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Car Hire Insurance On Your Credit Card

Many of us don’t realize our existing credit cards may already provide us with all the cover we need without having to take... 

Car Hire Insurance: Smarter Alternatives

UPDATE: Car hire excess insurance is an expensive business but we’ll tell you how to save big time. In fact, getting the right... 

Car Hire Insider Talk
Top Ten Deals Now On Oodles
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February 7, 2010

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Oodles is one of our top two recommended car rental comparison sites for the Big Boys of Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Thrifty. In our Oodles review, we highlighted the site’s unique ability to plug in discount codes (or coupons) from Avis, Budget and/or Hertz when doing a search but had lamented the fact you need to seek…

Audi and Mini Cooper Cars For Hire
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February 4, 2010

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For those seeking for a little more elegance than the typical Holden's, Toyota's, Hyundai's and the such, you don't necessarily have to root out specialty car hire companies - you can still indulge in a sweet ride with a couple of options from the Big Boy companies. But alas, the prices will be "sweeter" too.

Audi A3, A4, A6

Funi and Wang Wang graces Adelaide Zoo
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November 28, 2009

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This is not exactly a car hire story but then Giant Pandas are the pinnacle of cute. Funi and Wang Wang, two national treasures the Chinese have graciously entrusted to Australia for the next 10 years, officially landed in Adelaide today and will be ready to receive fawning human fans from Monday, 14th December 2009.

Giant Pandas are an endangered species meaning they are at a very high risk of extinction…

Car Hire Price Hike: 50% Up, So Now What?
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November 1, 2009

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Anyone who has rented a car from Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, or Thrifty before mid-2009 will be in for a big shock when they notice the not-so-modest jump in current car hire prices. Our original post on car hire costs to expect used to say a 1-week car hire for a full-sized sedan will cost you an average…

Car Hire Coupons & Discount Codes Galore
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October 1, 2009

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It’s ready! We’ve worked to gather all the car hire coupons, discount codes and deals from Australia’s Big Boys of Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Thrifty.

Now all you have to do is check our car rental coupons page and presto, everything in one place. No more opening five windows and jumping around, having as much success…

VroomVroomVroom buys Bargain Wheels: Good news?
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September 22, 2009

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VroomVroomVroom and Bargain Wheels, two of the choice car hire sites we uncovered in our research, are now one.

The potential synergy is clear with each comparing different sets of car hire companies: VroomVroomVroom grabs you the live prices from Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Thrifty, whilst Bargain Wheels delivers prices from the smaller independent car hire companies…

Google Maps Live Traffic Updates
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September 15, 2009

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Google Maps’ live traffic updates for Australia is yet another nifty new feature to make all our lives simply too easy. Indeed, now we can plan ahead and make smarter driving decisions. As Murphy’s Law would have it, how many times have we picked a time or route to drive someplace, only to be realize too late that it was…

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