Car Rental

Car Rental

Car rental damage charges

Every year, ECC Ireland receives lots of complaints from consumers about car rental, in particular alleged damage charges which can often be difficult to fight …

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Car Rental

Car rental price transparency obligations

In 2019, following a call from the European Commission and EU consumer authorities, five car rental companies – Avis, Europcar, Enterprise, Hertz, and Sixt – have changed the way they present their prices making them fully transparent to consumers.

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Car Rental

Online car rental cheat sheet

Consumers are often caught out by the terms and conditions, what is/is not included, the deposit, alleged damage, extra charges and all sorts of other problems. This is compounded by the fact that there is no industry specific legislation to protect consumers if they have problems with their car rental.

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Car Rental

Quick tips on car rental

While there is no specific EU legislation in place that covers car hire, consumers can avail of consumer protections set out in directives on unfair commercial practices and unfair terms in consumer contracts …

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