Further evidence of how Irish customers are being fleeced comes from another reader's experience of renting a car at Holyhead. "Despite their advertised sales prices (which never seem to meet their promises), fares for ferries between Ireland and Britain are ridiculously high (compare them to the fares between Britain and France or Holland), and for a short trip (or even a longer trip) it makes no sense to take the car," she writes. "So we went as foot passengers and rented a car."
The only rental company with an office in Holyhead terminal is Hertz, she says, "but beware of booking through Hertz's Irish site - I was quoted a staggering €278 on www.hertz.ie, while for the exact same rental of their basic economy car, for the same period of five days, with the same pick-up and drop-off points, the Hertz.co.uk site quoted £118, which worked out at about €149." Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
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