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Metal Detector hire is a popular choice with weekend trippers to the beach or the countryside, as you never know what you might find. Hiring a metal detector is great value for money. Available from as little as 12 pounds a day, a metal detector could just turn out to be the best investment you ever made.

Incidentally, metal detector hire is very popular on erento in summer time, when people tend to gather outdoors for parties and events. Inevitably, jewellery and other metal items get lost in gardens, on beaches and at festivals – the metal detector comes into its own recovering valuable gear, be it an engagement ring circa 2007 or a pot of Roman bronze, circa a very long time ago indeed.

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erento has been nominated by the Guardian as one of the 5 hottest websites for the year 2009!

It quotes on http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/04/hotlist-websites-best-2009 that erento is “expected to mushroom in 2009″.

Moreover, the Telegraph just reported that “a growing number of cash-strapped consumers have embarked on “rented lifestyles” as they get luxury items such as handbags and cars on short-term loan”, and recommends erento.co.uk as a good solution.

Check the news for erento - we’re hot not only this year!

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ENDURO AFRICA 2008 – 2nd to 13th October 2008

Each year, this very special biking race takes place.  Enduro Africa is a unique and challenging motorcycle adventure in aid of 4 amazing causes – UNICEF, Sentebale – The Princes’ Fund for Lesotho, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and Touch Africa.

Each year adventurous motorcyclists from all walks of life – beginners and expert riders alike – leave their ‘normal lives’ behind to take up the Enduro Africa challenge; to ride for 8 days across some of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring scenery in South Africa. Why? To help save and improve the lives of many people in desperate need. These amazing participants will ride from dawn to dusk each day truly off road as they take on the awesome ‘wild coast’ of South Africa, one of the continents most stunning landscapes.

The ride is set against the dramatic backdrop of South Africa’s Eastern Cape, a place where the needs of the poorest are far removed from our own here in the developed world. This challenge offers the opportunity to learn about yourself and push your limits.

The aim of the rally is to raise at least £150,000 to the charities we support. The conditions we tackle throughout the event ensure that all riders will be tested to the limit whist maintaining a high level of safety. For the less experienced rider a team member will always be available to offer help and advice. Without doubt the adventure is suited to novice and expert alike. In the hands of the Enduro team the rider will gain the confidence to tackle the challenging roads and variable conditions that lie ahead.

Whether negotiating one of the amazing river crossings, riding flat out up the beach past the spectacular Jacaranda shipwreck, or tackling a steep ascent with the waves roaring 200 feet below – anyone will find the experience of Africa exhilarating and memorable. Africa ‘speaks’ to you on so many different levels, your view on life will almost certainly have changed when you return from this trip.

As you can see, in this race you do not only donate – you get a lot of experiences back from it, which you will remember for the rest of your life.

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This year, erento is part of this amazing event – by sponsoring Mark from Superbike Rental. He had to raise a minimum of £4995.00 in donations and sponsorship to enter this 12 day event of 2500km of dusty and demanding riding through some of South Africa’s most rugged and isolated terrain.
The money raised will purchase a new Honda 200 Motorcycle which Mark will ride throughout his trip, this bike will then be donated at the end of the tour to a South African Health Worker. These bikes will increase the mobility of the health and medical workers, which will enable them to reach remote villages needing medical assistance.

We wish him all the best for his trip!

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Once again, erento’s business idea found attention in the media. A few days ago, businessweek published a two-page report, headlined

“Tough Times? Rent, Don’t Buy, with Erento.

Call it an eBay for rentals: Germany’s erento lets you borrow everything from wedding dresses and pets to karaoke machines.”

Nowadays it is financially much harder to own luxuries such as Ferraris or designer handbags. Even wearing jewellery for one special night is getting unaffordable over time. More and more people have already found a solution:

“Short-term rental of all sorts of products (excluding real estate and holiday apartments) already represents an estimated €108 billion ($160 billion) annual market in Europe.”

And the figures are constantly rising.

Businessmen know: the key to success in the rental sector is findability. Especially the internet as information source got extremely important over the past few years. Since many suppliers can’t afford or do not have the know-how to build sophisticated e-commerce and websites, prospective clients often struggle to find what they need.

That is where erento comes in. As the online marketplace for rental items it is the most rapidly expanding sales channel in Europe. Marc Samwer of European Founder Fund, which probed the market before investing, agrees that erento’s approach is unique. “There is no other company in the U.S. or the [European Union] with a liquid marketplace of this kind,” he says.

European attitudes about cars also have evolved. Five years ago, somebody who wanted a convertible would buy one. But now more people are concluding that they really need a convertible only when the weather is good and they can drive with the top down. Ford Mustang rentals in Europe have tripled in the past year, while convertible rentals are up 120%, Ferrari rentals are up 102%, and motorbike rentals are up 85%.

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Moreover, while originally intended to bring rental businesses and customers together under one roof, erento now enables anyone to become a rental supplier.

Read the full article on www.businessweek.com.

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Items can now be listed in various currencies including Newzealand Dollar (NZD), Australian Dollar (AUD) and US Dollar (USD). The prices will always be shown in the detailed view in the original currency, and in the search results list depending on the country of the user.

For you as supplier:

In your Supplier’s Login you can choose your cost model when editing your items. You will find a drop-down menu where you can choose between GBP (British Pounds), EUR (Euros), CHF (Swiss Francs), USD (American Dollars), CAD (Canadian Dollars), AUD (Australian Dollars) and NZD (Newzealand Dollars).

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Our support-team and sales managers continuously collect suggestions and ideas for improvement from the 8,000 erento suppliers. Consequently, our  IT-department and creators took time to plan and implement these ideas.

… and now it is done. Last week the new Supplier’s Login went online.

This means for you: many new features making handling your business easier. Now you can send emails directly from the enquiry with attachments, collectively confirm rental enquiries, have a better display of the enquiries and much more.

A general overview of the new Supplier’s Login can be found here.

We are happy about further suggestions and ideas. Feel free to send a comment via the “Your opinion”- button on your login-page.

Always looking for improvement: Check out the new Supplier’s Login!

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Once again, erento got attention from the media. The Telegraph devoted two articles to this online rental marketplace, regarding renting as a solution to the credit crisis – rightly so.

Since credit interest rates increase and almost everything else is getting more expensive, one is forced to get used to a simpler lifestyle. Or maybe not?

There is a convenient way of keeping the nice modern lifestyle with its smaller and bigger luxuries.

You don’t HAVE to own a classic car in order to go for a drive once a month, you don’t HAVE to buy a designer handbag just to attend that business dinner, and you don’t even need to own a vacuum cleaner.

You can rent it all online!

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