Passengers have hit out against the "crazy" high expenses for car rentals from Dublin Airport as the summer draws closer.
It comes after one social media user claimed they were quoted €10,000 from a rental car for 3 weeks in July from Dublin Airport.
Another social media user slammed the soaring prices as "crazy" after being charged €500 for one day.
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Dublin Live tried to book a car for a two-week period from June 12 to June 26 from Dublin Airport with three different car rentals.
With Hertz, the cheapest five-seater option in Dublin, a quoted price for a VW Golf was €211.72 per day or €2,964.06 for the two weeks.
The only cheaper option is a four-passenger VW Mini Up at €2,024 for the fortnight, or €144.57 a day.
A Hertz spokesman told Dublin Live: "The rising costs are mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic and rising inflation has also seen many car rentals sell off fleets because of an increase in fuel as well."
With Europcar a Ford Focus with room for five passengers costs €213.22 a day from Dublin Airport, while Enterprise Rent-a-car did not have cars available for the dates in question in Dublin.
The least-expensive option with car rental firm Sixt from Dublin Airport was a Ford Fiesta for five passengers for €155.49 a day.
It comes after last week RTE radio highlighted claims from Loop Head Tourism that some people were cancelling planned holidays in Ireland due to soaring car rental costs.
Speaking on the show, the organisation's chair Luke Aston said: "The whole island is losing out on the business."
Meanwhile, it's not just car rental rates in Dublin that are starting to soar as international car rentals have also started to rise, particularly in Europe.
According to new research published by French car hire comparison site Carigimi, there was a 40 per cent drop in rental cars on the market between 2020 and 2021, with the Covid-19 pandemic blamed for forcing car hire companies worldwide to sell a significant percentage of their fleets to remain in business.
Dublin Live has contacted Alamo and Dooleys for comment.
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