CarRental.com.au compares prices for Hertz, Avis, Budget, Thrifty and Europcar. In addition, we also discount car rental prices through exclusive coupons. To see the current list of coupons, enter your trip details below. Once the booking is complete, which only takes about 30 seconds, we will provide you with the list of codes to take along to the pickup counter to get your promotional discount. Alternatively, read on for more information about discount car rentals.

Many people go through the car hire booking process and get frustrated with the manner in which prices and discounts are actually shown. Some car rental companies give you an online booking price per day, some don't include taxes and fees except in fine print and some do a combination. Some make the price look like it's a discount car hire that you are about to undertake.

When a discount is not a discount

The ACCC recently made changes to the Trade Practices Act to ensure that car rental pricing is standardised. Often a price difference is presented as a discount but it is actually a different product. Typically a cheaper price won't include excess reduction or some applicable fees. On CarRental.com.au we show the full price breakdown per day and all the fees. Our prices do not include excess reduction as that is an option you can take up at the counter.

Here is how a car rental price is required to be laid out by the ACCC:

Total Price

$200.00

Breakdown

Local Taxes (GST): $15.00
Airport Fees/Surcharges: $25.00
Other Fees (e.g. Underage surcharge): $0.00
Admin Fee (aka Recovery Fee, Registration Fee): $10.00
Base Rental Price: $150.00

Other Price Information

Other things effecting the price include whether or not excess is included and whether or not unlimited kilometers are included. On CarRental.com.au excess is not included and kilometer's are almost always unlimited (we display it either way int he car comparison tables). When you book with a travel agent (e.g. Flight Centre) or car wholesaler (a small operator) excess is often included and kilometers are often limited to 200.

Payment

With CarRental.com.au you just need to enter your personal details (name and phone number) to make a booking. Some travel agents and car rental agencies or wholesalers require that you pay them a deposit. This deposit amount is their commission on a sale. The rest you typically pay at the counter.

Booking Fees

We don't charge you a booking fee, so the price you see is the price that you would get on Hertz.com.au, Europcar.com.au, Thrifty.com.au, Budget.com.au or Avis.com.au. Pay us back by using us again and again (and spread the love)!

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Alternatively, you can browse through the various offers using these links:

Hertz rental coupons: gives a full rundown of the great offers from Hertz.

Avis car hire coupons: includes all of Avis' current promotions

Budget coupon codes: Budget is aggressively seeking to grow market share through discounting.

Europcar coupons: A big discount applies to all Europcar bookings.

Thrifty coupon codes: Thrifty doesn't play very hard with coupons, they prefer to just have low prices.