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Van rental for UK

  • 28-08-2024 6:59am
    #1
    tombrown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 472 ✭✭


    I need to collect some bulky stuff from UK and so want to hire a van (transit size), take it over the ferry & return. I am in Co Clare.

    Any recommendations for van hire company that would allow this?

    How do I book a ferry ticket if I don't know the reg of the van?

    Is this going to cost me two arms and a leg?



Comments

  • #2
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Probably cheaper to get a groupage haulier to collect it for you.

    Plenty of them around the Limerick/ Clare area.



  • #3
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    I think most of the companies allow driving to the UK at no extra charge.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #4
    beachhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭beachhead


    Yes,they should.Why not ring the Clare/Limerick offices of the major rental companies.I have driven a Renault van.Customs on both sides will have a sniff but usually briefly



  • #5
    Stephenc66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭Stephenc66


    Try www.irishcourier.co.uk I see them advertising on Facebook and Donedeal or as Allinall says a groupage haulier if the load is suitably packaged.

    I don't think any of the local van hire companies will allow vans to go to the UK since Brexit. A call to HireaVan on the Ballysimon road in Limerick might be worth a shot.

    Maybe Enterprise Van Rentals might as they are an international company I think they have a branch in Limerick city as well as Shannon airport.



  • #6
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,898 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Yes definitely try Enterprise.



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  • #7
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,720 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    I don't think Enterprise allow you to take the vehicles off the island of Ireland. Europcar definitely don't allow it.

    Not many of the rental companies will allow vans to be taken off the island.

    Drive Van Rental used to allow it - they are now part of National Truck & Van, but locations in Dublin and Cork only.



  • #8
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,474 ✭✭✭yagan


    We used Enterprise a few years ago. I think there was an extra €200 charge for going to Britain.

    We were collecting household items we had in storage from when we lived there. We kept records of council tax and storage fees as proof that these were personal household items being returned, and we also wrote up a inventory list of the items so when we arrived back in Dublin they just had a quick glance at the list and looked inside the van before waving us on.

    If it's not personal belongings you might need to sort out if any of the items are due import taxes.



  • #9
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,966 ✭✭✭User1998


    You don’t need the reg when booking the ferry. You can update the reg before arriving at the port



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