Hire cars seem so expensive at the moment! Does anyone have access to discount codes or corporate codes for cheaper rates?
Why Are Hire Cars So Expensive in NZ This Year?!
Lwrumble on 14/06/2023 - 11:23
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I use the N3 membership discount when I’m booking a rental. Saves heaps and even though I have a membership I have never been asked to produce the card when collecting and paying for the vehicle.
Worth booking through the link.Is there a membership fees for these?
Can anyone sign up ?N3 is a business group membership which does have a fee. The cost is determined by business size - in my case we pay about $400 a year but this is more than offset by the savings.
Those are some good discounts! Taking a family holiday in September and would save at least 50%, but don't think i want to risk having our booking canceled at the last minute :(
They sold off quite abit of their rental fleet when the pandemic hit, and coupled with growing demand now will result in higher prices. You can also checkout https://www.transfercar.co.nz/ if the route suits you.
And just purchase local travel insurance to avoid the outrageous price car rental companies charge for insurance excess.
Thanks for the tip. Sure I'm being dumb but can someone explain how the local insurance works as opposed to car rental?
When you hire a car, they will let you know that if you damage it there is a very high insurance excess to be paid (whether or not at fault) (for example $4000). However you can choose to "take advantage" of the rental car companies insurance excess buyout option (for $X per day). The cost of this excess buy out can stack up to being a significant amount of money.
So instead of paying for that (which can be hundreds of dollars), just get local travel insurance (eg Southern Cross Travel Insurance - domestic policy rather than the international policy that most of us likely use when going overseas), which will cover you for all sorts of things while on holiday (most of which won't be used as with most insurance haha). BUT it also will cover (check the policy details to be sure for your case) the rental car excess in the event of an incident. AND it will cost (at least it did for me and my family recently) significantly less than the rental car excess buy out.
It made me feel much better about renting a car as the cost was quite reasonable after not having to factor in that excess reduction/buy out
Hope that explains it a bit better :)Thank you! I thought that was it but wasn't sure. I won a trip (off Cheapies) a couple years ago and the extra charge from the car rental was out of my pocket and $400 - $500. Appreciate the way to reduce that.
Nice thanks guys! Wonder if i can get away with using the PSA membership seems to save heaps, just worried if they ask to produce something.
I found an Avid AWD code online for TWG RO74299 used it for years with no questions asked
The AWD code entered is not valid. AWD codes are seven characters, one letter followed by six numbers.
sorry R074299
Thanks, that's a good code!
Some companies have partnerships with there preferred rental company with steep discounts, sometimes they allow employees to use these for personal trips too. Check with your work, if they often rent cars.
GADSR10 Might still work for Ezi car rentals
Even with some of these discount codes/corporate rates I'm still finding Apex to be cheaper.
You can get pretty significant savings at Avis or Budget with an n3 membership, or as a PSA member.