Long term car hire

carrollsno1

Well just wondering does anyone know anything about hiring a car for more than a month?
Returning homs this week and looking at hiring a car/van for the first while to get going wifh work as opposed to forking out an extortionate amount to get insured on a chicken coop straight away.

Irishphotodesk

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Well just wondering does anyone know anything about hiring a car for more than a month?
Returning homs this week and looking at hiring a car/van for the first while to get going wifh work as opposed to forking out an extortionate amount to get insured on a chicken coop straight away.

I assume you are not a troll, however ... You should spend at least the first 14days in quarantine, not leaving the house.

Again...assuming you are returning to live with family, you risk infecting them on your return, so you may be required to self isolate within the home.

When you emerge from quarantine you are not to travel more than 2km from where you live, this is to help the government to ensure better contact tracing , in the event that you or someone in the house gets diagnosed with covid-19 and the furthest anyone has travelled has been 2km, this restricts the movement of the virus, and allows the remainder of the country stay safe.

Last and most important.... Assuming you are not a troll, if you are returning to Ireland.... Be responsible, don't try to infect others, you may not love the people in your family... But I do and I don't want your actions causing a death in my family...self isolate for at least 14days on return to the Island, do not travel more than 2km from home after this.... Don't be the cause of someone dying.

carrollsno1

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

I assume you are not a troll, however ... You should spend at least the first 14days in quarantine, not leaving the house.

Again...assuming you are returning to live with family, you risk infecting them on your return, so you may be required to self isolate within the home.

When you emerge from quarantine you are not to travel more than 2km from where you live, this is to help the government to ensure better contact tracing , in the event that you or someone in the house gets diagnosed with covid-19 and the furthest anyone has travelled has been 2km, this restricts the movement of the virus, and allows the remainder of the country stay safe.

Last and most important.... Assuming you are not a troll, if you are returning to Ireland.... Be responsible, don't try to infect others, you may not love the people in your family... But I do and I don't want your actions causing a death in my family...self isolate for at least 14days on return to the Island, do not travel more than 2km from home after this.... Don't be the cause of someone dying.

Yea ive a spot to isolate when i get back but im working in essential services and will be working after the 14 day quarantine.
If i wanted advice on coronavirus id post in that forum but thanks all the same.

JimmyVik

Id think that the car hire companies are dying to get cars hired out no, especially long term.
I bet you will have no problem. Ring around.

antix80

I'd imagine you could rent a car for next to nothing these days.

carrollsno1

What way does it work with insurance? Is that included in the price?

JimmyVik

carrollsno1 wrote: »

What way does it work with insurance? Is that included in the price?

try blueinsurance.ie. €50 for the year and then dont take the extra insurance offered by the car hire company.

JustAThought

carrollsno1 wrote: »

What way does it work with insurance? Is that included in the price?

No. You will have to have your own and from I have and am currently experiencing with the insurance industry you can be 100% sure that if you should be involved in a car accident or cause one more than 2k from your address they will walk away from any claim and you will be left paying for it personally. Police were patrolling the streets and roads yesterday - high visability - and in large numbers and pulling people over and sending people home. In my life I have never seen as many gaurds out - 3 patrol cars locally and at least 4 different walking patrols.

un5byh7sqpd2x0

JimmyVik wrote: »

try blueinsurance.ie. €50 for the year and then dont take the extra insurance offered by the car hire company.

That would be for excess. He still needs insurance from the company

JustAThought

Emery Rapid Den wrote: »

That would be for excess. He still needs insurance from the company

From his OWN company.

Odyssey 2005

I've just looked at budget rentals. 2 months lease on an astra or similar would be €1198 all in.

Not cheap but not excessive either. At least youd have a new,reliable motor under you.

carrollsno1

JustAThought wrote: »

No. You will have to have your own and from I have and am currently experiencing with the insurance industry you can be 100% sure that if you should be involved in a car accident or cause one more than 2k from your address they will walk away from any claim and you will be left paying for it personally. Police were patrolling the streets and roads yesterday - high visability - and in large numbers and pulling people over and sending people home. In my life I have never seen as many gaurds out - 3 patrol cars locally and at least 4 different walking patrols.

Even for essential workers?

antix80

It is usually quoted in the rental cost as long as you use an Irish website and not a US site. The excess can be high, so you can pay even more to eliminate the excess or use a third party to insure you for the excess.
Insurance is a big source of income for car hire companies, as are their charges for damage.

un5byh7sqpd2x0

JustAThought wrote: »

From his OWN company.

He’s RELOCATING to Ireland. Who’s his OWN company? Did you EVEN ReAD the oP?

JustAThought

Emery Rapid Den wrote: »

He’s RELOCATING to Ireland. Who’s his OWN company? Did you EVEN ReAD the oP?

