Hertz Car Rental fuel rip off!
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From: Derek C on 29 Mar 2010 14:22 On Mar 29, 5:48 pm, Clive George <cl...(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > On 29/03/2010 16:26, Derek C wrote: > > > > > > > On Mar 29, 4:05 pm, Adrian<toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Derek C<del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like > >> they were saying: > > >>> In any case I was originally complaining about Hertz car rentals, not > >>> Ryanair > > >> No, you weren't. > > >> You were complaining about a Ryanair-offered and Ryanair-booked car hire > >> service, which just happens to be delivered by Hertz. > > > The Ryanair website usually directs you to the Hertz website if you > > want to book car hire AFAICR, but you are not obliged to use them. I > > don't know if Ryanair take backhanders from Hertz, or if the companies > > are related in any way. > > The companies aren't related, but of course Ryanair take money from > Hertz for directing their passengers their way. Do you really believe it > would be any other way?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Isn't that against UK and EC competition laws? Derek C
From: Ret. on 29 Mar 2010 15:00 Halmyre wrote: > In article <9e44ee26-66d2-4363-b75a-04eec06edb6c@ > 19g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>, del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk says... >> We have just been on holiday in Spain and rented a Hertz car. We were >> required to pay for a full tank of fuel which is non-refundable >> whether or not you use it. >> >> When I have rented a vehicle in the past, it has always either come >> full of fuel and you return it full (or get charged at a slightly >> extortionate rate for refuelling it), or nearly empty and you return >> that way. >> >> As it happened we where just able to use all the fuel, but only >> because we went on a long sight seeing expedition on a rainy day. >> This practice hardly encourages you to conserve valuable fossil >> fuel, or to limit your CO2 emissions! >> >> Hertz also charge an extortionate amount extra for adding an extra >> driver to the insurance and for damage waiver. You may therefore wish >> to consider other car hire companies. >> > > I've always been quoted an extortionate sum to add a second driver to > the schedule - last year it was ten euros a day, and you have to take > it for the whole period of the rental, so I've never bothered - I'm > quite happy to do all the driving abroad anyway. But I'm not sure why > it has to cost so much. When I hired a people-carrier in Fuerteventura last month from a local rental company, they charged nothing extra to include my son as a driver - and gave us a child seat free of charge. IME, the smaller local companies often give a much better service at a much lower price. Kev Kev
From: Adrian on 29 Mar 2010 15:49 Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> The companies aren't related, but of course Ryanair take money from >> Hertz for directing their passengers their way. Do you really believe >> it would be any other way? > Isn't that against UK and EC competition laws? Don't be daft.
From: McKevvy on 29 Mar 2010 16:14 On 29 Mar, 20:49, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > > >> The companies aren't related, but of course Ryanair take money from > >> Hertz for directing their passengers their way. Do you really believe > >> it would be any other way? > > Isn't that against UK and EC competition laws? > > Don't be daft. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/columnists/sophiebutler/7534204/Travel-advice-car-hire-prices-compared.html
From: Ret. on 29 Mar 2010 18:14
McKevvy wrote: > On 29 Mar, 20:49, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much >> like they were saying: >> >>>> The companies aren't related, but of course Ryanair take money from >>>> Hertz for directing their passengers their way. Do you really >>>> believe it would be any other way? >>> Isn't that against UK and EC competition laws? >> >> Don't be daft. > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/columnists/sophiebutler/7534204/Travel-advice-car-hire-prices-compared.html Which confirms my claim that the big companies - Hertz, Avis, are the most expensive - and the best price was obtained from Holiday Autos, which was the firm I recommended in my first post on the thread. See - if you want good advice and accurate information - you know who to ask... Kev |