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Do you know that there may be age restrictions on renting cars in Ireland? Many offices of the Fill in the Blank International Car Rental Company are in fact local franchises, so you may find local restrictions despite the parent company having none or more lenient ones. Not everyone seems to recognize that 70 is the new 50.
Yes, the roads are narrow - but the problem is not the size of one car (unless you've got a Hummer or something)- it's all the other hazards on the road. Once on local roads be very careful to watch out for the SHEEP
I love it when people think its easier to crash a car that is 3" each side wider. At 6'2" 200lb+ I would opt for a minimum Focus/Golf/Megan size. There are some micro car offerings from Hertz an the like but only children ride peddle cars.
HAHAHA..DD becomes a Granny map midtown manhattan B in April!!! We rented from Dan Dooley and were just fine. A Ford Focus as great but 4 adults?? Plus, manual and left hand drive..The left hand/arm gets pretty darned tired. Luggage presents a problem also..Carry ons only are appropriate for this size car's trunk space. What are your options for the next size??
It would be for automatic map midtown manhattan shift cars also!! Such is the price for the awesome experience of "doing Ireland"!!! Watch out for the traffic circles also, even the tiny ones painted on the intersecions..not fun..goimg around the opposite way that we are used to doing..
We did driving tour of Ireland in May 2012. DO DO DO opt for automatic transmission - worth the money when you are trying to drive on the "wrong side" of the road. Do opt for a midsize car. There were 2 of us and we travel with only carryon luggage and were fine in small car but for 4 people?? GPS is very helpful map midtown manhattan overall but most of the country roads are not marked with names so it is often a real search to find your destination - but half the fun is in getting there!
Four of us were in Ireland and we had a car, next size up from Ford Focus. Fortunately we were renting an apartment map midtown manhattan only an hour or so from Shannon as we couldn't get all of the stuff in the trunk and the two in the back seat had things piled around them. We only had to deal with the luggage to and from airport as we did day trips from cottage.
It would have helped the luggage situation if my traveling companions had not had hard sided luggage. The soft sided stuff has a bit of give so that you can work it into nooks and crannies. Also might have helped if they had had a little map midtown manhattan less stuff. (But we had a wonderful trip and a lot of laughs!)
Definitely shop and reserve in advance - and be sure to get a car large enough for your needs (remember cars in europe are much smaller) - what we consider a basic family sedan - like an Accord - is a large car there - and their basic cars are minute.
Help! We are leaving March 1 for Ireland. map midtown manhattan There are 3 of us. I went to a local Ford dealership with our luggage to look at the trunk space of a Fiesta map midtown manhattan and a Focus. I left content that we could manage with either one of the cars. From the comments in this post, now I am worried! Are the car "sizes" different for the same car in Europe vs USA? This is my first trip abroad and I am quite nervous. Thank you!
Timid, map midtown manhattan what company are you using? Early March is not that busy, so I think it is possible that if you found the car too small you might be able to upgrade to a larger car while still at the airport. (But what a headache at 6:30 in the morning!) map midtown manhattan My husband and I are comfortable in a compact (see Dan Dooley's site for comparison) and all our stuff easily fits in the trunk.
We are renting a car for 4 of us + 4 bags in June from Sixt Rental Cars, booked through DRIVEAWAY HOLIDAYS it is a Hyundai ix35, good for 4 people and bags, a lot cheaper map midtown manhattan than normal rental car outlets.
Kiwipete.. Please check what is included in your quote...Sixt in combination with an agent rings a few cautionary notes. Generally when one quote is so much cheaper than all the others there is something missing. You should not pay more for crossing the border with a rental map midtown manhattan but you need to tell the company map midtown manhattan in case you break down or have an accident up there.
map midtown manhattan @allison, we are using Dan Dooley. We bought a tour through Sceptre Tours (don't tell me anything horrible about them...I'll freak!! ). We bought map midtown manhattan it for 3 people which meant two rental cars. I emailed Dan Dooley (per Sceptre's instructions) requesting that the two cars be combined for an upgrade. They responded VERY quickly and said yes. So hopefully we will be ok but all the comments here about size had me really concerned. THANK YOU for your response!!
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