car hire in Brisbane
Jan 16th 2006, 7:59 pm
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car hire in Brisbane
Flying out in May for good and need to hire a car for at least a week till we buy one. anyone got any tips.
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greggsy
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Jan 16th 2006, 8:59 pm
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
Originally Posted by greggsy
Flying out in May for good and need to hire a car for at least a week till we buy one. anyone got any tips.
cheers
greggsy
cheers
greggsy
Jan 16th 2006, 9:02 pm
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
Yeah go with Thrifty, seem to be cheaper than the other lot
Jan 16th 2006, 9:19 pm
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
Originally Posted by greggsy
Flying out in May for good and need to hire a car for at least a week till we buy one. anyone got any tips.
cheers
greggsy
cheers
greggsy
We used Hertz. Good price and helpful.
Cheers
Ginny
Jan 16th 2006, 9:28 pm
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
Hi
Europcar price matched Thrifty over the phone as Thifty's website was not working when I booked our car recently!
I can recommend Europcar, but make sure you refuel the car completely when you return it though as we got charged for that!
They were helpful though as the car had marks on it which were noted down on my contract so that they could not charge me for the damage when I returned it.
Good luck!
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MichaelB
Europcar price matched Thrifty over the phone as Thifty's website was not working when I booked our car recently!
I can recommend Europcar, but make sure you refuel the car completely when you return it though as we got charged for that!
They were helpful though as the car had marks on it which were noted down on my contract so that they could not charge me for the damage when I returned it.
Good luck!
Cheers
MichaelB
Jan 16th 2006, 9:30 pm
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
We use Avis in Capalaba when we came on hol's last time. were are you moving to in Brisbane ??
We were going to hire then my BIL took us to the 'magic mile' in Marooka (not sure of spelling) on the Ipswich road which is a mile of back to back car lots (new and used) we went to Salters and bought a 3 year old ford falcon payed $200 deposit showed are passports and uk drivers licence were allowed to drive it away there and then and just drop the remainder of the payment by bankers draft within 48 hours or pay on you could use your uk card.
Hope this helps
We were going to hire then my BIL took us to the 'magic mile' in Marooka (not sure of spelling) on the Ipswich road which is a mile of back to back car lots (new and used) we went to Salters and bought a 3 year old ford falcon payed $200 deposit showed are passports and uk drivers licence were allowed to drive it away there and then and just drop the remainder of the payment by bankers draft within 48 hours or pay on you could use your uk card.
Hope this helps
Jan 16th 2006, 9:34 pm
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
Originally Posted by p63500sv8
Hi
Europcar price matched Thrifty over the phone as Thifty's website was not working when I booked our car recently!
I can recommend Europcar, but make sure you refuel the car completely when you return it though as we got charged for that!
They were helpful though as the car had marks on it which were noted down on my contract so that they could not charge me for the damage when I returned it.
Good luck!
Cheers
MichaelB
Europcar price matched Thrifty over the phone as Thifty's website was not working when I booked our car recently!
I can recommend Europcar, but make sure you refuel the car completely when you return it though as we got charged for that!
They were helpful though as the car had marks on it which were noted down on my contract so that they could not charge me for the damage when I returned it.
Good luck!
Cheers
MichaelB
Jan 18th 2006, 2:58 pm
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
Thanks all very helpfull
Jan 18th 2006, 9:36 pm
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
Originally Posted by greggsy
Flying out in May for good and need to hire a car for at least a week till we buy one. anyone got any tips.
cheers
greggsy
cheers
greggsy
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Jan 18th 2006, 10:58 pm
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
Originally Posted by greggsy
Flying out in May for good and need to hire a car for at least a week till we buy one. anyone got any tips.
cheers
greggsy
cheers
greggsy
Jan 19th 2006, 10:06 am
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Re: car hire in Brisbane
We used europcar, the one based in Charlotte street in Brisbane city centre. Was told that you pay extra for car hire from the airport, and as we did not need the car for a few days we just got a mini-bus taxi from the airport to the hotel in the city. Which cost $35.
