I thought that I'd pick up a car in Dublin City Centre and return it to the airport. Wondering if Avis was walking distance from my hotel I Google mapped 35-39 Old Kilmainham Rd and, son of a gun, it IS the airport. And, it costs me $34.69 for the convenience of, what, half a mile? I guess I shouldn't complain: the pick-up location telephone number is 6057501, the return number is 6057500, a clear difference of one. If the number had been the same I would have been annoyed.

This may be half a bottle of wine talking but I called an Avis CSR and wondered if maybe they puffed me a bit that they were calling an airport location the City Centre and I was tutored that, "By city center we mean where most people go." Silly me, I thought City Center meant the central business district, downtown and/or political hub. But people do go to the airport, so live and learn:

Pick-up

Dublin City Centre
35-39 Old Kilmainham Rd
Dublin, 8 IE
(353) 1 6057501

Return

Dublin Airport
Terminals 1&2
Dublin, IE
(353) 16057500


Base Rate 26.60 USD
Taxes and Surcharges 82.34 USD
Taxes 12.96 USD
Local Tax 12.96 USD
Surcharges 69.38 USD
[onewayfee] 34.69 USD
Charge Surcharge 34.69 USD
Airport Concession Fee 0.00 USD
Optional Equipment 0.00 USD
Optional Coverages 0.00 USD


Estimated Total 108.94 USD


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