[Closed] Car hire.

Not mine, just the first one which came up, and it's in Blackburn but https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154300494104?hash=item23ed06b118:g:0DgAAOSwg-NfOlqN
Something like that makes far more sense than £800 to borrow one!
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you can save a fair chunk on insurance by accepting the large excess and getting your own policy from insurance for car hire or one of their competitiors

sounds about right on price to me - car hire has become much more expensive in these times of covid as demand is high

IMO / IME getting a car from a cheapo company is a false economy - they try to sting you for minor scratches and if something goes wrong is a nightmare

Hmm... 5 day trip you say?
Cazoo do a 7-day 'no questions asked money back guarentee'.... May be an up front cost though, might just be a deposit

5 up in a Passat? Who draws the short straw for the half seat in the middle.

£800 doesn't sound too bad by modern standards.
I tried to hire a 4x4 for 9 days over Christmas (Volvo XC60 was the only available option at the time) and the prices were all over £2.2k.

Cheers guys.
Yes I think prices have jumped in Covid times, last I looked was Oct '19.
@ andrewh - those ideas would probably work out cheaper but cba with the hassle tbh.
The Passat estate was cheaper than the first thought of a galaxy or similar, but yes I get the seat thing lol, will probably be a few stops and seat changes if we go for that options!
@tj - are you on about CDW insurance? If so, yes I've done that when hiring a car in Dublin and it worked out cheaper so will look to see if I can do that hiring a car here and then take it abroad.

5 adults and bikes and kit, or what do you need. What car have you got ? Or is it with kids.....

I have a policy from insurance for car hire that covers the excess that you generally get with hire cars  £50 ish for a years - so yes I think

given enterprise and arnold clerk the two firms I use have excesses of a thousand and costs 10 - !5 a day for CDW its a big saver

Just 5 adults and lugguage. Hire is the only option really.

I have used Holiday Autos in the past and got some very good deals. And do it through Quidco for cashback too.

I recently returned a hire car and the (big national) company said they are desperate for cars, they can’t get new ones and demand for hire cars has shot up because of that. The car I was hiring from them (while my company car was being waited on) was more than 2 years old which was very old for them but they had no option to keep them for much longer than normal. (It was also knackered as you’d expect from a 2 yo hire car!!).
Might be a good reason why prices are high - if you want a car I would book it now before it’s too late to secure one.

Ill look at Holiday Autos cheers, maybe sooner than later lol.

Car hire has shot up. I just looked at hiring a car from Edinburgh Airport for 3 days,  basic bog standard hire started at £230!!!! **** that I will just get the ferry and bring my own.

Last hired a small car in Dublin in 2019 and it was so so cheap then. Not looked since but doubt it is now.

I'd buy an Elgrand, come back and sell it a week later.

Just looked at my old emails and my 3 day hire in Dec 2019 was £74 and my 4 day hire was £72 in feb 2020 vs £230 now for 3 days!

Might be something to do with parts shortage.

Somebody drove into the back of our car in October, garage are still waiting for a part and we've been given a hire car the whole time...

Somebody drove into the back of our car in October, garage are still waiting for a part and we’ve been given a hire car the whole time…

I had a hire car for 14 months until my new company car turned up.