car rental in new zealand

[Myrna]

Trying to help a relative who needs to rent a car in Auckland for 2 weeks touring around. I have perused the forum but info was a bit dated. They need a small car, old / used car would be OK. Avoid big / expensive car rental companies. Please suggest / recommend good local companies? Thanks.

 

[SYD]

Trying to help a relative who needs to rent a car in Auckland for 2 weeks touring around. I have perused the forum but info was a bit dated. They need a small car, old / used car would be OK. Avoid big / expensive car rental companies. Please suggest / recommend good local companies? Thanks.

Have a look at the various OTAs to see what they’re offering (eg Expedia etc).

As a benchmark, I just rented via AVIS CHC-CHC 1 wk for about A$550 for a compact car - but as a status renter received a significant upgrade.

Also, fuel went from NZ$2.60 to NZ$3.00 p/l in the space of a week and that was only 2 wks ago and has probably gone up more since then! So it was close to A$300 in fuel heading south and back!

 

[Myrna]

Have a look at the various OTAs to see what they’re offering (eg Expedia etc).

As a benchmark, I just rented via AVIS CHC-CHC 1 wk for about A$550 for a compact car - but as a status renter received a significant upgrade.

Also, fuel went from NZ$2.60 to NZ$3.00 p/l in the space of a week and that was only 2 wks ago and has probably gone up more since then! So it was close to A$300 in fuel heading south and back!

Thank you, for replying
Fuel prices are certainly a big expense right now Relatives are not in NZ until September / October, but want to do some planning now. Fingers crossed that things will return to normality by then

 

[TheRealTMA]

Trying to help a relative who needs to rent a car in Auckland for 2 weeks touring around. I have perused the forum but info was a bit dated. They need a small car, old / used car would be OK. Avoid big / expensive car rental companies. Please suggest / recommend good local companies? Thanks.

We rented a polestar EV for 5 days from Hertz from WLG for NZD$327.00. Free charging at various places.

 

[SYD]

We rented a polestar EV for 5 days from Hertz from WLG for NZD$327.00. Free charging at various places.

When was that? That’s getting close to “couldn’t give them away”! But in the current climate, many would be grateful for that upgrade! Not sure I’d push that on the South Island however.

Two years ago, AVIS gave me a hybrid that easily did 1000km per tank - happy with that.

 

[kpc]

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