I did - no need to be ignorant and rude. I am emphasising that he needs his own insurance - be that his existing one if he has one from Australia or a new one from Ireland.

bazz26

A private insurance policy will not cover you to drive a rental car. The rental company will provide basic insurance on the rental car as part of the rental agreement. However the excess on that cover will be quite high, probably around €1500 or so. So if you damage the rental car in an accident then you will have to pay the first €1500 or whatever the excess amount is. This is why is a good idea to take out your own car hire excess insurance which will cover the excess amount on the car hire insurance policy if you damage the hire car or are found to be at fault in an accident.

Marcusm

bazz26 wrote: »

A private insurance policy will not cover you to drive a rental car. The rental company will provide basic insurance on the rental car as part of the rental agreement. However the excess on that cover will be quite high, probably around €1500 or so. So if you damage the rental car in an accident then you will have to pay the first €1500 or whatever the excess amount is. This is why is a good idea to take out your own car hire excess insurance which will cover the excess amount on the car hire insurance policy if you damage the hire car or are found to be at fault in an accident.

Agree with all this but be careful to read the small print with car hire excess cover; many of the policies will have time limits, no hire longer than X days, total hire lower than Y days per year.

SmartinMartin

To answer your question op, I don't think you can rent longer than a month, but you can just take out another car every month to suit yourself. I always use www.rentalcars.com
It's currently €337 for a vw up for 4 weeks rental (including insurance, for all the chicken lickens in this thread) and as previously suggested just take out excess insurance with the likes of Blue. (I've used worldwideinsure.com and had a claim with them with no issues)

cee_jay

OP are you a frontline worker?

https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/cork-business-man-teams-up-with-gocar-to-make-100-cars-free-for-frontline-workers-991208.html

un5byh7sqpd2x0

JustAThought wrote: »

I did - no need to be ignorant and rude. I am emphasising that he needs his own insurance - be that his existing one if he has one from Australia or a new one from Ireland.

He doesn't need his own insurance though, no matter if you emphasise it or not. When you rent a car in Ireland, it comes with the rental company's insurance.

R.O.R

Emery Rapid Den wrote: »

He doesn't need his own insurance though, no matter if you emphasise it or not. When you rent a car in Ireland, it comes with the rental company's insurance.

Not always, and usually long term rental (28 days plus) would be without insurance.

carrollsno1

cee_jay wrote: »

OP are you a frontline worker?

https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/cork-business-man-teams-up-with-gocar-to-make-100-cars-free-for-frontline-workers-991208.html

Not frontline but essential.

slave1

Would you think about a cheap run around with valid NCT rather than long term rental?

carrollsno1

slave1 wrote: »

Would you think about a cheap run around with valid NCT rather than long term rental?

Got quote of 1600 for a 1.0ltr. Believe me id be driving a 1990 corrolla if i could but as usual you just cant do things the simple way.

vandriver

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Got quote of 1600 for a 1.0ltr. Believe me id be driving a 1990 corrolla if i could but as usual you just cant do things the simple way.

You can get a refund from the insurance company for unused months.

bazz26

Minus an admin charge.

Casati

Just rent a car for max two weeks at a time and repeat the process every two weeks. Slight hassle changing the car out but it’s doable. Trying to lease a car for longer terms will cost you a fortune

I know folk you rent cars in the manner and it costs less than 100 quid a week on average

carrollsno1

Casati wrote: »

Just rent a car for max two weeks at a time and repeat the process every two weeks. Slight hassle changing the car out but it’s doable. Trying to lease a car for longer terms will cost you a fortune

I know folk you rent cars in the manner and it costs less than 100 quid a week on average

If it was €800 for two months and i was insured at that id consider it for a start as ive had to spend most of my savings in flights home at the minute as well as having to stay an extra two weeks lying idle in isolation out here so getting back to work is a priority at the minute

Esel

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

I assume you are not a troll, however ... You should spend at least the first 14days in quarantine, not leaving the house.

Again...assuming you are returning to live with family, you risk infecting them on your return, so you may be required to self isolate within the home.

When you emerge from quarantine you are not to travel more than 2km from where you live, this is to help the government to ensure better contact tracing , in the event that you or someone in the house gets diagnosed with covid-19 and the furthest anyone has travelled has been 2km, this restricts the movement of the virus, and allows the remainder of the country stay safe.

Last and most important.... Assuming you are not a troll, if you are returning to Ireland.... Be responsible, don't try to infect others, you may not love the people in your family... But I do and I don't want your actions causing a death in my family...self isolate for at least 14days on return to the Island, do not travel more than 2km from home after this.... Don't be the cause of someone dying.

This is bs, although some people seem to believe it.... The 2km limit is for outdoor exercise only.

You can travel further for essential reasons like buying food or medical supplies etc. Otherwise, how would rural dwellers survive, for instance?

10pennymixup

Kind of on topic.

Received an email from Axa this morning, for returning medics:

Link: "AXA Ireland and Renault and we have joined forces to provide a complimentary car and motor insurance for them for two months."