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Car Rental In Australia

  • 19-11-2007 8:16am
    #1
    mailburner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,961 ✭✭✭✭


    Goin to australia in 3weeks.
    anyone know a good rental company and what i should do
    about insurance over there.
    Should i get my insurance transferred or pay extra to do
    so overthere.
    I see one company charge AU 35 perday for full cover tho that
    seems a bit much for three weeks.
    The overall cost varies quite a bit from one firm to another especially
    between thrifty and europcar.


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  • #2
    ChuckProphet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 647 ✭✭✭ChuckProphet


    mailburner wrote: »
    Goin to australia in 3weeks.
    anyone know a good rental company and what i should do
    about insurance over there.
    Should i get my insurance transferred or pay extra to do
    so overthere.
    I see one company charge AU 35 perday for full cover tho that
    seems a bit much for three weeks.
    The overall cost varies quite a bit from one firm to another especially
    between thrifty and europcar.

    u can compare prices with travelsupermarket.com
    i went with alamo which was the cheapest. didn't bother with the extra insurance, never do. just the basic one that's included with the price


  • #3
    HarryD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 913 ✭✭✭HarryD


    Lotsa good campervan rentals for reasonable prices.
    Tax/Insurance there is combined as rego, and it's cheap compared to home.
    You can choose to add comp insurance if you wish.


  • #4
    H2G2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭H2G2


    I have just booked 9 days (Toyota Corolla) with Avis for AUD$295. That includes “Loss Damage Waiver” insurance, but not “Excess Reduction”, which leave me with almost 4k of an excess. To reduce that to zero costs AUD$23 per day. Seems a bit much. I checked Hertz and they are almost identical.
    I am going to pay the extra insurance – I suppose it depends on how risk adverse you are.

    BTW, I got better rates calling the Oz offices than on the web or via the Irish phone numbers. Got bless Skype for cheap call rates


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