Conference tallis::celt

    
    
    Hi,
    
    I can assure you it will be expensive-Group C car ( 1600cc ) will cost
    you �32.50 + 10% Vat + petrol per day - thats what it cost me at Xmas.
    
    I guess a Group A car would be about �22 plus VAT.
    
    Petrol is about �2.90 a gallon - or has it changed in the last 12
    months.
    
    You could phone either the Galway, Clonmel or Dublin offices and ask
    them and also ask them to make the reservation for you.
    
    

    The Galway Avis rental a car will give a 35% discount (when you show
    your Digital badge) off the rack rates.  Why don't you call the Galway
    Travel department (DTN: 822-2486) and see if that rate or any special
    weekly rate will apply.

    
    
    
       Haven't stopped by to say hi for awhile, so I feel abit guilty with
    this whinning note on Avis.
    
       Deb and I rented the car at Shannon on the 26th of June.  Showed
    them my badge and were quoted a price.  Got a Toyota Corolla for a few
    pound more.  Told them I was going to turn the car in at Dublin on the 
    5th of July, next week Thursday.  
    
       Get the visa bill and almost fell over.   $648.99!!!    Called Avis
    world HQ to question the bill.   220 for the rental, 115 insurance,
    33 tax, 12 for the petrol, times the current rate.  Ouch!
    
       It would seem they, the girl at the Shannon Avis counter told me the
    weekly rate instead of the rate I was paying to rent for the 10 days.
    It still hurts to think of paying 64 dollars a day to rent a car *WITH*
    the company discount.   
    
       AND I DIDN'T EVEN WRECK THE CAR!!!
    
    
       Oh well.   It was the best vacation we've ever had.
    
       Rick.
    
    

    
    	I visited Ireland in August '90, rented a 1600 car for 1 week.
    Got my Amex bill ..............$440.00, and had a fit.
    
    	I returned to U.S. , went on a business trip to Cleveland for
    3 weeks, rented a car ....got Amex bill $450.00.
    
    	Something is very wrong somewhere over there........
    
    	Donal 

    
    I know the feeling, every time I go home it kills me to spend that kind
    of money, roughly equivelant to 150 pints of Guinness.
    
    The main reasons is because of the high cost of new cars in Ireland,
    mainly due to VAT and Duty - I would say that you average 1600 cc car,
    must now cost around 13k punts = $25k.  Thats a hell of a lot more than
    USA prices.
    
    Also car insurance, petrol and servicing aint cheap.
    
    Still I now honestly feel that compared to France ( where car renting
    and petrol is not much cheaper ) overall Ireland is cheaper.
    
    GC

    You have hit upon one of our governments favourite targets for taxation
    the car.
    THeir twisted logic goes like this:-
    	A car is a luxury since most people could walk or cycle to work
    etc. Disabled people are allowed some relief from the tax.
    Heavy car taxation helps trade balance as we don't make cars and hence
    have very little jobs in them.There is no lobby here like Detroit in 
    the States.
    	On the other hand we have very poor public transport,have a low
    density of population (factories tend to be scattered far apart in the
    west and people have to travel far to get to work) and our weather is
    atrociously wet compared to mainland Europe or the States.
    	The government merely uses these factors to extort more tax from
    the already hard-pressed taxpayer.
    Insurance is a nightmare with average premia running at 681 pounds
    for a standard 1.2 litre saloon.
    Performance cars and drivers under 25 find it almost impossible to 
    insure.
    Petrol costs 3 pounds a gallon or roughly $4.50 a U.S gallon.
    There are certain advantages to the situation:-
    	Our roads are relatively quiet by U.S or E.C standards.
    	Second hand car prices are relatively higher than same.
    Once you splash out the money you stand to keep the value of your car
    over a longer time than elsewhere.
    Car repair and second-hand spares are an art-form here;very little 
    goes to waste. THis should keep the greens happy.
    Journeys are not as frivilously taken here as in the states,because
    of the high Gas Tax,again the greens will be happy.
    	I went to the states Last year for the first time and the cost
    (low) of motoring astonished me.
    	On the other hand the cost of accomodation and services (high)
    also astonished me.It looks like a swings and roundabouts thing to me.
    

    
    
      Well Deb and I plan on going back this summer.  I'll talk to Danny
    Mangan first and see if I can rent a car from one of the lads before 
    I drop close to seven hundred bucks for a week.  (I think it was
    something like 682. A couple of notes back.)
    
      Rick.
    

    
    	Here are the rates I was quoted yesterday while doing some 
    	planning for a trip to Ireland this sumer....
    
    
     Car Rental      2/dr Ford Fiesta
    
     Avis    $544.00 for 2 weeks  + Includes CDW      = $544.00 (Dec Rate)
     Hertz   $518.00 for 2 weeks + CDW $12.00 per day = $686.00
     Budget  $580.00 for 2 weeks + CDW $12.00 per day = $748.00
    [END OF FILE]
    
	
    
    	keVin
    

    Avis no longer rents cars in Ireland.  Their agent is now
    Johnson-Perrot.
    
    Pat

Johnston And Perrot also happen to be the leasing agent for Digital's car 
fleet here in Ireland.

They should be able to do a reasonable deal. Push them

Mbr

>>They should be able to do a reasonable deal. Push them
    
    I did, and they did.  From 1 June to 5 June 1991, picked-up Opel Kadet at
    Dublin Airport, dropped-off at Cork Airport.  Cost CA$134!!
    
    Mind you, the bit about the bent rim and the 'slow puncture' may have
    been an impetus for them to 'do a deal'.
    
    I also rented a Ford Siera at Heathrow from 5 June to 23 June for
    Stg�98 per week.  This was with Avis and I received the Digital
    corporate rate (refused CDW and PAI which were covered by my Gold
    card).
    
    Pat

Pat.

So it was YOU who bashed up my lovely Opel.

You owe me for that.

MBr

    They'd better not give it to me again in '93!  I've got a picture of it
    with the licence plate number (it was registered in Cork), so I'll be
    ready.
    
    Martin, I'll buy you a pint when in Dublin...not!
    
    Pat

    
    Digital/Avis just quoted me a rate of $797.00 (CDW included)
    + 10% Tax = $876.70 for 17 day car hire  !!!!!
    
    
    Do anyone know of any more "reasonable" rates ??
    
    
    keVin