Renting a car

Slippin Jimmy

Ok well heres my situation. There are four of us planning on going to Cork from Navan during the Summer. We were waying up our ways of transport to Cork, we were going to get the bus to Busaras and then the train to Cork. But then we realised that we will be doing a lot of travelling whilst in Cork. So we were thinking of hiring out a car for about a week while we are there.

Now the thing is that there are two of us, who at the time will still be 17 and only with provisional licences. Would this have any effect on hireing out a car? And if it would, could anyone suggest other forms of transport?

seamus

No company will rent you a car on a provisional licence.

In general, companies will not rent a car to anyone under 25. There are one or two companies who will insure fully licenced drivers as young as 21, but you will pay extra insurance for the priviledge.

Rental companies usually insist on the driver having held their full licence for at least a year too, so I think ye're disqualified on a few counts

I think you're just going to have to lump it. Perhaps bring bikes with you to Cork for getting around?

Slippin Jimmy

seamus wrote:

Perhaps bring bikes with you to Cork for getting around?

Haha no. But thanks for your help mate. I think the train will be the best option and maybe a few buses:D .