If you are thinking of hiring a sat nav this Easter Weekend and maybe through to the following Bank Holiday weekend the latest you can order is 4pm on Wednesday 20th April which will guarantee delivery by 1pm on Thursday 21st just before the Easter break. We still have a few sat nav’s remaining for the UK and also Europe for those travelling further afield.

The weather is looking perfect with temperatures set to sore into the mid twenties, hotter than Rome, Benidorm and Tenerife! So its definitely a good time for a staycation.If you are staying within the UK then we recommend visiting our home county Dorset. With the sun set to be shining all weekend it is well worth visiting Sandbanks in Poole which is renowed for its million pound properties, excellent beaches and coastline.

To all our customers we wish you a Happy Easter!

We have recently moved to new offices located in Bournemouth. As we have extended our product range, mainly on our Zintech Media website, we required the additional office space and have made the short move from Poole to Bournemouth. We previously shared offices with Fonix LED who provide LED screen hire for events such as X Factor, movie premieres, concerts and sporting events. Our new address is The Old Mill, 18 Wharfdale Service Road, Bournemouth, BH4 9BT. All of our products will be supplied with return packaging with this address.

Easter Weekend and the Royal Wedding

All public holidays prove to be the busiest times for our sat nav hire service and this year with the double wammy of Easter weekend and then the Royal Wedding we fully expect to be busier than ever. It is very likely we are going to run out of sat nav’s therefore we recommend booking now for this period. If you are travelling to the UK from overseas for this period please contact us about our collection point at Heathrow so that you have your sat nav for your first journey. We are still offering our pre-programming service for this period to make using the sat nav even easier. Car Hire will also be in strong demand for this period. The best way to find the best car hire deals is to use our sister site www.comparisoncarhire.com which is a car hire comparison website and offers the best price from a number of leading car hire suppliers.

With the World Cup less than 100 days away accommodation is becoming scarce in all the areas where games are being played, especially in Cape Town where England are likely to be playing twice (if they progress through the group stage).

One of our travel partners have the ideal property available for rent for the duration of the World Cup. The house is situated on the spectacular Erinvale Golf and Country Club in Somerset West just 35 minutes from the Green Point stadium in Cape Town. When games are not being played this is the perfect location if you enjoy playing golf, visiting the many wineries, shopping or just relaxing.

The house is a 3 bedroom property that has been recently refurbished in January 2010. There are 2 bathrooms, new fitted kitchen, open plan dining and lounge area and excellent outdoor living including a swimming pool. The house enjoys views on to the championship golf course (home to the SA Open in 2003 and 2004) and is surrounded by the Helderberg mountains.

To find out more information and rates on renting this property during the World Cup South Africa 2010 then please contact Zintech on 01202 741212 and ask for Andy.

If you are travelling to the World Cup and require car hire we recommend checking the best deals on Comparison Car Hire which compares the best deals from all the suppliers end offers the best rates. To check the best car hire prices from South Africa click on the link below.

Compare Car Hire

We have now been providing a sat nav rental service for the last 4 years and in this time become the largest sat nav hire company in the UK. Satellite navigation is now here to stay and those that have used the product are never likely to go back to map reading. With many people reliant on their sat nav in their car at home it is a product that they cant be without when driving abroad. If you own a travel or car hire website now is the ideal opportunity to offer satellite navigation hire to your customers via our affilaite program. It is a product that people are frequently requesting for their travels abroad so it creates an additional stream of revenue to your website.

Becoming an affiliate is very simple, we provide you with a unique URL that you can place within your website or on confirmation emails and we pay a commision on the total value of the sale. We can also provide logos, pictures and any other marketing material to help promote our products. We currently have numerous affiliates some of whom display our link on their site and others who build our products into their package to the customer. We are very flexible and are happy to discuss the best way for you to offer our services to your customers.

If you are interested in joining the Zintech affiliate program simply email us with details of your website and we will provide you with evertything you need to get started.

Click here to : Join the Zintech Affiliate Program

As you will all be aware from the amount of press coverage it has received Royal Mail have now begun a 48 hour strike. It has also been well reported about the disruption this causes to businesses such as ourselves and other companies who rely on the Royal Mail delivery service. We can assure all customers who have placed orders with us and those who are considering it, our service will not be affected by the strike action. We have contingency plans in place so that we will deliver your product a few days earlier or if an order is placed on the day of a strike we will use our alternative courier- FedEx.

The current strike is for 48 hours from 0400 today, Thursday 22 October and the communication workers union (CWU) are threatening more strikes if the dispute cannot be resolved. The way it is looking at the moment the two parties do seem a long way from a resolution so there is a good chance the strike will be prolonged in the run up to Christmas. The last postal strikes occurred 2 years ago and as a company we still managed to provide the same service to all our customers. The cost  to use an alternative courier is more costly for us but we intend to absorb this cost so that our prices remain the same.

You may see Zintech in the media in the coming days as we were interviewed recently by a leading national newspaper to give our thoughts on the strike and how it will affect our business. As we have said above, whilst the strike is inconvenient, we will still deliver the same high level of service as normal.

In the coming weeks we will be launching our improved Zintech Media website which will showcase our range of laptops from home user level to high powered laptops capable of running complex software. Zintech Media is the AV and IT arm of our company that has been providing hire solutions for consumers and businesses for the last 2 years. As we have significantly added  to our laptop hire range we will be dispalying this via our new website in the next few weeks.

