1. How to book one-way car rental - Keith Downward wanted to pick up a car in Montreal and leave it in Boston, but all of the regular car hire firms refused the booking. Richard Greens finds the solution

2. How to beat the car-hire scammers - following a flurry of readers' horror stories in response to the Sunday Times "clean up car rental" campaign, Mark Hodson outlined the five most common car hire scams, and how to beat them

3. Insurance to cover the hidden extras - Barry Crowley wants to know how to get affordable cover incase of damage to his hire car

4. Car hire for under 25s - Robert Cunningham is planning a trip to Florida with some friends, and they want a car hire company that doesn't penalise under 25s

5. Ask our expert: off-road insurance - Paul Clark wants to drive off road in his rented 4x4, but the insurance doesn't cover it. Our expert finds the right cover

6. Tread carefully over snow chain hire - Brian Lees paid £66 to Sixt for winter tyres he didn't need... Cath Urquhart explains where the land lies on paying extra for snow tyres and chains

7. How can car hire companies expect payment for child booster cushions? - Julia Peduzzi was staggered that Hertz expected her to pay £23 for each car booster cushion - she advises buying them, at £7 each

8. Beware the upgrade Maggi Wood was stunned to find that the charge for upgrading her Alamo hire car was more than it cost to book the Jeep from scratch - be warned

9. Europcar charged £237 for a £7 job - Matthew Flint got his Europcar rental fixed himself when he had a minor prang. It saved him £230

10. 'Hertz is cheaper on the US site' - Danny Kreft found a £57 price discrepancy when booking the same car on the US versus the UK website

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