renting a car- trip to N.Ireland

skyjumper

hi guys need some help.

was trying to rent a car for a week to go for a family holiday in Northern Ireland. Planning to take the ferry as there's 5 of us and flights and timings are not so good.

well, went ahead and got quotes from a few car rentals and now found out that there may be a fee for taking the car out of the mainland, and it could be between £20-30 on top of the car rental charge which is coming around £50 per day ( I'm looking at a 7 seater MPV) so total around £80/ day which looks enormous

any idea about any of the rentals not charging for taking it to N.I. I tried ringing a few and till now no luck

the worst part is I can't book the fery until I know the vehicle number which I'm going to use.

any help really appreciated

MX5huggy

I can't imagin the car hire company is going to be garentee the reg of the car you will get, they hardly manage to fix the make and model. What is the ferries company way of dealing with changed cars?

Scubabe

Agree with tibtib - go on the ferry as foot passengers and pick your car up at the other side... depending on the exchange rate to euros of course.

Have you tried 1car1 for the car hire? Their rates are fantastic, and although they do add a fee for taking it out of the country, their cheaper rates might help balance it out??

davetrousers

Scubabe wrote: »

... depending on the exchange rate to euros of course.

The OP is going to Northern Ireland

soapsudsandsalts

i always have a car hired in the south of ireland if i am not taking my own over it works out alot cheaper for foot passengers i think we paid about 25 pounds each way i know it works out cheaper doing a day return well it did when we went over and i did this trip every week for a year. had to go over for a few hours every week

Scubabe

davetrousers wrote: »

The OP is going to Northern Ireland

Ooops! I missed the N, I read it as Ireland!! hehehe
Anyway, I still stand by my 1car1 or local company options.