SamG

Can anyone recommend any car hire companies in Sydney? We fly in on the 9th April and will be needing one pretty soon after that. Ideally we need an MPV that will seat 2 adults and 3 children (including car seats).

Thanks,
Sam.

Chalkfarm

Hi Sam,We always used to go for a people carrier as we have 3 children one in a car seat.But last year when we came to oz we hired a toyota camry from hertz.It was roomy inside and fitted all our luggage,it was also alot cheaper.When we got here this time we did the same and have just down sized as we hope to buy a car pretty soon and it was costing a fortune.We picked our car up from the airport in sydney,hope that helps,claire

ABCDiamond

I used Bayswater Car Rental http://www.bayswatercarrental.com.au in the past, and they were pretty good, but not sure what size vehicles they do.

They have branches in Sydney (Kings Cross) and in W.A.

Flying Banana

If you want to rent from the airport then I found budget were usually the cheapest, you can book online, look for their main .com site, not .uk as they book in US dollars and with exchange rate saved a few quid. www.budget.com Always seem to have found Hertz and Avis were most expensive and Budget and Alamo cheapest, never usually that much in it.

Also if you have a frequent flyer card check and see which one you are affiliated to always worth seeing if they will give you a deal for that.

Flying Banana

Here's a good one for you, just had a play around on the Budget site, they have changed now and show prices in local currency (ie A$).

Tried 14 days for an MPV and one thing the site asks you for is Country of Residence....

Put in UK A$1400, put in US A$1200, put in AUS A$1100!!! Not that we get ripped off in the UK or anything!

If you're arriving to take up residence I'd suggest putting yourself down as country of residence Australia, after all it's true and will save you £100.