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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
We then rented a car, the whole process was a bit of a headache, we reserved prior to going there and upon arrival the SUV we wanted (a Rav 4) was not available so we were given the typical bait and switch of the "equivalent" SUV, the problem was the equivalents had zero trunk space, We knew 100% we could fit our luggage (there were 4 of us, my parents and my wife and we each had a medium sized bag) As well, the guy at the booth would not accept us declining the optional insurance even though our capital one card specifically states to decline anything they offer. He said Ireland is different however and they require it but after further research our capital one card does cover Ireland, so do your research before going and make sure you go with a rental agency that will allow you to decline optional insurance, this optional insurance cost us another 150 euros on top of the 700 euro rental for 5 days.. We ended up with a Peugeot 300D SUV, which was actually very nice. The downside is the one we originally wanted was an auto, and now we had a right hand drive Manual SUV lol..
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I looked into this as well for a potential trip to Ireland and it looks like it's a common headache for many travellers -agents forcing you to buy unnecessary insurance, hidden costs, charges for damages after return. Did you manage to convince the Car Rental Agency to waive any of the insurance they were trying to hawk at you?
It all sounds sketchy as hell and surprising from a 1st World European country. But then the alternative is taking public transport to and from all these remote places. Would you say that it's doable?