Car Rental in Dublin - Aged 23?

A Neurotic

Hi folks,

Just wondering if anyone might know of a car rental service in Dublin that would rent to a lowly 23 year old.

Any place I can find seems to have 25 as a minimum age requirement. Bit frustrating, as I never knew this was a common requirement and was hoping a car rental would be the best way to commute Dublin - Tullamore for a two-week hospital placement.

Any input appreciated! Thanks.

L1011

Hertz will rent down to 23 if not younger, however you pay a premium and you need a full licence for two full years.

In the past when paying the premium for this I was repeatedly told that they've student offers which may have been cheaper: https://www.hertz.ie/rentacar/specialoffers/index.jsp?targetPage=EU_Student_Car_Rental.jsp - these also start at 23. I wasn't a student then yet was always being told I could get them...

From painful experience I've found its usually not worth trying anyone other than Hertz for car hire, ever. I'll use Enterprise in a push, e.g. there not *being* a Hertz branch.

Rawr

MYOB wrote: »

From painful experience I've found its usually not worth trying anyone other than Hertz for car hire, ever. I'll use Enterprise in a push, e.g. there not *being* a Hertz branch.

Thanks for the tip! I'm planning to rent cars on future trips to Ireland now that I'm licensed, and Hertz is looking like the solid choice from what you are saying.

However I am curious. What experiences did you have with the other rental companies that made you wish to exclude them?

L1011

Rawr wrote: »

Thanks for the tip! I'm planning to rent cars on future trips to Ireland now that I'm licensed, and Hertz is looking like the solid choice from what you are saying.

However I am curious. What experiences did you have with the other rental companies that made you wish to exclude them?

Cars not there, desks with no staff and a premium rate number to summon them, cars in a wreck and nothing on the damage sheet leading to having to get staff (who had vanished from the desk) to take note of it.

Absolute wrecks of cars, effectively forced extras, usurious fees on compulsory toll tags (charging much more than the cash toll). Huge arguments about damage - which I only won due to having taken photos of it and ensuring it was on the damage sheet and having the hours to argue it; obviously that firm made a lot of cash charging the excess to every single driver knowing they need to catch a flight.

I've not used Sixt so don't know what they're like; and I'll still just about tolerate Enterprise as I said but I've tried, and will never try again, nearly everyone else.

Mrs OBumble

Maybe it's worse at the airport branches, but I've rented often ('cos I don't run a car myself) from both Budget and Enterprise in Galway city, and had none of that shyte.