Good information. We ve always used Dan Dooley, except for last year when we needed a larger vehicle

Our friend Bob is no stranger to Irish car rentals. This year marks his twelfth self-drive trip in eleven years. Yet, he still finds himself banging his head against the computer screen when it comes time to research car rentals.
Bob shared the car rental "cheatsheet" he created, and we thought you might want to take a look for yourself. He did his best to compare "apples to apples' (not an easy feat when dealing with multiple car rental companies in Ireland), so this list compares rentals from the same pick up/drop off locations, same car class, regular insurance (CDW) and same dates (Aug 1-17, 2010).
You'll best travel site notice one of the big players is missing from the list, Dan Dooley. That's because for these particular dates, the Dooley prices were too high for Bob to even consider them (Bob notes that in the past, he has found Dan Dooley to be very competitive with upfront pricing in their online quotes). Bob was also interested in
All the prices quoted best travel site were in EUROS, unless they included the $. Some rental companies would ONLY allow the Waive CDW option if you used the .com site, rather than their .ie site. Those were the ones that I put in parenthasis (sp???).
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Upon return, our final costs were double the amount on the contract after they added in extra fees. Correspondence to Hertz Ireland and Hertz corporate finally got us a $100 voucher which didnt begin to cover the additional $2000 we ended up paying for a 2 week trip!