Great Savings When Booking Hertz Car from Overseas

LNovousp on 27/01/2016 - 12:01
Last edited 29/01/2016 - 10:20

Moved to Forum: Original Link

Just recently found that you can save a lot when booking Hertz cars from "Overseas" compare with if you are within Australia.

Tried it today and it's still the same!

Attached a screenshot with normal booking from Melbourne and another one with 'private' safari session from "Hong Kong" (and open hertz.com and not hertz.com.au).

Dates are the the same and you can see that for Yaris price is about 215.52 / 3 = 71.84 per day, for HK session the same car is 48.59 per day!
proof - http://s24.postimg.org/f8u3k6qtx/Hertz.jpg (!!please read update!!)

and if you use double upgrade from previous post, it can be even better!

Good luck!

UPDATE: If you select the first price in HK version, the price will be similar or even MORE than in Australian version because of the next unavoidable fees and additional costs, so please check it careful and do more research - it can work!

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Comments

    • Novousp on 27/01/2016 - 12:06
      +6

      sorry my first post here. changed freebie and description - agree that it's not a discount, but more a trick.

      And I like to wish a good luck for all travelers, that is not about this post

        • JimmyF on 27/01/2016 - 12:08
          +4

          Pull the other one JB…… A 30% saving when booking a car is a ozbarginers wet dream.

        • Nousernamehere on 27/01/2016 - 12:08
          +3

          Actually, they kind of are. It's no different to games being bought online from a cheaper region using a VPN and it being posted as a bargain.

        • Novousp on 27/01/2016 - 12:09
          +1

          Google said that Bargain is 'a thing bought or offered for sale more cheaply than is usual or expected', so not sure that it is not.

          Honestly, I would like to know such things. During the last year or so I rented about 50 cars and it can save a lot.

        • jv on 27/01/2016 - 12:12
          -1

          @Novousp:

          offered for sale more cheaply than is usual

          So how much is it to hire from competitors ?

        • Novousp on 27/01/2016 - 12:14

          @jv: sorry, you don't like Hertz? :) I really don't care, used all of them.
          and if you want to compare with usual price, go to hertz.com.au and compare to usual.

        • goober on 27/01/2016 - 12:15

          The definition of "bargain" is "an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost".

          Guess you are wrong jv. Thanks OP!

        • jdr on 27/01/2016 - 12:22

          @goober:

          You tell jv he/she is wrong here but then further below you upvote his/her comment that says the same thing. Confusing.

        • jv on 27/01/2016 - 12:26

          @goober:

          Guess you are wrong jv. Thanks OP!

          Guess you are wrong boober. Thanks Mods!

      • JimmyF on 27/01/2016 - 12:08
        +12

        ignore JV, his the grumpy ozbargain troll that negs on everyone around here.

        Its a nice find! Seems ~30% saving by booking from a overseas IP address!

        • hotelcc on 27/01/2016 - 15:14

          @jv: yes but Hertz is like Qantas and Dollar/Budget is like Tiger

        • jv on 27/01/2016 - 16:47
          -3

          @belfordrocks:

          Cars are the same

      • jdr on 27/01/2016 - 12:14

        "……..agree that it's not a discount, but more a trick."

        Call it a hack rather than a trick, that's the trendy term :)

    • JimmyF on 27/01/2016 - 12:07
      +3

      There are clear savings shown if you read the post…. That is the DISCOUNT.

      $365AUD booking from within Australia, vs $260 when booking from a overseas IP address.

      • jv on 27/01/2016 - 12:13

        There are clear savings shown if you read the post…

        Not if you can get it cheaper.

        • JimmyF on 27/01/2016 - 14:41
          +2

          What crap are you on about?

    • ronnknee on 28/01/2016 - 13:33

      Even though jv is normally unpopular, some of his comments like this one are valid.

  • jv on 27/01/2016 - 12:04
    -7

    Good luck!

    Is this a competition ?

    jv on 27/01/2016 - 12:04 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
    • chill on 28/01/2016 - 01:27

      ahhh JV Daily limit for voting negative on comments is currently capped at 5

  • smashed on 27/01/2016 - 12:07
    +2

    This has always been the case (and not just Australia).
    You need to ensure that this price allows you to hire a car if you live in Australia / are hiring with an Australian license.

    They may refuse your hire when you arrive.

    • JimmyF on 27/01/2016 - 12:10

      I've never seen anything in the T&C's that would let them do what you're saying. Care to link me?

      Plus if you filled the booking out correctly, using your australian address, you did everything correct.

      • Novousp on 27/01/2016 - 12:12

        I recently did from Indonesia (and this time I was there) - .com site gave me about 40% cheaper option compare with .com.au site. And no problems with the car

      • smashed on 27/01/2016 - 12:15
        +1

        https://www.quora.com/Why-is-car-rental-on-the-UK-websites-m…

        USA … but probably the same scenario in AUS.

