Car hire between provinces

Canada Jane · Aug 25th 2007, 6:44 pm

Does anyone know of a car hire company who will allow you to collect a car in one province and drop off in another i.e. BC - ON?

I have been looking but cannot seem find any that will allow this, apart from National who want - wait for it - $8,587.12 for a two week rental. I can reduce that by half if I drop it off at Toronto airport, rather than one close to where I live.

If I used the UK based company (who use Alamo) I used for all car hire pre moving here they allow it and it would cost £450 inclusive. But Alamo themselves will charge $3,400.00 for exactly the same?????????????

We were looking to fly to Vancouver and drive back to Ontario, but it is looking more and more unfeasible.

bazzz · Aug 25th 2007, 8:23 pm

Try picking up and dropping off both from airports - I did a quick search and it looks like about $1500 if you go from Vancouver Airport to Toronto Airport (this was mid-September).

tom5sk · Aug 25th 2007, 10:40 pm

Jane,
last year used alamo to drive from calgary to Vancouver and were about the only ones i found who would do it online.

Another option to explore may be to fly there and put your car on the railway and pick it up when you arrive. I heard someone talking about doing that with motorbikes holidays, so maybe feasible for a car

Canada Jane · Aug 26th 2007, 12:10 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by bazzz

Try picking up and dropping off both from airports - I did a quick search and it looks like about $1500 if you go from Vancouver Airport to Toronto Airport (this was mid-September).

Which company was this? The lowest figure I have come across Airport to Airport was $2,800.

Jane

Aug 25th 2007, 6:44 pm	#1
Canada Jane Canada Jane's Blog Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Nr Belleville, Ontario Posts: 565	Car hire between provinces Does anyone know of a car hire company who will allow you to collect a car in one province and drop off in another i.e. BC - ON? I have been looking but cannot seem find any that will allow this, apart from National who want - wait for it - $8,587.12 for a two week rental. I can reduce that by half if I drop it off at Toronto airport, rather than one close to where I live. If I used the UK based company (who use Alamo) I used for all car hire pre moving here they allow it and it would cost £450 inclusive. But Alamo themselves will charge $3,400.00 for exactly the same????????????? We were looking to fly to Vancouver and drive back to Ontario, but it is looking more and more unfeasible. __________________ www.muchmormagazine.com - An immigration and newcomer magazine plus web portal for people emigrating to Canada www.muchmorcanada.com - Muchmor Magazine Facebook page - join in the conversation.

Aug 25th 2007, 10:40 pm	#3
tom5sk Member Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 40	Re: Car hire between provinces Jane, last year used alamo to drive from calgary to Vancouver and were about the only ones i found who would do it online. Another option to explore may be to fly there and put your car on the railway and pick it up when you arrive. I heard someone talking about doing that with motorbikes holidays, so maybe feasible for a car __________________ Apllied July 04 Landed 2007 PEC and loving it Last edited by tom5sk : Aug 25th 2007 at 10:52 pm.

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Aug 25th 2007, 8:23 pm	#2
bazzz	Re: Car hire between provinces Try picking up and dropping off both from airports - I did a quick search and it looks like about $1500 if you go from Vancouver Airport to Toronto Airport (this was mid-September).