Car Hire excessive prices atm

[Saab34]

Looking at some rentals for next year, and prices are through the roof. You notice it when you are a regular user in say 2019, then after 2 years now start looking again. Like $200 a day. Having a look next month, Corolla in Cairns for $150 a day. Even Feb is the same. Gold Coast in Feb $130. Generally its dead in Feb.

How long will this go on? We are planning a longer term getaway with some long service later next year, we will drive up if the prices are like this for the medium term.

I have never hired a Corolla for $2000 for 10 days and I never will either. Madness. Greed or genuine car shortage I wonder.

 

[Buzzard]

When we looked at doing Tassy, car rental was about $400 a day!

 

[Saab34]

When we looked at doing Tassy, car rental was about $400 a day!

We looked at that for next month, $1400 a week. And looking now it’s still the price. I’d feel much less guilty if we went to Fiji instead, would walk away with change probably also.

 

[Captain Halliday]

We looked at that for next month, $1400 a week. And looking now it’s still the price.

@Saab34 I assume you’ve had a Google for discount codes for your preferred hire company?

I made a booking today - 14 days ex AKL and the starting price was $2,100.

After finding a the right code I finished up just under 1K.

Naturally, NZ and AU may not be comparing apples with apples, but worth a shot.

 

[Saab34]

I think the best discount down under was the Thrifty 10-15% Auto club offer.

I think they have rebranded as Sixt also.

 

[oz_mark]

There was a thread on this mid-year before all the lockdowns returned.

New cars are getting hard to source, and the manufacturers have pulled right ack on fleet discounts (a couple aren't really selling into rental cars at the moment).

Also, due to various part shortages, damaged cars are taking longer than normal to repair, so they are off the roadlonger.

I think the best discount down under was the Thrifty 10-15% Auto club offer.

I think they have rebranded as Sixt also.

The management of Thrifty has been taken over by Hertz, and some of the locations have moved to be co-located with Hertz.