive and they have a variety of card and even vans for you to choose.

Ya know, renting a car is renting a car... it's all pretty cut-and-dry. The only thing that can…read moremake a difference is how nice the people are that you come in contact with. Don't ALL businesses know that yet? Anyway, the guys at the counter (wish I had his name) and the guy that brought the car around... so nice. Not "official Avis nice"... the kind of nice that takes more than a plastered on smile and reciting "avis script". Maybe corporate tells the guys to show a bit of interest but these two were genuinely competing with each other to try to tell my wife and I where the best places were to drive in the Cotswolds. Of course, you get the same game that you get at ALL rent-a-car places... the insurance price that they give you on the phone is what they have unless you want the "complete" insurance... and then maybe you want the "totally complete" insurance. All these levels of insurance that, if you knew about them from the beginning, you might go elsewhere, so they give you they teaser rate on the phone then tell you just before you are about to drive away in a car that has the steering wheel on the opposite side to go drive on a road where you drive on the opposite side (and it's raining out) that you might want the other insurance packages "just to be sure"... oh well, the guys were still really nice.

This Avis location in Oxford is adjacent to the train station, so it's extremely useful if you are…read morearriving by train. The range of cars available is typical of any other branch and you do have the option of dropping the car off at any of their other branches. However, driving in Oxford can be a bit difficult as parking is very difficult and where available, quite expensive.

Driveline UK provide professionally qualified HGV drivers…read morefor clients on a contract basis. As a specialist recruitment agency they are very professional and highly experienced. They are happy to advise and go the extra mile for their clients and the drivers they employ.

Last year I hired a van from Ock Hire. It was very reasonably priced and the service was excellent…read more They have an out of hours drop of facility too. Will be going back to them in a few weeks for another van hire and to hire some storage space too.

This is a good alternative to Europcar, if the former doesn't have what you want and you need a…read morelast-minute rental. I think it's slightly more expensive for some cars, but it's only a matter of a few pounds. I normally stick with Europcar simply because I've used it abroad and know how it works, but this is very similar. They rank their cars: Economy (eg: Renault Clio) Compact (eg: Ford Fiesta) Intermediate (eg: Ford Focus) Standard (eg: Vauxhall Vectra) Full size (eg: Ford Mondeo) At first, this seems a bit confusing, as it makes all the cars expect the biggest sound like they're not proper sized cars, but Renault Clios are fine even for 4 people going away for a weekend. One word of warning: they're shut on Sundays, so it can be difficult if that's the first day of hire. Other companies in the area are often more flexible about this (try Eurodrive/Hotsons, for example).

We just returned from a short visit to Oxford where we rented a car at the Thrifty Car and Van…read moreRental Oxford on Ferry Hinksey Road. Although we had a poor experience with Avis, we would definitely return to Thrifty if for no other reason because of the assistance we received from Abi. She was kind, helpful, professional, and took the time to respond to all of our questions and concerns. Thrifty understands the importance of customer service. Thank you, Thrifty (and Abi)!