Originally Posted by
MoiraHughes
I am planning a trip to the UK next June/July. I plan to hire a car, probably Hertz, and travel around England then cross to Northern Ireland and Eire, tour there and then return to England or Wales. My query is this. Would it be better to take a ferry with the the Hertz car to Ireland (and is this permitted?) or to leave the hire car in England at a Hertz depot, fly or sail to Ireland and hire a car there? I would really appreciate some advice here.
MoiraHughes
Better to leave the hertz car behind. If you hire in England, Scotland or Wales and want to bring the car to Northern Ireland or Ireland you will have to first purchase a third party insurance for the vehicle to cover you on breakdown while across the water, Hertz don't have this product so you'll have to buy it from the AA.
Also if you purchase this insurance and the car breaks down it will be shipped back to your rental location and you will not be given a replacement car by Hertz in Ireland or NI.