Thrifty Car Hire IrelandArvostelua 

ABSOLUTE JOKE OF A COMPANY. DO NOT....I REPEAT DO NOT RENT through this company. I had booked a car through Rentalcars.com but when I arrived at the THRIFTY desk there was a huge queue of people waiting for cars. The representative stated that I would have to wait 30 mins for my car, but I was in a rush and requested my car as soon as possible. I upgraded and was 'shafted' for 500 euro for 3 weeks and when i returned the car a further 72 euro "tax" i.e 572euro extra .....they are ROBBERS.....they are a 'poor man's Hertz' and I would NOT go with them EVER in your lifetime!! By the way the representative for Thrifty was Livia and apologised for charging me so much.....imagine.....the cheek!!

We had really bad experience with Thrifty-Dublin Airport.Before our journey, I contacted their desk to find out what cars they have in the category we booked, because we needed a car for 4 adults to travel around Ireland, plus bags. They told me that it'd be from the following cars: renault megane, astra, golf, focus. When we arrived they gave us a tiny Skoda Fabia, we did not fit in. I asked them why is it Fabia, I was told different over the phone. They said it is in the same category and the only option for us to upgrade for approx 70 EUR. The staff was very neglectful and unhelpful. We went for the upgrade, because we had to as we had no other choice. We got a Skoda Octavia, which had lots of issues that came up just 20kms after we picked up the car:
- tyre pressure warning light came up. Checked the pressure and it was under the minimum limit in two tyres. All the tyres had different tyre pressure. After we put air in the tyres, the warning light was still on. It was broken.
- empty screenwash. After using the screenwash for 3 seconds, it was empty.
- windscreen wipers were very old and not functioning properly. They left more mess on the windscreen then it was before. It was very difficult to drive safely, so we needed to manually clean the screen in every 50 kms.
- service light came up saying oil change needed.
I phoned them because of these issues. They told me not to worry, the warning lights might be broken as the car was fully serviced recently and prepared before we picked up the car.
- I know it is acceptable to have scratches on a hire car, but this one had scratches like it was driven off road through the forest.

All in all we felt and it seemed we were forced to upgrade to a more expensive category. Even though we upgraded for 70 EUR, still did not get a proper car for our money.

Not to mention that as the tyre pressure sensor was broken and the tyres had pressure under the minimum limit, how could they give us a car that was dangerous to drive. It seems they did not prepare it at all.

WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THEM AT ALL! AVOID!

Terrible! Avoid that place! I rented several times - they had one person in the office and one person in the pick-up area on each Saturday morning and gathered huge queues!

On my second time I was told I'd have to wait for 5 minutes while the car is prepared. I had to wait 20+ minutes and watch the guy wash the car in front of me slowly and juggling between multiple cars, delaying everyone, who was waiting. And then...I watched the guy smoke in the car hangar next to my car and then SIT inside, to drive off...The car was:
1. Not fully cleaned, still dirty on the outside, despite my 20+ minute wait
2. Smelling terribly inside - there is a clear sign that the car is non-smoking and there's a fine of 100EUR for smoking inside.

On top of that - there are multiple "NO Smoking" signs inside the car hangar.

I rejected the car and asked for an alternative one and was given another one, worse one! (Logan, the one before was Astra) which I also had to wait for to get it prepared.

+ They charge you for all possible damages in addition to the 2000 EUR excess (I opted out of the insurance, have a 3rd party one) - just a rip-off place! Think twice before renting there!

We hired via AutoEurope two nine seaters with super cover (full insurance) at Thrifty Cork Airport.
Unfortunately the deposit on our creditcards was very high: € 3000,00.
Too high for our cards, wich are limited € 2500,00 each.
The employee was very helpfull, but she could not give us the cars without this deposit, so she offered an extra insurance for 10 days for € 30,00.
In total it was € 600,00 for the two nine seaters!
In the end we agreed, so we could start our trip.
Good cars, one brand new. So far no comments.
But when we got the credit card bill, we were unpleasantly surprised: instead of the € 300,00 per car, Thrifty charged us € 400,00!
I'm still considering to dispute this amount with my credit card company.
In short: good employees, good cars, but Thrifte has to put the deposit on credit cards down, since not a lot of people have this limit on their cards.

Picked up a car from the city centre location of Thrifty Car Rental - very speedy service.