        The above begs the question of why U.S. renters wouldn't just rent from the non-U.S. version of the sites to get the lower rate with insurance thrown in. The answer is that technically it's against the terms and conditions on those reservations. The renter is supposed to be a resident of a country other than the U.S. to take advantage of these rates.

        Added..
        It may be fine for you to do this in Aus. Given that this is well know and widespread I would suggest that you confirm with Hertz before making such a booking.

        In any case, you may find it even cheaper using alternative car hire brokers (I am from the UK and used to use carhire3000 or CarRentals).

  • pernunz on 27/01/2016 - 12:09
    +6

    A lot of websites do this price discrimination based on location. Airbnb, Expedia are all examples of it.

  • goober on 27/01/2016 - 12:16
    +5

    The definition of "bargain" is "an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost".

    Guess you are wrong jv. Thanks OP!

    • jv on 27/01/2016 - 12:21
      -7

      especially one acquired at less than the usual cost

      Pretty sure you can hire the same cars cheaper than Hertz…

      • Novousp on 27/01/2016 - 12:27
        +1

        just to be fair - yes, you can. Budget usually about 10-15$ cheaper (than HK price), Thrifty about 10$ cheaper, Avis pretty much the same. The only thing is sometimes you want to use a specific one, that where you can use the 'trick'.

        however, last time I needed a car and didn't have my own, checked pretty much all of them and had to go with cheapest Yaris for 95$/day. And it was Thrifty :) so they are pretty much the same when it is a hot season.

        • jv on 27/01/2016 - 12:29
          -3

          The only thing is sometimes you want to use a specific one

          If it's not the cheapest price, it's not a bargain…

          FYI, if you go with a smaller hire company, you'll save considerably more…

        • Novousp on 27/01/2016 - 12:32

          @jv: oh, can you give a link to prove this? If there are smaller companies with 30-45$/day for a usual car (if you need it for 1-2 days), I really would like to see it as I would use them.

        • jv on 27/01/2016 - 16:49
          -4

          @Novousp:

          oh, can you give a link to prove this?

          It's up to the OP to show this is a bargain.

          Obviously it isn't,as it's been moved to the forums.

        • gimli on 27/01/2016 - 20:21
          +5

          @jv:

          JV don't be a bully mully

    • jv on 27/01/2016 - 12:25
      -5

      Guess you are wrong jv

      Looks like you were wrong… post is not a bargain and has been moved to the forums… :P

      • goober on 27/01/2016 - 19:06
        +6

        No I'm still right, just you and the mods are wrong… nothing unusual about that.

  • jdr on 27/01/2016 - 12:18
    +1

    I remember in 2008 I tried to book a car to use in the UK. There was big differences in the cost if I gave my home as Australia compared to if I said I was from the US. In particular there was a hefty fee for not returning the car to the original pickup location (one-way fee). The fee was charged to the Australian but not the American? So I just entered US on the booking form, no problem.

    • Novousp on 27/01/2016 - 12:19

      the same Hertz once gave me $1000 (a THOUSAND) as a relocation fee - so I just changed the company to another well known.

  • ChickenTalon on 27/01/2016 - 18:38
    +7

    I was going to post this a while ago. But figured it was too complicated for most and there would be loads of whingers, and looking at the above comments I was right. Don't see why this is a forum post. There are some decent savings, but it's trial and error. But I guess you must navigate the ozb complainers. JV you're dead wrong on this one

    I managed to score a few one way rentals Sydney to canberra and vice versa for about $120 in a small/mid sized car. Australian site wanted $300+

    To me, that's a bargain.

    But do careful with this. Always triple check when you pick the car up that you have been given the correct price. I always take a printout of the hertz.com screen after booking. I've had to stand my ground with the printout. But they do honor it.

  • simplyme on 27/01/2016 - 20:58
    +2

    I had a bad experience after booking with the Avis USA site. The USA site was a lot cheaper than the AU site. When we picked up our car in Hawaii we were told we had no insurance included. I didn't believe them as in the past CWD was always included with all the AU companies, e.g. autoeurope, Argus, etc. and our travel insurance always covered the excess should there be a claim. Anyway, we ended up agreeing to take out insurance. Two days later we checked our emails only to see that the insurance we had agreed to had not been added onto our invoice. After several phone calls I found out that we had been driving around for two days with no insurance whatsoever! I was not impressed and ended up paying for the isurance over the phone. I tried to get out of paying for the two days that had already lapsed but to no avail. So, our car hire with Avis ended up being more expensive than had I bought it from the AU site. I don't know whether all other overseas sites don't include insurance but just to be safe I will only book through AU sites.

