Just watched the second episode. Holy hell this show is not f**king around.
Yeah seems to be a new episode Friday's.
Can confirm - is very good. Only 2 episodes out so far?
Worth remembering that Common Travel Area is only for UK and Irish citizens. Anyone else needs a passport.
New Jeff Bridges show just out called The Old Man. Only watched the first episode but easily one of the best pilot's I've ever seen.
*changes name to swish*
Also depends on how you’re traveling. Most airlines wouldn’t let you on a plane without a passport.
In theory an identity card should be sufficient for Irish citizens as the CTA is still in effect, but I probably wouldn't try and risk it.
You can get away with an identity card but you'll need to book your return flight from Kigali International Airport.
Does anyone know, can you still go to the uk with identity cards or do you have to have a passport?
Just pay the extra to get added as a named driver.
My dad added me to his policy a few years back and it cost something like £45 for the year.
Yeah GoCar was the first thing I said too. How much would that cost for a week's rental? Do they allow such long rentals?
For the avoidance of doubt here. I'm suggesting you book one car for the entire week. Pick it up from its base, drive it wherever you want. And only return it to its base at the end of the week. Ie, use a gocar exactly like a traditional rental.
Unfortunately you can't use a gocar for one way journeys, you always have to return them to where you got them.
But another benefit I just remembered is that their on street parking is effectively paid for everywhere they operate. So you'd be saving a few quid on parking too.
The more I think about it the more I think it's actually a great fit for you.
It's also in Galway so I'd assume it's in a couple of other cities too
Edit just checked their site and unless you want to go to the North West there's is decent coverage around the country, obviously best in Dublin and its surroundings though https://www.gocar.ie/locations/
Never heard of GoCar before but it could be an option all right. Is it only available in Dublin?
Flights are booked since January and driving from the South of France with 6 people in a Sandero just isn't on the menu!
Jaco are you listening to Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart's podcast?
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-politics/id1611374685
I am convinced that either (a) you will love it or (b) you are Alastair Campbell.
@pickarooney is driving from France an option for you?
I am in a similar situation with the car rental, mad prices so decided not to bother. will be able to get a lift from and to the airport with the kids so that's grand. even considered driving the whole way and getting ferry but it'd be about a 19 hour drive one way so didn't take too long to ditch that idea
Car rental is fairly broken alright! I got to a car rental desk at Avis in Washington DC last week and they simply had no cars left. We had booked a civic and ended up with the choice of either a Jeep Wrangler, or 12 person van. We took the jeep.
The one thing you might be able to do is use GoCar - it's not really what GoCar is designed for but it might work out nicely. GoCar is a car club, which means cars that are parked on the street in Dublin that you can rent on an hourly basis primarily (but also on a daily basis) and drive instead of owning a car. I use it (and Yuko it's competitor) all the time. The key issue for you will be whether you intend to do significant mileage.
A one week GoCar rental in Dublin, in August for the gotripper (their slightly larger car) is 420e (378 for their Clio sized car). Fuel is free (there is a card in the car you use) and the first 50km are free, but after that it is 20c per km. Which could end up being quite material. For example, if you drove to Cork and back it'd be ~500km and an extra 100e. Most of this will be offset by the fuel being free. But even if you did 1,500kms of driving for an extra 300e it would still work out cheaper. An I30 (which is what that is) burns about 16c of fuel per KM - so really it wouldn't be costing you all that much more than a normal rental anyway.
There are gocars parked pretty much everywhere in the greater Dublin area - and they're very easy to use. You unlock it with your phone the first time, remove the keys from a slot in the glove box and the car is yours. You simply return it to an on-street space somewhere near where you got it. If you booked now you could probably get one that was no more than a 10 second walk from an airport bus and I think I (or the previous poster who mentioned it in this thread) could provide you with a referral code saving you €25 (and gifting us that much).
(dates I tried, August 12th to August 19th - but they don't have sophisticated dynamic pricing, so all dates should be about the same).
Time is a bit tight and we'll be in the south-east and south-west the whole time. If we were to go down that route, would we be allowed drive it 'abroad' in Ireland?
Maybe I should offer to buy the car and insure it then sell it back after. But then I'd be seen a novice driver and would pay a few grand for insurance...
No, I need to give my mam money to buy the car, insure it in her name and put me as a named driver. What a kerfuffle!
It's an 08 Golf so worth I guess... 50k at today's rates :D
Is the car worth a lot?
If not, your ma's friend should inquire with her insurer if you are automatically covered as a third party driver on the car.
I am not sure you will be able to take out your own policy against this car as you have no insurable interest.
really your best option is to go north for car rental.
youre looking at about €600 for something like a golf, €900 for a grandland etc per week at high demand times
Try 123. You might have to pay for a year but it’s potentially cheaper. Will also need ownership transferred in your name
I think I will try that, yeah.
Could you pay for your friend's mother to insure it with you as a named driver?
I'm insured in France, they don't cover anything abroad.
Check your current car insurance. It might give you cover on a car not owned by you.
A friends of my ma's has offered to lend us a car but I will have to insure it myself. Is it even possible to get insurance on a car for two weeks when coming from abroad? I know if it was already insured by someone else I could get my name added but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
That's what we initially thought too. But I reckon people could figure that out.
While I don’t think it would stand up to an Airbnb type scenario, you insure the car rather than the driver here which makes borrowing cars much bloody easier.
Insurance would kill that idea I think.
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