Originally Posted by
TravelinSperry
Although I did notice that one way fees remain the norm here - Perth City to Perth Airport has a $25AUD drop fee (Hertz). Australia sure does love their drop fees!!!
Originally Posted by
mandolino
Yep. Although in this case it's the airport imposing the extra fee on the rental company which they are passing on to you. Since it will cost you more than $25 in a taxi to get from City to the airport, there's no easy way to save on this. There's no convenient bus, either, unless you use a hotel shuttle, which charges about $16..
I tend to use independent rental companies like [IMG]Ace[/IMG] who you can negotiate some good deals with.
Originally Posted by
TravelinSperry
Hmmm, seems weird it is the airport - perhaps it is the Hertz airport location. Because Budget did not have a drop fee if I rented from them downtown to the airport.
Originally Posted by
mandolino
They'll just break it down differently. Perth airport definitely charges a lot according to the city-based independents I normally use. I messed up my link to
Ace so did it right now. Not to be confused with a bigger franchise also called
Ace
Hertz brought in the $25 drop fee between the airport and city locations across Australia a couple of years ago. It should be noted that it does not apply to all cars, e.g. It doesn't apply to BMW's.
I think Europcar have a similar fee.
Avis and Budget definitely do not have a drop fee in this case and I don't think Thrifty do either.
In my opinion, there is no justification for the fee, given:
- in most places, the majority of the cars live at the airport and cars are trucked to and from the airport daily;
- when collecting a car from the airport, it costs an extra 20-25%.