We can match a suitable laptop to your requirements. All of our laptops are wifi compatible and come with either Windows XP or Vista operating sytem depending on your preference. To supplement the laptop we also offer mobile broadband hire which is the simple way to get online if either you are on the move or if you have recently moved home. Our mobile broadband packages give you 1GB of usage allowance per week with prices ranging from £33.81 for one week (1GB) to £61.69 (4GB) for 4 weeks.  This one off inclusive price means you know exactly what you are paying for temporary broadband.

As well as laptop hire and temporary broadband we also have a large range of LCD projectors perfect for either a presentation or slide show. We offer same day delivery for customers within Bournemouth and Poole and next day delivery elsewhere in the UK.

Whatever your IT requirements contact Zintech Media for a quote whether you require 1 laptop or 100 we will be able to provide you with a solution to suit your needs.

To contact our IT Hire department please call us on 01202 741212 or send us an email.

Zintech are pleased to announce that they have teamed up with Holiday Autos,  the world’s largest and leading leisure car hire broker, to provide a sat nav hire solution for its customers travelling to and from the UK.

Holiday Autos customers can now pre-book a sat nav for effortless navigation throughout all seven continents in over forty countries. The hire process involves the customer being able to take delivery of the unit in the UK then posting it back in the provided packaging to Zintech when finished. Additionally, hiring a sat nav with Zintech demonstrates savings of up to 60% compared to car hire suppliers rates with a bonus 5% discount provided through the Holiday Autos website.

Satellite Navigation has become an essential piece of equipment for holiday makers and business travellers hiring a car abroad. Zintech started their sat nav (known as GPS in other countries) hire business in 2005 having identified that the car rental suppliers could only allocate a unit upon arrival at the car rental desk. For the first time these customers wishing to drive in foreign countries could pre-book a sat nav for their car and even now most car hire suppliers still do not provide a way to guarantee a pre-booked a sat nav.

Zintech’s sat nav products will feature on the Holiday Autos UK website through their recently launched holiday extras page found at www.holidayautos.co.uk/travel-extras/

We are proud to announce we have recently partnered with Thomson Al Fresco holidays. Thomson offer luxury mobile home holidays with 45 parcs across Europe including France, Spain, Italy, Croatia and the Netherlands. The parcs offer an excellent alternative to either staying in a draughty tent or a poky hotel room. Simply put, the parcs offer an upmarket camping experience. The luxury mobile homes consist of 2 to 3 bedrooms with spacious living areas, air conditioning, modern kitchen areas and power showers. Outside the home you have your own private decked veranda to enjoy Al Fresco living!

The parcs offer excellent facilities including large outdoor swimming pools, water parks, children play centres, eateries, gyms, spas and entertainment. Al Fresco holidays are also ideal for couples as well as families and selected parcs feature an Al Fresco kids club.  In school term time the parcs are naturally quieter and provide an excellent base to relax and visit the surrounding areas which are full of history and stunning scenery.

There are many ways to travel to the parcs either by road and ferry, rail or by air and Thomson Al Fresco will assist you with all your travel requirements. For those who choose to drive we are offering Al Fresco customers the opportunity to hire a sat nav from us at a specially discounted rate to enable finding the parcs even easier.

The Thomson Al Fresco website is full of information about the parcs and has an online booking facility.

A friend of mine recently went to a football match in the North of England. Leaving early on a Saturday with a couple of hundred miles to drive, he made it with plenty of time and no hassles thanks to his Sat Nav. He decided to stop off at a service station for something to eat and on his return noticed the car window was smashed and his Sat Nav stolen. The scary thing is he was only away from the car for five minutes, the car park was quite busy and it was broad daylight.

He called the police to report the crime then waited for the car windsreen company to fix the window an to add insult to injury he missed the whole match he wanted to see so much.

I’ve had a Sat Nav for a number of years and never had any problems like this and the reasons are simple, I never leave anything on view which shows an opportunistic or desperate thief there is anything valuable in my car.

Here are the methods I use to prevent my Sat Nav from being stolen:

Remove it from the windscreen or dash even if you are leaving the car for a very short time, thieves can smash and grab in seconds and as my friend found out they are only getting bolder.

Consider removing the mount as well, it’s a giveaway you own a Sat Nav and thieves will assume it’s in the glovebox, under the seat or even in the boot.

On colder days condensation can get between the mount and the windscreen which is another telltale sign. Ensure you wipe the mark away when you remove the mount.

Why not take the Sat Nav with you? Most units these days are very portable and not much bigger than a mobile phone. Even if your car is broken into then at least you can take some satisfaction that you’ve not got to replace it as well as your window.

2009 Ashes Series Dates

1st npower Test, Cardiff   8–12 July:
2nd npower Test, Lord’s  16-20 July
3rd npower Test, Edgbaston 30 July – 3rd August
4th npower Test, Headingley Carnegie 7-11 August
5th npower Test, The Brit Oval  20-24 August

With the fixtures all around the country hiring a GPS will be a must. If you are travelling to the games or even all the matches please let us know when you place you booking and we will pre-program all the venues into the GPS. If you are travelling to the UK from Australia we can deliver a GPS to either your hotel or one of our many pick up points around the country.

If you would like to place a booking for GPS rental for the Ashes tour this Summer please click on the link below.

GPS Rental

If you intend on going to any of the games or would like to share your predictions with us on the series please feel free to comment below.