Cheap car hire article discussion

Doctor_Reg

I am in the process of researching for a care hire in Ireland in August. Amazingly enough the cost of hiring three car booster seats is not far off the cost of hiring the car! I've just ordered one inflatable booster seat called "bubblebum" to try out - it costs about £22 but that works out quite a lot less than hiring even for one trip.

I'm surprised to find that hiring a 7 seater (Zafira or similar) is about 3 times the price of hiring a 5 seater (Ford Focus or similar) - so any tips on how to get 6 people in a car without spending a fortune would be appreciated.

Jibjab_2

I'm looking to see if anyone has used carrental8.com to book a hire car, they seem to be much cheaper than anywhere else and include all the insurance extras as standard but i've never heard of them!

Doctor_Reg

Doctor_Reg wrote: »

I am in the process of researching for a care hire in Ireland in August. Amazingly enough the cost of hiring three car booster seats is not far off the cost of hiring the car! I've just ordered one inflatable booster seat called "bubblebum" to try out - it costs about £22 but that works out quite a lot less than hiring even for one trip.

Just to report back ... I did eventually find a company (Limerick Car Hire) that was willing to include three booster seats in the rental. I have one bubblebum anyway, and if I were to go away again I would definitely take this in preference to paying £5 per day for a booster seat, which seems to be the going rate.

HAVEFAITH

Guys we are struggling to get a decent car hire deal for a medium sized vehicle for 6 days + we only want full up tank & get fuel deposit back option .... good tips out there pls?

richardw

HAVEFAITH wrote: »

Guys we are struggling to get a decent car hire deal for a medium sized vehicle for 6 days + we only want full up tank & get fuel deposit back option .... good tips out there pls?

What is the cheapest you've found so far?

HAVEFAITH

richardw wrote: »

What is the cheapest you've found so far?

Ford Focus type of vehicle - £105 cheapest thus far

richardw

That seems ok, less than £20 per day, can you book through Quidco or Topcashback for a bit back?

Lux_money_saving_fan

Hi all,
I just recently rented a car from sixt through the car rental comparison website. I collected the car from Dublin airport and was travelling to N. Ireland. Because I was going to the North I was charged an additional €34.05 "due to recovery charges in the event of a breakdown" This charge is not "visible" on the Sixt website and was added when I went to collect the car. No other rental company that I have used previously have this charge.

Roop

Hi, any suggestions for car hire companies at Larnaca airport? We need to hire a car with 2 car seats for our twins for 9 days from 11th October next week?

Any other suggestions/advices regarding car hire in Cyprus or driving experiences will also be welcome

Thanks

zerofour

Just to slightly correct the original page / article (on drop down box 'before you start driving / can you turn right on a red'). The article says you can't do this in Canada, but you can. Certainly Ontario and Nova Scotia allow turning right on red after you've stopped, unless it says you specifically can't (except a very few roads in Toronto which has either happened, or being looked at).