Cheap Rentals

Riordan123

Can anybody tell me where to find a cheap rental car for 7 weeks? budget around €1000

Gypo

Buy one! Well that's what I did (albeit, a longer period) when I was travelling around another country.

Check out adverts.ie, you might be surprised what you get for €1000 i.e. taxed, tested etc. Whatever you sell it for will be a bonus!

robtri

Riordan123 wrote: »

Can anybody tell me where to find a cheap rental car for 7 weeks? budget around €1000

not sure of current prices, but it will be tight.... especially if you need insurance on the car, as thats nearly as expensive as the car.....
try enterprise rent a car or Hertz.....

or above you could buy one and scrap it at end...
adverts.ie or carzone have cars listed or failing that try a local garage or auto breakers.... €1000 now a days will get you a lot.

Riordan123

Thanks!

Gypo

Insurance! D'oh. Might be more hassle than it's worth thinking about it again. Can you even get insurance for a period less than a year? If you do get insured for a year and cancel the policy after 7 weeks, do you get a full refund? Get answers for both questions, get a few quotes from rental companies and you'll soon know which will be the better option.

dazzerb

I rent a good bit in ireland and Nova usually works out the cheapest for me

http://www.novacarhire.com/car-hire/Ireland/

Irish Car rentals usually good second choice

http://www.irishcarrentals.com/

R.O.R

Is the rental for Ireland?

I'm not sure if many rental companies in Ireland will do 28 day + rentals as they lose the VRT rebate on cars on hire for over 28 days.

Riordan123

Yeah its for Ireland, not having much joy!!

dazzerb

have you tried googling

"long term car rental ireland"

I see http://www.atlascarhire.com/long-term-car-hire.htm

and

http://www.dollar.ie/aboutlongterm.php

and many more....

robtri

R.O.R wrote: »

Is the rental for Ireland?

I'm not sure if many rental companies in Ireland will do 28 day + rentals as they lose the VRT rebate on cars on hire for over 28 days.

they don't like doing it but they can swap the customer out after 28 days into a different car to meet the requirements for that....

they will all rent for extended periods of time, its just not cheap to do so....
€1000 for 7 weeks if it includes insurance is going to be tight very very tight...
ex insurance... you would be fine...

R.O.R

robtri wrote: »

they don't like doing it but they can swap the customer out after 28 days into a different car to meet the requirements for that....

OT, but legally they can't do that now. There were changes recently to the way it works and "technically" you can't use the 28 day work around. Pretty sure Enterprise still do.

Any of the vehicles rented to us by our prefered company are all VRT'd for one reason or another.

Bluefoam

I just used these guys in Portugal for a week - dirt cheap
https://www.economycarrentals.com

Car wasn't great, but more than adequate - it was fully insured too...

Wazdakka

Cheapest way I've found of renting a car here is book it through an agency in another country.

I needed a car for a month or so recently and Europcar quoted me 25 yoyo per day..
I booked it with Europcar through a Portuguese holiday rental site and got it for 9 per day.