Dont panic yet though! Most rental companies will do a pre-authorisation of the 1200 on your credit card - this is to ensure that if you DO damage the car, they will get their money. Its all in the Terms and Conditions agreed to when you make your booking, but naturally not many people will actually read them. We often had to turn away people who didnt know about this when the preauthorisation wasnt approved by their bank.
What and how, does booking the car from Dublin airport, justify £1400?. Did you get the car signed back to the company damage free? If so, there is clearly an admin error here. I dont understand where you, or Hertz explain the increased cost..
Yes but a pre-auth shouldn't show as a charge on anyone's credit card - it should just be a hold against the credit limit (which you'd probably see reduced) ... it wouldn't show up on a statement.
Depends on the card used. Internet banking tends to show the pre-auths all the time. I've seen and heard of them all showing it.
Aah, that one way rental would throw up silly charges, although, if it were allowed, there would be a lot of paper work to be signed taking a car from one Country to another.
Nowadays I only hire from small independent companies through online brokers. It's cheaper, friendlier, better service, and not rip-off city like the big boys.
Not to defend Avis/Hertz etc. too much but it depends on what you're after ... normally they tend to be much better for things like one way drops , extended opening hours and fast pick up/ drop off for frequent customers - In general they have cars located closer to the airport terminals and you can get a faster get away , shorter drop time on the return etc.
Touch wood, but I've never had any unfair charges posted from the major guys .. the one bad experience I had was with an Italian local firm , but it was sorted in the end - and I hire cars very frequently in may different places.
I used to find that you always got cheaper prices through online brokers like AutoEurope/Argus etc. (who often end up with the major companies anyway) .. but increasingly I find that this isn't the case any longer and booking direct with Avis/Hertz is just as keenly priced.
Agree on the excess reduction policies .. if you hire cars at all regularly it pays for itself pretty quickly
Glad to hear it worked out okay for RPC757 in the end
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