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No credit card , car hire

  • 14-04-2011 7:19pm
    #1
    mcmurphy995
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭


    Hello folks heading to barcelona in a few weeks and driving around northern spain , so need to hire a car for the driving bit but dont have a credit card .
    Anybody have any experience or advise on this situation ???


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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Galway -> Travel Motors


  • #3
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,476 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    You won't be able to.

    Still the wrong forum. Should be in travel. ;)


  • #4
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,635 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Sometimes you are able to rent with a Visa Debit, which functions like a Laser, but unlike a Laser is actually useful abroad and online.
    But they will block a deposit, so half your account could be frozen.
    I do keep a credit card just for car rental abroad, but got such a lousy limit, there's not enough available to rent one in the first place.:(


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Yeah if you have a card like Visa Debit that should work no bother.
    If you can pay up front on-line or similar you can have someone here at home pay for it and you give them cash.
    NB the company may take a massive deposit.
    Our man in Havana wrote: »
    Still the wrong forum. Should be in travel. ;)
    Aye, you're right.


  • #6
    CiniO
    Registered Users Posts: 16,088 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    I have a Mastercard debit card, and so far had no problems using it for renting cars.


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  • #7
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    mcmurphy995 wrote: »
    Hello folks heading to barcelona in a few weeks and driving around northern spain , so need to hire a car for the driving bit but dont have a credit card .
    Anybody have any experience or advise on this situation ???

    Some places in heavily touristy areas do cash rentals, but mostly they don't. Use your debit card and pay the extra insurance, they shouldn't pre approve any amount then, and it's not that expensive, usually about 5e a day, as opposed to Ireland which is about 17e a day!


  • #8
    mcmurphy995
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭mcmurphy995


    Thanks for all the advise , but i was told that we dont do debit cards in Ireland and that our laser cards are only good here and for ATM withdrawls in other countries but no good for actual purchases !!

    where do i get a card from ???


  • #9
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    PTSB went from Laser debit cards to Visa debit cards, that way you can use the debit card worldwide because it's a Visa.


  • #10
    ostrich
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭ostrich


    OSI wrote: »
    Any bank that's not Bank of Ireland.
    :D:D


  • #11
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,635 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Ulster Bank


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  • #12
    jcon1913
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭jcon1913


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Sometimes you are able to rent with a Visa Debit, which functions like a Laser, but unlike a Laser is actually useful abroad and online.
    But they will block a deposit, so half your account could be frozen.
    I do keep a credit card just for car rental abroad, but got such a lousy limit, there's not enough available to rent one in the first place.:(

    Sorry to revive this old thread but I am due to hire a car in Girona airport and like other posters here I only have an AIB Visa Debit Card - it this okay for car hire as long as I have the funds to pay for the car hire?


  • #13
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    jcon1913 wrote: »
    Sorry to revive this old thread but I am due to hire a car in Girona airport and like other posters here I only have an AIB Visa Debit Card - it this okay for car hire as long as I have the funds to pay for the car hire?

    You need to check with the rental company. Not all take Debit cards.


  • #14
    jcon1913
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭jcon1913


    Sully wrote: »
    You need to check with the rental company. Not all take Debit cards.

    Thanks Sully


  • #15
    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    Try the smaller local hire companies. I'm sitting in Lanzarote and the travel forum recommended omnicars. I Googled and emailed them. 200 euro, cash on collection. No card required! Happy days


  • #16
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    ScouseMouse wrote: »
    Try the smaller local hire companies. I'm sitting in Lanzarote and the travel forum recommended omnicars. I Googled and emailed them. 200 euro, cash on collection. No card required! Happy days

    Never heard of them! I think it was Payless I used the last time - cash no deposit even needed. Who'd have thought you could pay cash for car hire!


  • #17
    shietpilot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭shietpilot


    I posted a thread some weeks ago here asking the same question. Someone recommended www.indigocarhire.co.uk. I booked a rental with them for August with a €250 deposit using a VISA Debit card :)


  • #18
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Old thread lock.


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