    • JimB on 28/01/2016 - 10:10
      +3

      In the USA, cars don't automatically come with insurance cover.

      It's all or nothing, i.e. full insurance (loss damage waiver) with $0 excess (or deductible as they call it) or no insurance whatsoever.

      Travel insurance won't help if you have any insurance cover or $0 excess.

      It's safe to book from an non-Aust site, just make sure you select insurance.

      I had a good experience with Avis in the USA. Of course I took out insurance. Someone rear ended me, I returned the car damaged and filled out the accident report with all details, including other party. No excess (even if it was my fault).

      Here in Aust, even if you're not at fault, you still pay the excess upfront and hope they can claim from the other party before you get your excess back.

  • OzFrugie on 27/01/2016 - 22:04

    so.. the consensus here is to do it or not to do it?
    im going to the USA soon and currently have booking (unpaid) with Hertz AU.. insurance/loss damage waiver is included for me since im a gold member..

    • BestofOZB on 27/01/2016 - 23:23

      Do it but read the T&Cs before paying I guess.

      • ChickenTalon on 28/01/2016 - 06:46

        I'm six star (thanks to a westpac black card deal posted a while back) or whatever it is hertz call it and I've done it a few times just fine.

        You get the regular insurance (with the big excess) as per an .au site booking, the excess reductions are always extra, which I never take as I have other cover for that on my CC.

    • Hayesy22 on 28/01/2016 - 14:02

      I fly out for US tomorrow, I was going to go with hertz since im also a gold member but found Alamo UK cheaper www.alamo.co.uk, I have Citibank plus account so no fees and decent exchange rate when paying in foreign currency. if you dont have citi plus account or similar (eg 28 degrees credit card) it might not be worth it.

  • chill on 28/01/2016 - 01:36
    +15

    What is going on here?

    udemy courses with 100s of +1 on the front page and real deals hidden away in the forums.

    Scotty and neil must own shares in Hertz.

    Thanks OP

    • quackster on 28/01/2016 - 06:32

      agreed that some people will find it more useful as a deal..

    • Maglia Nera on 28/01/2016 - 08:43

      +1

    • Novousp on 28/01/2016 - 09:54

      I guess, if more people write it with the 'report' button at the top, mods will hear this. That's how they decided to move it at the first place and that's how I moved it from Automotive forum (!!!) to travel.

      Anyway, thanks for the opinion!

  • JimB on 28/01/2016 - 10:13

    I wonder how much that Renault Sport Magane will sell for at auction, you wouldn't hire one unless you were going to thrash it.

  • moony on 28/01/2016 - 16:08

    Thanks OP. Will try this trick next time I'll book a car.

  • ameel on 29/01/2016 - 01:58
    +2

    TLDR: OP's info is INCORRECT. When you CHECK OUT (which OP didn't show/do), HK charges additional/hidden costs that cannot be removed (but which are already included in the AU price). HK price comes just $10 less than Australian price (tested over 1 week rental)

    I tested using HK website and got the following:

    Rate Details

    1 week at 165.84 AUD
165.84 AUD

LOCATION FEE
63.40 AUD
Vehicle registration recovery
45.50 AUD
Admin Recovery
5.80 AUD
Taxes
28.05 AUD

    Included

    Unlimited Free Kilometers Included

Vehicle Subtotal
308.59 AUD

    Went from $165 to $308 after all the additional and unavoidable charges.

    Whereas Australian website gives you:
    Payment Method Pay Later
    Rate Details

    1 week at 175.49 AUD
175.49 AUD

    Included

    Taxes
LOCATION FEE
Vehicle registration recovery
Admin Recovery
Unlimited Free Kilometers Included

    Not Included

    ACCIDENT EXCESS REDUCTION
MAXIMUM COVER
Premium Emergency Roadside Service
Fuel
Additional Driver Fee

Vehicle Subtotal
322.77 AUD

    Basically $322.77 was the quoted price.

    As far as I know, it is an "Australian" thing these days to have prices quote all additional and unavoidable costs. If I'm not mistaken there was some court cases about this with airline hidden costs and as a rule there can't be hidden costs in listed prices that suddenly appear at the payment page, whereas I don't believe (from what it appears) there are similar rules in HK.

    That being said you do save AUD $14 over 5 days. Not that great a bargain IMO, but still a bargain I guess.

    • ChickenTalon on 29/01/2016 - 08:34

      Keep checking other sites. Read the comments above. Myself and others have good success with the hertz.com site (never tired the HK site)

      It varies greatly.

    • Novousp on 29/01/2016 - 10:13

      that's a shitty service :( sorry, just did it and result is 10 bucks more for HK! But I did it from Indonesia and you can see that some others also have it done, so it means you have to search :)

      Will change the front page now.

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